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not all jews are. with. spain joins germany to become the latest countries to pause astra zeneca vaccinations over concerns about side effects but health experts insist it is safe . i'm not in terror this is out to 0 live from london also coming up. protests in rebel held city as across syria as it marks 10 years of civil war with half a 1000000 people dead and millions more forced to leave their homes was been mas
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military extends martial law after the bloodiest day since the coup. and running for parliament even though she's too young to vote the new generation of potential politicians hoping to shake up the dutch election. you know spain france germany and indonesia have joined a growing list of countries to stop using the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine and also acting growing fears of a handful of cases of adverse blood clots in people who've been given the job the world health organization has urged countries to keep vaccinating european regulators are beginning their own investigation dominic cain has the latest from berlin. this is a vaccine that divides opinion in some countries it's a large part of the strategy to combat coat it in several others it's been linked
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to blood clots in some patients and is now suspended from use across europe a succession of governments has called for more research to be carried out that this is your a.t.p.'s on do is you have a decision which has been taken in conformity with our european policy is to suspend as a precaution vaccinations with the astra zeneca vaccine in the hope that we can resume quickly if the make gives a green light. in germany 2 senior ministers have acted to stop its use again as a precautionary measure meaning massive vaccination centers such as this one here at berlin's old tempelhof airport are now closed the many doses of astra zeneca vaccine within its walls are now in storage pending a decision by the european medicines agency later this week the contrast to this uncertainty in the u.k. is stark there the use of astra zeneca has been greatest and for the prime minister there are no such doubts. we have one of the toughest and most experienced
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regulators in the world they see no reason at all to discontinue the back to nation program forever and they are for any of the vaccines that we're currently using either of the fact that we're currently using they believe that they are effective highly effective in driving down not just hospitalisation but but also serious disease and immortality is the nub of the issue is about the way astra zeneca interacts with the human body according to the e m a from around 5000000 doses administered to date there are reports of a few dozen patients developing blood clots with some individuals having died although as yet no link between the vaccine and their deaths has been proved for the world health organization and the e m a c the benefits of continuing to use astra zeneca as product far outweigh the potential risks but around many european capitals there is now fresh doubt what is
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certain is that suspending the use of astra zeneca will slow their vaccination programs dominic kane al-jazeera perlin. thousands of protesters have turned out across several rebel held cities in syria and marking 10 years since the start of the uprising which led to the civil war the conflict has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises with more than half of syria's population displaced protestors and it may remain defiant saying that despite the years of conflict there will not give up the fight. and. our aim being here is to topple the regime and to overthrow its militia which we also i'm to unite house elves to keep syria unified and united i'm sure the regime will be toppled and after 10 years we're still ongoing and we haven't stopped the effects of all the free people of syria with differently toppled the regime. and i must. as long as we have the will and as
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long as people from everywhere are here the regime will be top old sooner or later and we are here today to convey a message to the entire world our message is that there is no power but the power of the law and the power of the scenarios but with president assad's forces firmly in control of most of the country many people are asking if it was all worth it so hard and expect a decade of conflict. this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their
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dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces. on the field. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the capital of the revolution became a battleground. the regime forced us to take up arms and turned the uprising into a war it was no longer possible to face guns without screens. there was a siege on the rebel stronghold after months of heavy fighting and months later the opposition agreed to leave the area. and. was among them he says they had little choice they were trapped without basic supplies running low on ammunition and abandoned by the world. 2 years later and after
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a 4 year stalemate the opposition was forced to abandon aleppo which weakened them politically. and i felt broken when i got on the bus i still think about it but the siege was unbearable people were dying either by bombs or hunger. strike still is among the millions of internally displaced syrians who live in the opposition controlled north unable and unwilling to live under syrian president bashar assad's rule but he says he fears a ceasefire agreed last year will not hold. already hundreds of thousands have been killed millions have been displaced inside and outside the country and there has been no accountability. serious conflict is entering its 2nd decade with the majority of its citizens poor and with little hope. we have been forced to give up on our dreams the international community has failed the syrian people.
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there is no reconciliation there is no peace 10 years of war has divided a country and its people sent to their beirut. parents holding funerals for their children at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday the worst day of violence in a month and a harsh crackdown on the movement martial law has been imposed in rural parts of the city ngong and on with several areas inland and they demonstrators have defined this and met with live ammunition which killed 6 more people on monday scott had to report. the deadliest area on the most violent day of the anti coupe protests on sunday was in an industrial suburb of yangon. an armed protesters were killed with live ammunition some of the protesters there targeted factories
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financed by china many protesters say the country is supporting the coup global times a chinese state run newspaper said factories were attacked and set on fire by so-called instigators and causing $37000000.00 in damage it prompted the strongest statement yet from china calling the situation very severe and urging myanmar's generals to stop all acts of violence punish the perpetrators and protect the chinese people and companies its large influential neighbor to the north china is by far the largest trading partner with myanmar. and is the biggest supplier of arms and military equipment to the tatmadaw me and mars' army. after sunday's violent crackdown and vandalism the judge to announce that at least 6 areas in yangon are now under martial law. in smaller groups than on sunday protesters came out again on the streets of mandalay on monday marching against the giant and supporting their democratically elected leaders ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi she
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was to have another court hearing on the charges against her including one added last week accusing her of accepting illegal payments but the hearing was pushed back to go on sunday g.'s case was a jaunt to the new food on this my. that cannot be just could not be conducted to this city today because we have got no internet in the country for the whole country these 6 weeks on the protesters resolve has remained constant. but according to some they've had to increase their willingness to sacrifice to do it they could have found the meaning of the tattoo is freedom from fear they threatened us with weapons but our revolution won't win if we have fear so we must get rid of this kind of fear to prevail in our revolution. the term revolution now increasingly being used by those out on the streets protesting but it's now also being used by civilian parallel
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government saying revolution is needed to overturn the coup scott hodler al-jazeera . 3 primary school teachers have been abducted in the north of nigeria gunmen on motorbikes stormed the school in can do no state north of the budget none of the children are missing it's the latest in a rash of attacks on schools in the area students from a 1st rate college near the state capital who were taken on thursday a still missing. again an opposition leader probably wind has been arrested while leading a protest in kampala. he called on authorities to free hundreds of his supporters arrested around the time of january's presidential election he lost the vote a long time leader you were 70 but disputes the results. the . touch of that matter and that.
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and that if you do respect the will of the american you it was really quick on the basis that you're a good moderately. well do you want to respect the right to life and that therefore the conduct. still to come on our 0 walking from court a free man molly's former military leader no longer facing torture charges despite survivor's tears. libya swears in a new government the basis phase of a landmark agreement to restore peace to the country. how the weather is looking a little unsettled for parts of australia particularly in queensland where we see some rather lively storms rumbling away through the next couple days as our patrol
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fear will produce some wet weather it's been pretty wet recently actually in further heavy showers across central and southern parts of queens that all the way out into the outback as you know the parts of new south wales all. joining the party saying somewhat about the coming in here eastern areas in the south wales could see some showers the show is easing over toward sydney has been cold recently by night time just recovering by days around 25 celsius in adelaide on shoes day 29 by the time we come see why the state is warming up in melbourne as well smoke was bad if i did try for much of us try to get around the top end just around the pilbara we will see further showers and then we get his days wet there for a good part of queensland on the other hand rain is clearing a wife new zealand is looking fog and tries to make their way through the next couple days 21 celsius in question for made a dry weather now making its way across japan for a time we have got wet weather easing through the sea of japan running into hugh's shoe into western parts of honshu as we go on through choose day clearly through as we go on in to wet and stay hasn't dust storms causing problems in beijing recently
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armando the top stories here on under syria germany france and italy have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine over concerns over blood clubs more than a dozen nations have now stopped giving out the job but the drug firm insists it is still safe. 10 years since the start of the uprising in syria protesters are again showing that anger on the streets the uprising began as anti-government protests swept across the region the serious slipped into civil war. in myanmar parents are holding funerals for their children not to the deadliest day since the start of the coup at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday and another 6 on monday. u.k. politicians are debating a proposed law that would give police more power to crackdown on protests civil liberties groups say it's an assault on free expression comes as london offices faced criticism over the handling of a vigil for
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a 33 year old woman who was killed while walking home turn her reports. the right to peaceful protest to demonstrate want to use to be heard. potentially under threat in proposed legislation containing a range of new powers for the police overall the bill has many elements of it which are quite a thorough tyrion they defer to senior police officers on judgments as to whether something can be considered a criminal and that particularly sits in the part of the bill which deals with protests so if protests are considered to be causing serious annoyance or disruptive or causing a disturbance it can be up to. senior police officers to decide that that process is then not allowed to continue to go ahead and. here's why it matters scenes on the weekend of women being manhandled by police officers while attending a vigil in memory of a young woman murdered allegedly by a police officer the police say the vigil was unlawful under pandemic restrictions
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and the head of the metropolitan force president dick has resisted calls for her to resign civil liberties groups are calling for a rethink of the planned policing bill. this bill might be held up as containing measures to address violence against women and girls in reality it lays out measures but underlined our right to hold power to account that we can see how important is to be able to hold power to account and we have to scrutinize and contain the use of state power in the context of the weekends in sorrow and in anger women gathered 1st at clapham common in london where 33 year old sarah ever are disappeared on march the 3rd and then outside police headquarters and parliament with cries of kill the bill they formed an emotive backdrop to parliament's debate opposition parties have echoed campaigners concerns that the policing bill is deeply a balanced apart from unwarranted curbs on protests for instance it does too little
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to protect women while it does increase criminal sanctions for defacing statues and memorials they'll be longer jail terms they say for vandalism than for rape. mr speaker let me turn to this weekend's events this government is in fighting crime and keeping the public safe but in the interests of providing greater assurance and ensuring public confidence i have asked her majesty's inspectorate of constructor to conduct a full independent lessons learned review. the government says it's taking a wide range of steps necessary to keep people safe despite some libertarian concerns among its own m.p.'s a large parliamentary majority will likely ensure the bill is passed joe the whole al-jazeera london a court in mali has dropped charges against the leader of the 2012 coup former army chief and i do some 6 years in detention because haq has this report. not
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in his usual 4 star generals uniform but a gray suit former coup leader amadou son ago walks out of the tribunals a free man along with 50 know their soldiers he no longer faces charges of torture killings and rape but this woman says she was among those done ago soldiers rounded up when he took power in a coup and 2012 and she was held in captivity for 19 months and raped every night to her the court's decision is wrong it's over from ali did military can commit cruel act criminal acts without ever having to face justice to court is in their hands even better day will use a lot of amnesty and reconciliation to cover up their crimes. the lawyers of those she accuses deny any wrongdoing saying there is no proof to her allegations the court did not issue a verdict but instead the judge cited 829000 reconsider lieschen law offering amnesty to specific crimes committed during the 2012 crisis that's when armed
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groups took over the north and captain sanogo took over power in a coup in an interview with al-jazeera at the time he said his plan was to bring back the rule of law and end political corruption as a soldier i'm not i'm not i don't belong to a political party i'm not a political man i'm not a willing to have a political career during his short 3 weeks rule son ago ordered the arrest of 21 soldiers of the presidential guards accusing them of fermenting a coup against him they were tortured blindfolded and thrown into a mass grave before being shot for rights groups this amounts to international war crimes for mali's military rulers these are not crimes but past events that do not warrant a trial under an agreement brokered by the states the victim's family will receive at least 25000 dollars in compensation a 5 bedroom house and the state funeral for the deceased. i'm shocked by the court's decision i would have preferred that there were sentences many victims and survivors see in the court's decision
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a rushed attempt to reconsider the ation in war torn mali and they say they have been denied justice and are unable to heal and move forward nicholas hawke al-jazeera an interim unity government has been sworn in in libya it was approved last week in a un backed effort to bring stability before elections in december and trying to reports from tripoli. after years of divisions libya's new unity government is formed in the eastern city of tobruk. 35 ministers including the country's 1st female foreign minister were sworn into office the ceremony was attended by members of parliament the new presidential council as well as several investors and broadcast on most t.v. channels here on what many are calling his story. their main goal to leave the country until nationwide elections are held in december and. now is the time to
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live instead to give each other and forget the past. after years of divisions infighting and after many months of negotiations we're now able to announce a new government that unifies all libyans. the new prime minister abdul hamid to be uber has promised to improve government services and unify state institutions but that won't be easy but the hardest challenge facing this government will be forcing foreign fighters you know pyloric parts of this country out they constitute a major obstacle to the government and to elections so it must be a priority we do not want a foreign presence in libya and this is a popular demand we see is a local journalist in tripoli and says people want action we hope that this government will not be like their predecessors and help the average citizen for 10 years libyans have heard empty promises that's made it hard for them to believe
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politicians in order for the government to gain popular support they should focus on domestic issues that touch citizens like providing electricity in basic services before looking to international and political issues while the government has many challenges for many here in tripoli it's covert 19 that needs to be addressed 1st. the government needs to focus on the health sector make getting covert 19 vaccines a priority once we get it under control we can begin to look at other issues. after being sworn into office in the eastern city of tobruk the new executive authority returned to tripoli the outgoing prime minister various of us will hand over power on tuesday and libya's 1st peaceful transition since 2012 and with that the beginning of a difficult role for the national unity government now trainer over 0 trouble. the 1st native american to lead a u.s. cabinet agency has been approved by the senate deborah hollande was narrowly
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confirmed as secretary of the interior by the upper house but some republicans across the aisle by supporting her she's expected to be a central figure in joe biden's fight against climate change. more young people than ever before being energized by politics one in 10 of the candidates for wednesday's election are under 30 the youngest can't even vote herself steadfast and followed her on the campaign trail. they are 1617 and 19 years old and campaigning for a seat in the dutch parliament christina middleton napal represents the young party or young and along with leisure here they're the youngest candidates running in this week's parliamentary elections all the time i was working for young it was only an idea and now it's now i can see where i am where i am right now you're on the official list. as the number 2 here these are the 16 year old
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grew up in a foster home and decided to run so she could fight for more protection for young people everyone in the 2nd chamber is talking about the younger people would not be with them so that's what i decided to that's when i decided to join young so are they will they will have to talk to me and though to my colleagues. climate change is one of the laid reasons young people and to in politics thousands have sounded an alarm all over the national instant stop global warming among them young politicians we've seen to date are doing bear who is. black lives matter all over the world but there has to be a group of people that says we love that activism and we're going to translate it into parliament and 1000 year old bibi whelan ties number 6 on the list of fault a rapidly growing party would bases all over europe and a large number of young candidates as a group that's going to pay for the crisis that we're facing so the economic crisis after the corona won and especially the climate crisis we're going to pay the bill
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so we should be the ones making the decisions well the election campaign has been dominated by traditional parties mostly focusing on the mastic issues this is seen as a new force to be reckoned with a new generation more interested in politics and with international views and above all they want change and change that will eventually happen says political analyst . well the average voter in the netherlands is over 50 years old the influence of younger generations is in africa bill he says the differences in foetal behavior have never been as large internationally as they are today since world war 2 most of all the young generation folks much more often for radically progressive parties like green parties we see that almost every country and we see also in almost every country that the traditional center parties like the social democrats and the christian democrats perform really poorly among this youngest age group the polls show that newcomer of old may win 3 seats in parliament this is not enough for
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a seat for the party is already seen as a surprise of these elections young will be lucky enough to get one seat but their campaign is paying off. until today. before we met them i didn't think about it so i don't know yet but it made me think yeah yeah if elected christine i'm in the list not yet allowed to work as a member of parliament as she's under age her seat would go to the next candidate on the list visiting the parliament building for the 1st time she can't wait for the day her career in politics get started step fasten al-jazeera the hague it's been a stark night for women at the grammys beyonce became the most decorated artist in music awards history and it was also a big night for taylor swift catch up as her day on has more. an award ceremony to honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards the bradley goes to
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there was sag. the star of the night was beyond say who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanted to uplift and courage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world was taylor swift also made history with her album full floor she became the 1st female artist to win album of the year 3 times and that puts her in the ranks of so-called 3 peat performers like frank sinatra stevie wonder and paul simon mostly we just want to thank the fans you guys met us in this imaginary world that we created and we can't tell you how honored we are. british singer do a leap of won best pop vocal album for her dance the future nostalgia and spoke of the value of music during hard times and record of the year when to billie eilish
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for everything i wanted yeah thanks for doing this i love you thank you song of the year went to r. and b. artist her for the black lives matter anthem i can't breathe addressing issues like police brutality social justice and rates we are the change that we wish to see and you know that that that fight that we had enough of the summer of 2020 keep that same energy thank you the pandemic has devastated much of the music industry with canceled festivals like concerts and twitterers the grammys reflected that reality with artists at the ceremony socially distance and wearing masks and also with many prerecorded performances but in the show a groundbreaking ceremony and a reminder of the power of music especially during. and the times katia lopez so the young al-jazeera. and the 1st time 2 women have been nominated for the best director award at the oscars manc biographical film about
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a script writer lead the short list with 10 nominations for the 90 said academy awards it's also the most diverse slate of nominees ever seen with 9 of the 20 acting nords people of color the ceremony which usually happens in early february has been pushed back until april because of the pandemic a large number of netflix films also made it onto the shortlist thanks to a rule change letting more streaming productions get noticed. and one of the top stories are now jazeera germany france and italy have all suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine as concerns grow over blood clots more than a dozen nations have now stopped giving out the code 19 job the world health organization says monitoring systems are working and urged countries not to stop vaccinations of the drug from.

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