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man mars military condemned around the world after the most violent day in nearly 2 months of on type who protests. they are watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to people also coming out signs of movement the promise that a mega ship blocking one of the world's busiest waterways could be dislodged in a week. get out and enjoy your freedom a bold call from the governor of a u.s.
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state where more than 30000 people have died from coronavirus. and a test case $5000.00 fans go to a rock concert in an experiment on the spread of covert 90. thank you very much for joining us pressure is building on myanmar's military as a global condemnation grows over its crackdown on un tycoon protesters it follows the bloodiest day since the army ceasefire nearly 2 months ago media sit lisa 114 people were killed in the latest reaction military chiefs from the u.s. and nearly a dozen allies issued a rare joint statement denouncing myanmar security forces saying they should be protecting and not harming the people tony chain has this report on saturday's events and
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a warning you may find some images disturbing from the outset. there was no mark was. the inconsolable cry of a father who's dead son in his arms the 13 year old boy was shot at his home in central myanmar as the security forces moved in. just city yangon looked and sounded like a battle zone the soldiers and police roam the streets burning barricades firing stun grenades and live rounds. and pain everyday lives and these are. these engineers these these are community leaders and this is student this wounded man was dragged visibly bleeding into the road rather than help provide 1st aid the soldiers beat him as he laid in a pool of his own blood in the southern city of daraa way these 3 men on
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a motorcycle or shot at random as they passed police trucks to manage to get to their feet and flee a 3rd wounded trapped beneath his bike. and those wounded or killed dragged away unceremoniously to be bundled into army trucks. all of this on a day meant to celebrate myanmar's armed forces but celebrate they did outside the capital naypyidaw on an enormous parade ground and or inspiring display of military hardware and might the gentle leader in his address avoided the fact these soldiers are now fighting their own people and reinforced his statement that members of the army are the guardians of democracy moved into. the armed forces unavoidably assume the state responsibility by lawful means due to the unlawful acts of the n l d led government in the 2020 election after the accomplishment of the state of
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emergency provision a free and fair election will be rerun and the handover of state responsibility will be continued while the military has faced little opposition so far manned mars armed ethnic groups have been threatening to intervene if the violence continues her young. they continue to shoot at protesters and bully the people i think all ethnic groups would not just stand by and do nothing but it's civilians who now face the military's role 7 year old bone man was shot in the head inside his home in mandalay don't worry everything will be ok but don't sleep say his parents as they try to treat his room. children are now facing the full might of myanmar's military machine tony chang al jazeera. tom andrews easy un special wrap a tour and human rights in myanmar he says the u.n. security council needs to do its job and stand up for the people of myanmar. this
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is curity council of the united nations is there specifically for crises just like this and so it seems to me that the u.n. security council should take this up they should have a full blown discussion debate look at the facts and then let the members of the security council stand up and be counted on what they think needs to happen of course many think that there would be a veto likely and that may be so but i think it's important for members of the security council to stand up and be counted because that is their job if they can't do the job if they can't stand up to the people of me and more then those countries who are willing to stand by them could should have an emergency summit in which various strategies such as who are needing the various the variety the large variety of sanctions that are in place right there we need to coordinate them focus them make them work together to have the strongest possible punch against this
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military junta we need to put them before the international criminal court if at all possible that we need to cut off their supply of weapons there of the writing of steps of the world can take but they need to take the steps and all the condemnation of the world is not going to matter very much the people of myanmar if they can't see the world standing up and acting for them as well as speaking out on behalf of this and particularly china has a direct interest here and we've heard from china expressions of concern call for the release of political prisoners expressions that this is not what they want to see these developments are not what they want to see so these are statements that we have not heard in the past from china that we're now hearing so it seems to me that at the very least if we're putting this before the security council china have it say let russia have it say let them stand up to be counted with or with the rest
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of the world. and elsewhere at least 2 people were reportedly killed when myanmar army fighter jets launch airstrikes on a village near the thai border another 2 people were injured in the attack which happened in the popcorn region controlled by the karen ethnic group the carin national union said it killed 10 soldiers after or running an army base. chile has begun its strictest coronavirus don so far as it tries to curb a spike in cases more than $80000.00 of the population is under mandatory isolation the president says it's necessary to ease fresh air on the health care system about 40 percent of the population has been vaccinated the most of any latin american nation able to cure level you know we have restricted transit through drop downs and symmetry controls today more than 16000000 countrymen around the core and train
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we are fully aware of the difficulties and 2nd for us is that this measure means to chile and families but to protect health to protect the lives of citizens is definitely the 1st priority. meanwhile the number of corona virus cases and deaths in brazil the deaths rather have topped 3000 for the 2nd day in a row the country now accounts for a quarter of the world's over 1900 targets he's in health experts are warning the worst could still be ahead the health care system is already crumbling with intensive care units in most states coasts to or at full capacity and like brazil state governments in the u.s. have considerable autonomy in dealing with a pandemic florida's republican governor on the scientists face shop criticism for refusing to shut down the economy or issue mask mandates now he says the state's economy's booming and his approach was right all along and agalloch every for some miami. businesses shouted deserted streets and strict measures in tackling
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a global pandemic for most states in the u.s. these are familiar scenes but in florida it's a different picture there have been no statewide code restrictions for more than 6 months with restaurants and beaches open at full capacity republican governor ronda santa says his decisions which critics accuse of flying in the face of science based advice were right we actually have people opening new businesses here we actually have people hiring people our employment rates much less than the national average in way less than a lot of the walk down states like california new york today though we did we can build off this momentum that momentum is obvious in places like miami where tech finance companies and restaurants and relocating unemployment here is also lower than states like new york and california but encouraging people to come to florida has consequences 0 7. the authorities in miami beach put a curfew in place after thousands of revelers many masculists flocked to beaches
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and bars the unusual move came after officials decided spring break crowds posed a serious risk to public health and security there has been gun play open brawling and other hazards and all that in the midst of a pandemic where mask usage and physical distancing seems like an afterthought if that so we've had to implement measures we would prefer not to deploy but must the real metric that matters here is the state's reaction to covert 19 death rate per capita in florida places it 24th in the nation or right in the middle of a 30000 people have died and variants of covert 900 still pose a serious threat gov decided to spoil the policies have been vindicated some think it's too soon to say tourists a still flocking to the state driven in part by loose restrictions cheap flights and covert fatigue but economists say it may be years before the true cause. asked is known we have
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a leave lens that we were going to have people knew this and this is part of the reason why they did come to florida for mostly breaks. and again you cannot really measure the economics of it until you figure out a what has it cost in terms of lives what has the constant terms of security. and so on as the u.s. heads towards an uneasy return to normalcy challenges remain for the entire nation florida may have fared better than expected but the u.s. death rate remains among the highest in the world and agalloch are al-jazeera miami florida. now they could be hopeful music promote has hit by the pandemic after thousands of people attended a rock concert in spain they did so without social distancing after taking rapid results over $1000.00 tests the experiment is being seen as a potential model for future shows which could help the music industry recover the has a story on. the return of live concerts without social
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distancing is a moment many music lovers have been waiting for. $5000.00 fans turned up to this show in barcelona with confidence it wouldn't be a simple spreader event everyone was tested for cave 19 before being allowed entry plus that. is quite good at 1st i was very nervous because i was scared to be with so many people and you had to do the antigen test and all that at all times i felt very safe the organizers have done a very good job. a.t.m.s. has carried out the antigen test to filter out people with positive results it took just a few minutes to swap each person in what could be the future of concepts in the current of virus era. there are a lot of services people into any of the 3 venues do the n.t. gins test and leave pending the result of it arrives through an app on their mobile phone and as it takes about 10 or 15 minutes we all seem to wait out here.
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similar events have been held in madrid and berlin recently as more people are vaccinated it could allow empty concept friend used to reopen in one sense this is a class for words it is a way to ensure that economies are in the short term but we also need one i have heard everything outside ever. countries in europe or u.k. or he not sufficient. mandatory face mask where. a reminder that corona virus remains a threat but the experiment could be a blueprint for the label music an arts industry to rebuild audiences decimated by the pandemic. outis era. is still ahead on al-jazeera a national day of anger in the u.s. protesters demand an end to prejudice and violence against asian americans the cost
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of the scientists are the soaring number of satellites being launched into or makes the world. of. tornadoes at night arguably even worse than tornadoes by day and you can't see coming the damage is much the same and that was it on its way through georgia got badly hit one or 2 places wasn't just george or arkansas or 2 this is the sort of hours we're getting the early spring tornadoes it could get worse in fact in the immediate future is cooler once again come down across the plains we might find yet another junction and this was a line coming through during sunday they look like thunderstorms rather nothing more dangerous at the moment but that's not a so the end of it so ask rather sherri day possibly
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a sunday possibly worse during sunday talk and distil cold enough to snow not interrupting necessarily but certainly snow teria as more snow coming in from the pacific on that northerly which i think will make some significant progress well all the way down once again almost to colorado that that as it comes across the plains is going to be a drop in temperature and against it we've got this walls that will eventually come back up from the gulf so the potential is likely to grow again for tuesday or maybe wednesday. it's pretty fine though for the south trade breezing if you shout quite a few shares his morals to his was the most part in the caribbean is fine and sunny . but. i'm counting the cost should rich countries and big pharma give developing countries the technology speed up the roll off her back to. the banking and mental health could be good for mobile economic growth plus as large fine it doesn't cost
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the religious text counting the cost on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter when you call home we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories pressure is building on myanmar's military joint as global condemnation grows over its crackdown on anti-cult demonstrators military chiefs from the u.s. and nearly a dozen allies denounce me and mar security forces after they killed more than
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$100.00 people on saturday chile has begun its tricks tests coronavirus down so far as it tries to curb a spike in cases more than 80 percent of the population is under mandatory isolation the president says it's necessary to east pressure on the health care system and a top spanish music venue has held a concert for $5000.00 people in a covered $1000.00 experimenting organizers in barcelona wanted to see how well they could prevent the virus from spreading at large events. in other news now new attempts are being made to move a huge container ship that's been rocking the suez canal in egypt for the past 5 days the dutch salvage firm working to dislodge the evergreen given says it could be successful by the start of the week it tory gate and the reports. nighttime in the su is canal but work to free the giant container ship blokey one of the world's most important shipping lanes doesn't stop the stern of the vessel
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is now free and the egyptian authorities say they're hoping high tides in the arrival of more tugboats on sunday will help their operation the 400 meter long ever given run aground in high winds on tuesday close to the south end of the canal but bad weather may not be the main reason why the ship got stuck. it could have been a technical or human ever that will be revealed through the investigation many different mistakes might be the reason but we cannot prove anything yet the only clear reason is that there was strong winds under some storm. 12 percent of global trade passes through the suez canal in egypt between the red sea and the mediterranean goods passing between europe and asia without having to round africa the ever given this mishap has temporarily closed a route that's used by 50 ships every day with the canal blocked more than 300 vessels are now waiting in maritime traffic jams that either end more than a dozen ships have live animals on board and his tank is q oil prices are rising
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the blockage another blow to global trade already disrupted by cave in 19 while this you know $89000000000.00 a day actually is quite small relative to the overall global economy obviously there are there are ripple effects and we're already seeing a lot of. it remains unclear when the ever given will be refloated the salvage firm hired to extract it says it could be free within days but some maritime experts all skeptical it's going to take a month or perhaps longer they need to lighten the ship which is to remove various things the person earliest ones and i'm surprised this hadn't begun before. the bunker fuel the oil 'd used by the ship to repel itself ruble oil to lubricate the machinery and then the water on board ship the hope is a combination of more tugboats dredging and high tides will succeed in dislodging
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the ever given if they don't plan b. will involve lightning its load something that could take weeks and would be another setback for global trade victoria gates and be al jazeera. a huge fire has destroyed shops near a train station in egypt sin city of north of cairo firefighters managed to get it under control before it reached the train station and says there are no injuries it sought it started from an electrical fault and sprayed in strong winds and a bridge that was under construction in egypt has collapsed crushing vehicles below in giza steel reinforcement more than 30 metres no deaths have been reported it follows an apartment building collapse in cairo early on saturday which killed 9 people. the french energy giant so tal has halted operations in mozambique after an attack in the northern town of palma nearly $200.00 people including foreigners are trapped in a hotel where fighting is taking place for
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a 4th day the hotel has been under attack by ice all sciences isolating to fight is there as is news agencies reporting the deaths of civilians who try to escape jasmine open man is a senior researcher at the armed conflicts location any event data project says she says the attacks are showing a level of sophistication in get real a fighting not seen in the region before. this is a tactic has been brewing for some time now we have seen for the taxpayer seeing this it tack. in terms of preparation we have seen the insurgents intermittently and rushing remote actually shrouds and isolating parmar but local dissatisfaction again security forces and the insurgents the opportunity to proceed we're gaining a momentous victory against the government i foresee sadly to sane and it's
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a human tragedy beyond believe that defect speak for themselves i feel i foresee things search and see as we have seen now in pommel to proceed this if is the question and the level of poor nation tells me that we are experts in guerrilla fighting training these fighters being involved in directing and i do foresee that attacks as we have seen confined to nagar the most somewhat up prior bomb are due to the rain season that is coming to an end when the game starts spreading south and i am worried that muifa will be the next target of attack b. is no u.-turn the is no quick fix the insurgency is directing them amend them and they simply no end in sight. now they've been protests against a turkish government system to withdraw from a european treaty to protect women. the old.
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the 20 levante some will conventions signed by 45 countries and the e.u. requires governments to take tougher action against domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation critics in turkey say the size of the accord rather harms traditional family values and encourages divorce and supports the movement protests against a rise in violence and discrimination against asian americans are being held across a cities in the u.s. rallies have escalated after a gunman killed 6 women of asian descent in atlanta high these are costs are reports from one of the rallies in washington. as burials for the victims of the georgia asian spa shootings continue people gathered in cities across the country for multi-day rallies against asian hate the crowd in the chinatown neighborhood of washington d.c.
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numbered about $100.00 among them was lille new when who left vietnam 8 years ago to study in the u.s. i didn't travel across the world to america to stay silent he says he have to speak up after the georgia mass shooting and after seeing a growing number of unprovoked attacks on asian americans this past year many of the victims have been elderly asian culture is we put our our our oldest our elder 1st so to see the most vulnerable people in our community and also the most well respected people in our community being attacked. we're we're even young agent of young people we could take that personally and we partner fear has been growing in a good american communities across the country many who had protested that they had never taken their voices to the streets before but were now pushed to action because of the recent violence that i was on the street people were calling names
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out of nowhere and why why would you do that to the people of this kind of inherent racism that there even as the protests continue more asians are being attacked one woman was punched in the face last weekend after attending a protest in new york with her daughter and near los angeles a man drove through a crosswalk during a stop asian hate rally yelling racist profanities asian americans are speaking out in a lot of white. black americans up to at the a.p.i. good feel for the u.s. in this together the protesters blame former president donald trump for stoking racism against asians by linking them to the coronavirus they fear that opened a floodgate of hate that led to the killings and the attacks and they demand it ends castro al-jazeera washington. china and iran have signed a landmark 25 year corp pact the deal has been in the works since 2016 it was
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signed by chinese foreign minister one knee any zeroing in counterplot jobs everything beijing is expected to invest in key sectors of iran's economy as part of the agreement including energy and infrastructure i said bay has more from tehran increasingly iran has been turning to russia and china especially since the former us president donald trump imposed sanctions on iran sanctions are still in place today but this visit does come at a time where china has reportedly stepped up its purchase of in direct oil sales for from iran and also this is the highest chinese official that's visited iran since the election of president joe biden in january so both politically and economically iran has been turning to russia and china and back last year in october when the united states and the president donald trump was planning to put forth a motion to the united nations to stop an arms embargo being lifted the foreign
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ministry here told us that their understanding was and that they were confident that russia and china would intervene with a veto but this deal does have some crew does have some critics inside the country even though it's been backed by the highest authority the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei now the former president mahmoud ahmadinejad's said that the details of this deal have not been made available to the public and the squid not be really passed by parliament but there were also rumors that iran would be handing over control of some of its islands to china and now the government here have denied that this is that there's nothing inside the deal that gives any country control of islands or chinese military forces presence in the country but it does have widespread political support inside this country and it's a way for iran to be independent and build a country in an economy that is sanctions resilient. space x. is hoping to send tens of thousands of satellites into orbit in the coming decades as part of a global internet service launching later this year but many fear it on mosques
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company will create more space debris nicola gage reports from australia's capital camera. 60 satellites launch into space on a lawn mosque 3 usable rocket falcon 9 it's part of a constellation of low orbit satellites from space 6 promising high speed internet connection to promote locations around the world about 1000 have been deployed the goal is for that to grow to more than $40000.00 if you imagine the problems we have with space to brain space junk already that is just adding to it at a rate that we can't keep up we can't keep up with the risk that creates space x. now owns about one 3rd of all active satellites and more satellites means greater potential for collision millions of paces of so-called space junk or already in orbit some as small as a fleck of pite but tiple damaging
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a spacecraft pre want to have human exploration of the solar system we need to make sure we're looking after the nearest environment before we start going towards other planets the strelley in research is a developing groundbreaking software to manage traffic in space time to traducing the risk of collisions the reality is there's not a policeman up in space there's no traffic rules so at the moment it's a bit like a free for all customers all signing up to styling but initial consumer costs are expensive and similar projects have previously failed another issue is what a lower orbit satellites could mean for stratum is someone they will fundamentally change the sky's appearance the stargazers potentially limiting scientific discoveries orbiting closer to earth their brush or in more visible blocking astronomers views the problem space x. is trying to solve amazon and one web have similar plans as well as china prompting
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coals for tighter regulation of spice the biggest challenge is how do. we regulate to make sure that that commercial name doesn't outweigh how out and out global interest in the global commons of space nearly half the world's population doesn't have access to the internet space x. is hoping its constellation of satellites will be part of the solution to connecting the globe gauge al-jazeera can broke. the law the old hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera pressure is building on myanmar's military joined as global condemnation goes over its crackdown on tackle demonstrators in the latest reaction military chiefs from the u.s. and nearly a dozen allies denounced myanmar security forces after they killed more than 100 people on saturday.

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