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donald trump is still banned from facebook but the former u.s. president could get the farms up in a matter of months. this is live from doha also coming up india calls in the army to help use oxygen supplies as coronavirus soar to record levels. many more miles to feed a warning that conflict and climate change are adding to millions of people to
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world hunger crisis. as we look at the songs of love long in the stylesheet being passed from one generation in cape verde to the next. so donald trump's ban on facebook for inciting violence will stay in place for now the u.s. president to count was suspended 4 months ago after an attack by supporters on capitol hill the social network's oversight board has voted to uphold his suspension because of the risk of further violence has found fault with how facebook imposed the bad let's face the political hand who's been following developments and joins us now from washington d.c. patty tell us more about this decision. well this decision is what mark zuckerberg the founder of facebook is calling basically facebook supreme court it's
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about 20 individuals they're made up of academics diplomats lawyers and they took a look at this suspension and they said that the suspension can continue but there's a caveat they have to review this decision within 6 months criticize facebook because they said they didn't really have a policy of indefinite suspension before they did this but then they went ahead and said that it was justified that they did that because of that insurrection at the capitol so they're asking facebook to come up with a new print process a new procedure basically the group of people that are specialized when it comes to high profile individuals that if they post something in this group can immediately look at that understand the context of it and decide with some independence whether or not it should been should be removed but so for now no more donald trump on instagram or facebook but facebook the company has to revisit that decision within 6 months and probably one of the broader implications of this.
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well for former president donald trump this removes a pretty big platform for him at least in the short term he had according to facebook 35000000 followers on facebook and 24000000 on instagram and let's put it in the context of this is a man who still wants to be relevant he still has a firm grip on the republican party having access to those social media followers really does help him not only with fundraising for himself and his sizable legal problems but it could influence how people vote in the republican primaries based on what he says and how he's able to reach that in that direction the bigger problem though i think is for you going to see a lot of conservatives come out and say this proves that big tech is too big there's been movement on both sides saying that there has to be some sort of way to control control these huge companies like facebook like instagram like google and there's been a lot of talk about breaking them up calling the monopolies i think this will further fuel that discussion our party thanks. in washington d.c.
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. now it is current of ours crisis is now affecting the 1st face to face meeting in 2 years of foreign ministers from the world's wealthiest industrialized nations 2 of india's diplomats have tested positive delegation is taking part of the g. 7 summit in london from the hotel rooms this is happening as pressure mounts on prime minister narendra modi to impose a national looked on in a quarter volkova $1000.00 deaths in the world last week as well as home to new cases. joins us from outside the g 7 venue in london these positive tests of the world diplomacy in some kind of spin. there was always going to be a tentative return to face to face diplomacy and now it's quite quickly shifted for 5 for for mr josh to hotel diplomacy because he is being forced to continue taking
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part in the g 7 foreign ministers meeting via video link back to the old ways of doing things because 2 members of the indian delegation have tested positive for corona virus we don't know what strain we don't know what variants we believe that neither of these individuals have actually been to the site of the g 7 like us to house here behind me that they were tested before they came here and there is of course a red list on travel to and from india from the united kingdom the exception being people on official business and including diplomats we know that there is a strict coronavirus protocol in place for this meeting as they will be for other g 7 meetings including the full leaders' summit in cornwall in june these include social distancing the wearing of boss many meetings have been pared down so few officials gathered in one room with her specs screens between them nevertheless
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this is a key reminder that while many countries particularly developed economies in western europe may be merging slowly out of lockdown with light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to an end of the pandemic here there are other countries including india still very much in the throes of the crisis. and indeed let's get more on the worsening situation in here is a list of. we're outside one of india's biggest public hospitals where the army is setting up an oxygen generation plant it's using technology based on oxygen generation found on its 5 jets and it says bring up $500.00 of these in the country over the next 3 months as hospitals struggle with shortages of oxygen 5 patients in the state of the truck and other places to lose their lives after the oxygen supply ran out in the southern city of bengal lou do hospitals a telling patients to make other arrangements but there are no intensive care unit
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beds left and the city like many of india's cities banga lose in the state of karnataka with 24 patients died when they are in the supply ran out on monday the state's former leader has written to prime minister in the interim already asking him to prevent this tragedy and the government is facing a lot of criticism from across the country from many high court the delhi high court said to the government that is living in an ivory tower people die from a lack of oxygen the aloha about high court in the state of altered with asia india as most populous but also one of its least developed where people are also dying because of shortages of hospital beds and oxygen but with the government the local government denies there are any shortages the i love how about high court said that it is a criminal act that deaths of people because of a lack of oxygen as a criminal act on the part of those who've been trusted to ensure its continuous
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supply. well australia's prime minister is resisting pressure to lift a temporary ban on flights from india saying it will continue for at least another 10 days as scott morrison says australia has already begun delivering humanitarian aid to india and he was concerned about the travel ban them to relations between the 2 countries to die the humanitarian support the very significant humanitarian support for india has already departed city. in the 100 oxygen concentrator this week we're going to deliver for them to the mosques the response is the humanitarian support. mimosa shadow government of our support of titian says it sets up a people's defense force to protect civilians nearly 770 people have been killed in a brutal crackdown since a military coup in february a national unity government is working underground to oppose the jointer and hopes this new force will stop the violence there also calling for anti coup protesters in the country's armed ethnic groups to unite. more and more people are facing
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acute food insecurity a new u.n. report says at least 150000000 people in 55 countries are at risk of hunger war and conflict to the main contributing factors but economic shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change are also a major causes yemen in south sudan and parts of northern nigeria is said to be at or approaching catastrophic levels of food insecurity mohammed it has this report. it is a survival of the wall that's rabid south sudan for years displaced mina times during the conflict she now lives with her husband and 4 members of their extended family in an informal settlement in b. border town in the volatile jungly region they receive some food from charities and supplement that with vegetables from a small garden they tend near their makeshift shelter and that thing then. enemies always attacking us we have really suffered
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a lot we're always on the run they kidnap our people mostly women and children now our area is empty we lost our food during the floods now we face hunger i hope this will stop somewhere able to go back to normal life. but hunger is a global problem and it's growing every year a new report on food security provides good inbreeding 150000000 people in 55 countries are in crisis say the office the un's world food program and the food and a cutter gonna zation that's an increase of what on 20000000 people from 201-913-3000 people in brooklyn a fossil south sudan and yemen also facing a catastrophe a need a giant action to prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods thousands of people also dying of hunger in yemen south sudan a month and a judea the country is highlighted by the report as the was affected to
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a vote farm and to meet a giant food needs the world food program says $5500000000.00 will be required this year. covered 1000 has also shown the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor and how the most economically vulnerable households will be the hardest hit in the food chain. and somebody who has undergone we're going to praise the war in the country the hunger in the country the food crisis is getting worse we pray to god to bring these to an end. and then we have climate change in sub-saharan africa where most of the world's food insecure leave the situation is only getting worse punishing countries that did little to cause the problem. here they don't speculate about the crisis they're suffering because of it once proud farmers and how it is
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have now been reduced to depending on foreign aid. still ahead here on al-jazeera a wave of anti-government protests across colombia with the threat of more to come . and american efforts in the countdown to the take your lympics is questions persist over whether the event should go ahead. hello there we're seeing japan dry out after that drenching rain that pursue potations now mostly contained over the pacific i want to show you where we do have some areas that we're watching particularly towards southern china heavier batches of rain along the gang sea river along the pearl river shanghai will get into some deteriorating conditions as was so rainfall to be expected southeast asia the areas
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of concern are really western portion of sumatra widespread right across borneo and into barnard we're getting some of those heavier pockets of rain in the forecast for you on thursday you know india has been dealing with storms not only toward this south of the country but through the north as we head toward west bengal into bangladesh let me show you some of the scenes now from amritsar this is in punjab state so you get those heavy downpours of rain and just got to get rid of that water because it pools so quickly with these intense down bursts of rain so on thursday really seen some severe pockets in west bank all but i think it will steer clear from bangladesh as we head toward the caucuses we had a lot of instability but things are finally starting to dry out and we're seeing reappearance of the sun for example in baku on thursday.
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killing the debate. and amplified you will fully still only. narrative the media will miss the true story no topic is off the table why in the world would we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing knowledge is the story this is where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. who do you watch al-jazeera who might have our top stories this facebook's oversight board is upheld the ban on donald trump's account for his role in inciting his
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supporters to attack the capitol building in january but it's found the social media giant failed to impose a proper penalty. in the indian delegation to a g. 7 summit in the u.k. is self isolate after 2 members tested positive for corona virus the reprieve 7 wealthy democracies are discussing vaccines as they face growing pressure to share stockpiles. the united nations says 150000000 people worldwide are going hungry 20000000 more than 2 years ago or in conflict the main drivers for the economic shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change are also major causes. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has run out of time to form a new government putting his political future in question netanyahu has been meeting opposition party leaders in an attempt to secure enough votes to form a coalition president reagan rivlin will now decide what to do next israel has gone through 4 inconclusive elections in the past 2 years are
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a force that has more from west jerusalem. so what has happened is again he ran out of time to be the person in charge of trying to put a coalition government together at least in public and now it's up to the present riven rivlin to decide who next gets the 4 week opportunity to do so he has 3 options you can either give it to the leader of the opposition party peter has has the next most number of seats in the israeli parliament the knesset he can give it to the right wing leader naftali bennett who's been offered 1st go at prime minister by both. paid and by netanyahu if he joins them in coalition or he could just hand it back to the israeli parliament the knesset and give them 3 weeks to try and come up with something or else there would be an automatic 5th election triggered so far even has met both of these 2 contenders. and bennett it's likely that he will give it to love he'd but there is a huge amount of pressure that netanyahu is piling on his fellow right wing naftali
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bennett not to join lapidus part of the so-called change bloc saying that if he comes on board with netanyahu then there is no question that he can get a couple of extra members of the knesset to come across defect from their parties as well and give them the $61.00 seats required for a majority right wing coalition government so essentially he's saying either do this or we publicly blame you as a right winger for failing to get a right wing government together. israeli forces have attacked demonstrators in occupied east jerusalem and stopped other protesters from entering the area they were seen forcibly detaining people in shaikh jarratt neighborhood throwing protesters to the ground is anger at a court ruling forcing several palestinian families to leave the neighborhood despite having lived for decades. massive anti-government demonstrations and a national strike are expected in colombia wednesday this follows a violent night of demonstrations where $46.00 people were injured over tax
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increases has turned into a wider movement against the president's performance more than 20 people have died and dozens more have been reported missing and it's under reports now from bogota. another terrifying night in colombia's 3rd largest city calley video shot by residents of 2 working class neighborhoods apparently show the police shooting indiscriminately against protesters. during the morning after the scenes of destruction around mistake of the mayor said at least 5 people were killed and 33 injured. in an absolute way any expression of while and see any expression that puts the life and the gritty and property of the men and women of this risk the western city of cali has become the epicenter of the ongoing protests against the social and economic policies of president de ronde do care on tuesday the united nations and the european union condemned the excessive use of force and part of
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colombia security forces to try and contain the unrest we are deeply alarmed at developments in the city of new york in colombia. where police opened fire where night on the ministrations protesting against tax reforms reportedly killing and injuring a number of people we express our profound shock at the dance there and stress our solidarity with those who have lost their lives as well as the insurer and their the white house also issued a statement urging the most restraint by public forces and asking the government to investigate any human rights violation but colombia's defense minister responded saying colombia's forces respect human rights and blamed criminal gangs for the violence our national police our army and navy act in strict compliance with the law these vandals that we have already did no access to magically deliberately and are financed by criminal organizations and they have the objective of destabilizing
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certain regions every day they change their objectives yesterday the objective was the police orders to shoot our police officers the spike the violence the demonstrations will continue with started the protests against tax hikes has billowed to a nationwide cry against inequalities and now police brutality is major unions have called for another nation wide demonstrations on wednesday while cities like cali are bracing for what could be another night of terror alison. mexico's president has called for an investigation after the country's worst train accident in decades at least 24 people were killed when mexico city's newest metro line collapsed and crashed onto a busy street you can see these are live pictures and can see the real jumble and tangle of devastation that it course let's hear now from our reporter manuel. emergency workers in mexico city have been working overtime to clear the wreckage
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of a metro rail train that dropped 3 collapsed bridge onto a busy freeway family members of possible victims want answers. i mean you know and when they're coming up ok he was on his way home because his shift ended at a 30 pm what happened is that from then on we haven't heard from him and learned about the accident we came to say they haven't given us any information call them you don't know anything about his whereabouts when he was a. mexican political leaders including president lopez obrador offered their condolences and most of our national for that than most he say to. me yet is our sincere embrace to the families of the victims and we send all our support to the injured we will continue to treat them to save their lives so that we do not have any more deaths. mexico city's mayor claudia she promised a transparent independent investigation. this is what we have as the
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attorney general to make a thorough investigation into the metro line so there will be consequences for those responsible at the same time we're hiring external investigators to help us look at how the line was operating and to view the structure with the best engineers in mexico. mexico city's metro system is one of the busiest in the world more than 4000000 people use it every day where at the scene of the accident where you can clearly see that section of rail line that's just collapsed above that busy full of art was a tragic accident and one that's raised many questions over the safety of mexico's metro rail system metro workers are now threatening to strike the pointed to other possible infrastructure problems around the city and say they're not being listened to my new ended up alone al jazeera mexico city. the southern united states have been battered by heavy rain and tornadoes flash flooding in the state of alabama left cars submerged some people had to be rescued from their homes strong winds
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damaged buildings and brought down electricity lines in several states hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by power outages. indonesia's economy has shrunk for a 4th consecutive quarter as it struggles to overcome a pandemic in jews recession southeast asia's most populous country is nearly 1700000 cases in more than 46000 deaths analysts warn a slow vaccine rollout and more restrictions will affect its economic recovery and an internal travel ban comes into force on thursday in a bid to prevent more spreading of the virus just to washington reports now from jakarta. in needed asian capital thousands packed houses are sending station hoping to get home before it's too late. but i'm going to day before to start banning people from the 6th of may i'm afraid i won't be able to get home after that for the 2nd time indonesian authorities have found the traditional mass exodus of workers before celebrations yeah and you do not return to your home town do not go
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on holiday in your hometown these travelers are trying to leave jakarta before the ban takes effect later this week. only business travelers and those with special exemptions will be permitted to travel under the restrictions under normal circumstances more than $20000000.00 intimations would travel back to their hometowns each festivities but the travel restrictions were bad that sort of mass movement from happening this year the godless indonesian authorities say they have to anticipate there was uncovered $900.00 cases. in the past 12 months major holidays have coincided with an increase in cases and occupancy rates in intensive care units we should learn from what happened last year so that's why we want to limit the people mobility because of the potential import that gets from one area to others. in recent weeks scenes of crowded markets have led to concerns that
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people are dropping their god during the holiday season health experts warn the situation is far from under control at least in the region already have the 17 day we already have the 670 we already have in south africa where you have the decision to cancel travel isn't popular with everyone for many this aid will be a period of financial hardship some transport workers have had their wages cut but some of. the situation has had such a bad impact on my family my income now is only half of my expenditure. for millions this time of year is difficult for other reasons for the 2nd year housekeeper in a washington will be away from have loved ones during what is normally a family celebration. when i'm so sad thinking about my family back home but i can't go i'm alone and far away. but the government says it's putting
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safety 1st that people must be patient and stay put to protect themselves and their families jessica washington d.c. or to counter. the president of world athletics says he's confident the olympic marathon can be held safely following a test event in japan a fewer than $100.00 runners took part in the half marathon race in support of overseas competitors have been restricted to hotel rooms beforehand there are just simply 9 days to go until the olympics but most japanese do not want to take you games to go ahead. it is important that the games are delivered successfully and they're delivered safely and i know that each and every international sports federation are absolutely committed to dering to the protocols and the processes with the rigor not just to protect themselves but acutely
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conscious that we have a responsibility in our behavior to protect local communities as well. where the world's oldest person who pulled out of the olympic torch relay coming to an arc is 118 years old says he doesn't want to risk reading coronavirus in her care her 8 cases in the forest linked to the relay 180. now the musical form called mourner has been recognized by unesco as a cultural heritage since 2090 the region native in cape verde in the 18th century and spread around the world. because he had to travel to the island of salvage and to see how the general has come to symbolize a longing of the motherland. it is a song written by a woman who lived most of her life in poverty abandoned by her mother as a child at the age of 16 she sang in bars for passing sailors on the island of saudi sente the sole woman in
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a band of men zahra evora performed barefoot cigarette in hand only attaining fame after recording her 1st album at the age of $47.00 she sang about longing home. abandonment and this feeling of not belonging it's called morna musicals are taught in schools and came 3rd and celebrated across the world so that was the last was on the hill of the land when i sing more now i think of my house living in portugal meanest singing together i can't explain it to you though when i am singing i miss and remember at the same time what i can do this thing out of love and last. morning is more than a voice but a sound that awakens the soul explains instrument maker on a cyclical mess triggered by what is called a cab
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a kenya otherwise known as the weeping guitar. 'd very emotions that the voice alone cannot trigger this guitar will bring out the feeling is he's in a bird inside your motions that don't have words and yet it can make you weep does guitar is the echo of the song. while this is our of or i was buried on the island of salvia sente her music travelled the world carried by generations of keep virgins who left their homeland playing droughts and famine and search for a better life now there are more of them living abroad on the east coast of the united states and in portugal than on the islands of cape verde. most can virgin's long to return home but rarely do they are buried abroad away from their loved ones and it's this feeling known here as door sorrow that's transmitted from generations to generations and never dies. there.
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it is the inspiration of our poets. the princess of our ceremonies. come tell me your name they sing. let's unite our voices so we can sing more in. a message from a small island in the town talk to all of those suffering or alone you are not forgotten. nicholas hawke al-jazeera mindell a saudi sent. for us just take a quick look at the top stories we cover here in algeria and facebook's oversight board has upheld the ban on donald trump's account for his role in inciting his supporters to attack the capitol building in january but it's found the social media john failed to impose a proper penalty the indian delegation to a g.
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7 summit in the u.k. is self isolating after 2 members tested positive for corona virus the group of 7 wealthy democracies discussing vaccines.

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