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with every. donald trump for maine's banned from facebook for inciting violence but he vows to keep fighting the tech giants. adrian for get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up israel's president asks the opposition to form a new government putting prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a political future. warning that india will likely face a 3rd wave of covert 19 as the army is called up to help boost oxygen supplies.
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and canada becomes the 1st country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine for children as young as 12. former u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at big tech out of facebook's oversight board up held his ban from the site trump's accounts was suspended 4 months ago after he was accused of inciting an attack by supporters on capitol hill the board says that it was the right decision but has recommended that the company reviews the puppet nature of his suspension within 6 months posting on his new independent blog trump called it a total disgrace for online giants to institute social media barons and says they must pay a political price jim madison is a social media technology analyst he says the decision has helped bring credibility to the oversights of tech companies. i think the oversight board passed its 1st big
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test you know one of the real questions we call we like to call it the facebook oversight board but if you look at it closely it's actually not the facebook oversight board it's just the oversight board it was created by facebook founded staffed and funded by facebook but they clearly need to try to create some separation and i think they did that here they came up with a nuanced decision you may or may not agree with it but it certainly was a loss for former president trump in that he's not not on facebook right now and they up held the decision we will see a criticism of the oversight board's decision they were already seeing it from conservatives and i understand that right you've got a point of view and you may not like that decision just like you might not like certain supreme court decisions but i will say that every bit of criticism that's directed at the oversight board is a bit of criticism that's not being directed at facebook so in many ways i think this really looks like a quite a smart move that mark zuckerberg and facebook you know had the foresight to understand look these are really incredibly difficult issues you're going to be
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criticized no matter what you do we should create a quasi independent board and then try to make it more independent i think is actually in facebook's interest for the oversight board to become even more independent because then it can absorb more criticism but none of that is going to make the criticism of facebook or big tech go away and i think which is what you're alluding to is still going to be a substantial topic of conversation for years to come israel's president has chosen opposition leader yeah peed to form a new government through the rivlin says the low paid who heads the centrist yes the tea party secured the support of 56 of the knesset's 120 members this puts prime minister benjamin netanyahu his political future in question as his 12 year run as israel's leader could come to an end the country's going through 4 inconclusive elections in the past 2 years since the last out of western response a serious hairy force it's is the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been speaking of the last 20 minutes or so what's been saying.
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well yes has been pretty fascinating as you say rivlin the president has given the mandate to love peed the head of the opposition but neither of those people are involved in what is the real battle that seems to be going on here which is between benjamin netanyahu and the leader of a smaller right wing party yemeni not tali bennett he netanyahu has been absolutely ripping into bennett in the last 20 minutes saying that he's being driven by personal ambition that he's essentially selling out by wanting 2 years as prime minister in a potential deal with lockheed for a change coalition block in the israeli parliament the knesset that he is going back on various promises he gave jury in the election campaign about not working with a left wing government and that he's being driven by his lust for power now set aside what some people are pointing out when they look at benjamin at night netanyahu
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accusing someone else of personal political ambition this is a real bid by a try to stop this this coalition building before it's even really got under way he is appealing for both bennett and for other members of his party some of whom have been expressing doubts about entering into this very broad coalition with members of the israeli left which would probably have to be supported from the outside by palestinian israeli parties this right wing party does appear to be split within itself as to whether this is a good idea despite the fact that bennett has committed to having said that netanyahu failed to form a right wing government to try to form a national unity government and will be able to trash me for the government will he have any more luck at the netanyahu and dance of at. well this is a famous lapidus mandate he is trying to court bend it into it because he needs the
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7 seats that bennett would bring with him in order to get close at least to the $61.00 seats that you require for a coalition majority in the israeli parliament the knesset so if the mass holds if bennett's party sticks together and everyone else comes into this coalition that looked liable to do so that would be 58 of those seats and so that would require support from the outside there are 2 largely palestinian israeli. coalitions and parties outside of that potential coalition and the question is whether that would come together how long it would last if it did the current putative deal would be for for him he'd and bennett to share the prime ministership 2 years to bennett's 2 years to the paid but they would have benjamin netanyahu in opposition in charge of a very powerful right wing bloc trying to undermine them at every phase so even if
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netanyahu fails to scupper these attempts even if somehow it gets across the line might well not be the end of netanyahu as a political career he could very easily still be a very very powerful leader of the opposition and potentially again a prime minister it's all still to play for her a force of live in west jerusalem thanks. the world health organization says that the only hole off of the world's corona virus infections during the past week have been in india the country also accounts for a quarter of all deaths reported last week and hospitals are seeing shortages of not just beds and oxygen but health care workers too elizabeth broderick reports now from new delhi. when ruin a good while decided to be a doctor he didn't expect to have to choose who lives and who dies a year before completing his medical training at the age of 26 he's in charge of an
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emergency room in a new delhi hospital on the night shifts with a shortage of beds oxygen and ventilators he has to make heartbreaking decisions. before we had a friend is. going to receive the marchese of the year mark me for back in the. car at this point of being here before getting to. patients are continuing to die in india because of a lack of critical care facilities 5 died in the state of iraq and when their oxygen supply ran out on wednesday india's air force and navy transported oxygen and other aid while the army has joined the efforts to create more facilities. this is one of india's biggest public hospitals without setting up an oxygen plant based on technology developed for its fighter jets it says $500.00 similar plants all over the country within 3 months the plant can generate 1000 liters of oxygen every
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minute. this will break continuously so such plants will be stored and those hospitals will not have to depend on suppliers anymore these plants are capable of transporting oxygen to patients directly. but health experts say there is also a shortage of medical workers with the expertise to administer the 8. these are unprecedented times we have never seen a pandemic of this size and scale and definitely a pandemic that that stresses the infrastructure not only in terms of basics but in terms of manpower. other deval takes a brief break to have his lunch but says the intensive care unit i.c.u. is never far from his mind that some of these companies do you know even better yes do you think that the b b b b guys were being noisy i see my dad continues to be it was enough to deny the
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earth's every time every day but hospitals and they work as a breaking point and his main opposition party the congress is the latest to urge the government to impose a nationwide lockdown elizabeth piron of al-jazeera new delhi. australia's prime minister is resisting pressure to lift a temporary ban on flights from india saying that it will continue for at least another 10 days scott morrison says that australia has begun delivering humanitarian aid to india but he's not concerned about the travel ban damaging relations between the 2 countries to die the humanitarian support the very significant humanitarian support for india has already departed city. you know the 100 oxygen concentrator as we we're going to deliver for them the the mosques the risk is the humanitarian support canada has become the 1st country in the world to approve pfizer's coronavirus vaccines for use on children above the age of 12 the
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pharmaceutical giant says that its trials on 12 to 15 year olds show that the jab is 100 percent effective against covert 19 canada has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks and it's infection rates are supposed to us for the 1st time since the pandemic began the u.s. is also considering approving the vaccine for use in teenagers from all its cross live to our white house correspondent kimberly how could this start with canada then given what's going on there right now how much emphasis is being placed on the vaccination of 12 to 15 year olds. the pirs health canada is placing a high priority on getting the broad population vaccinated verses making sure that adults have both of their doses in fact the data shows that when it comes to canada and its adult population being vaccinated just 34 percent of canadian adults have one dose so there's still
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a long way to go in getting that higher risk group vaccinated but the decision by the public health officials in canada is that they want to see children being vaccinated as well even though this study has just a very small sample and we really don't know the long term impacts the feeling is that because children don't get too sick but they can pass it on to these higher risk groups in order to try and contain what is canada's 3rd wave it's been crushing for the country they want to get as many people vaccinated as possible and that's why they're pushing ahead ahead of the european union and the united states in authorizing the age group between 12 and 15 years of age for getting the pfizer vaccine the u.s. history grow the better of its fractionation campaign how controversial is the issue of making vaccines available for kids aged between 12 and 15. well there are those that are skeptical in the united states of any vaccine they're
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known as anti vacs or so and so this is the challenge of the biden administration is facing still 2 they believe that this age group that canada has already approved vaccinations for will soon be approved in the united states in fact u.s. president joe biden saying that the food and drug administration or f.d.a. is reviewing the data once it signs off the centers for disease control will also sign off for approval and immediately the vaccinate vaccine supply is standing by now the reason for this escalated pace is because it's the feeling of the biden administration that children need to get back to life and sort of feel that it is normal to take a listen to what the team had to say we know that kids want to go to camp this summer you know parents want them to be safe we know that parents prefer to have that and if they want it done without mass vaccinations are the best answer so we are prepared to move as quickly as we can after any kind of authorization. now
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there is also trial and testing being done for children as young as 6 months of age the feeling is the sooner that kids can get this vaccination the sooner the united states can return to normal but the concern also for the united states is the pace of vaccinations has slowed down that's why the biden administration is changes strategy now putting in mobile clinics moving vaccine supply to areas that are still under represented or served in the hopes that they can get as many people vaccinated as possible the goal to have 70 percent of the population with at least one dose by the start of july and white house correspondent kelly how could that live in washington can believe anything. still to come here on al-jazeera people in scotland head to the polls but will a vote for independence be on the ballot paper. and many will mouths to feed a warning that the virus conflict and climate change are writing millions of people to a world hunger crisis. hello
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nice to see you i'd like to start in the event in the caucuses where we had some really downpours of rain rolling through as we head toward the caspian sea that's now going to clear out on thursday so we'll see a return of the sunshine for example in places like baku in the forecast we get the heat really now starting to pour into the gulf so kuwait we have a high of 43 on thursday of course we've been talking about that heat through the love that over the last little while and those temperatures do continue damascus 33 or below 34 degrees will be the high for you on thursday it's a good bit further south around the arabian sea typical showers that we've been seeing toward the western portion of yemen and could see some outbreak some downpours really hit and miss across all mon on thursday that's what we've got in
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store for you take you to central africa right now and we're seeing this band of precipitation feed more easter into southern areas of somalia heavy downpours toward the democratic republic of the congo a look at this central african republic very heavy rain in the forecast on thursday after south africa and we're getting a push of moisture so that's going to impact cape town on thursday but we'll see an improvement in conditions on friday. frank assessments. but the government needs to watch what exactly happened and why now taking foot a situation might not be good ever again informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just a simple act of reorganizing ministry us if this is a message to the region the united states is rethinking its military posture in
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depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story. well again this is al jazeera the main news this hour facebook's oversight board is up held the panel donald trump's account for his role and inciting his supporters to attack the capitol building in january trump says the social media bans are a total disgrace israel's president has chosen yallop peed on minister benjamin netanyahu strongest rival to form a new government this puts netanyahu is political future in question as his 12 year run as israel's leader could come to an end and india's scientific board has warned
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the country will likely face a 3rd wave of covert 19 it's already struggling to control a 2nd wave of processes on the pressures were imposed a national lockdown the government has rejected the opposition's calls for a national down. india's coronavirus 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 tested positive so it's delegation took part in the g. 7 summit in london from the hotel rooms leave barker reports now from london. this is being hailed as a real return to face to face diplomacy after a 2 year hiatus albeit meetings have taken place with delegates wearing moscow where they've been sitting around tables they've been separated by per specs screens on top of that according to the organizers there's been a lot of tight coronavirus protocols introduced to make sure that incidents like
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this don't happen including the daily testing of all delicate security and journalists who have been working inside lancaster county nevertheless to indian diplomats it's been confirmed have tested positive for corona virus we don't know what variant all strain of the virus it is but it doesn't mean that the entire indian mission here to the g. 7 nice to sit it out and continue participating remotely hotel rooms over a video link up including foreign minister josh and we know that he mates with the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken on monday questions are whether some work is being done behind the scenes now to establish whether other people may be at risk and may we may well here in a matter of hours whether some other top level delegates decide that they may need to sit out as well all of this does of course. mean that britain may need to rethink its coronavirus protocol surrounding these events when it goes forward to
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the finance ministers g 7 meeting at the start of jean and the full leaders' summit in mid june in cornwall when many many diplomats from all over the world will be descending on that part of the u.k. . shadow government made up of ousted politicians that had set up a people's defense force to protect civilians and the actual unity government is working on the grounds to oppose the military and hopes this new force will strike the violence more than 700 people have been killed in a brutal crackdown since a military coup in february. colombia is bracing for more demonstrations of a mashable strike anger over tax increases and into a wider movement against the president's performance the united nations the european union and rights groups are raising concerns about the heavy handed tactics of security forces. spain's conservative conservative people's party as war resoundingly victory after a bitter election battle in the madrid region incumbent regional president is about
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. i also won nearly hoff off the 3rd 136 seats in the assembly still short of an absolute majority a posse will need help from the far right vox party to form a new government the name baba reports. riding a wave of popularity off to defying the national government isabel death are you so leader of the right wing popular party or p.p. in the madrid region confident she'll be returned to office the people has been in charge of madrid sprains wealthiest region for 26 years. but this election is unlike any other taking place as it does during a pandemic that. you say has consistently resisted government pressure to impose covered 19 lockdowns arguing they caused too much economic damage the capitals had some of spain's elusive restrictions keeping bars and restaurants open despite infection rates far above the national average even at that the mayor he added you
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know they told me you have to close down because the minister says oh because you have to understand each other because of moderation it's what they always use to get you to back yourself into a corner to shut up to cower and to look for your own well being instead of other case before this vote was called in march after the p.p. abruptly broke off its regional coalition agreement with the center right policy analysts a user base back those voters. election you know it's going against orders well for the more sort of far right party which again has risen within her already. yes leader of the left wing pod damus party resigned as deputy prime minister to stand in the madrid election recently he as well as several government officials received death threats through the post but it really is a stereo regional head of the far right vox party cause doubt on the letters day
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most adopted the slogan democracy or fascism notion of what is believe it or not than what we cannot be asked to debate with those who question the threats which are serious i think it's a mistake to normalise the far right when they say these outrageous things. in 2019 the right only retain power here because the socialists of prime minister pedro sanchez who got the most votes couldn't form a coalition. this time the p.p.s. way ahead but it might still need a partner to govern raising the prospect of the far right having a say in running a region of almost 7000000 people the barber al-jazeera a parliamentary election will be held in scotland on thursday the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson has said that he won't allow a 2nd referendum on independence their boss the scottish national party says that it will push for one if it manages to secure a majority john holl reports from a. not for the 1st time in recent years scotland finds itself at
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a crossroads an election that will set the country's course towards pandemic recovery and possibly open up a path towards independence from the u.k. . first minister nicholas sturgeon her scottish national party is sure to win has called it the most important election in the country's history if the s.n.p. wins a majority in scotland's devolved parliament sturgeon will claim a democratic mandate to hold another independence referendum just a few years after the 1st in 2014 opposition parties like the unionist conservatives and labor can only hope to deny her that as they battle it out for 2nd place but there is a big difference between whether they have a majority or whether we have a party where they can need to work with other unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because yeah obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the
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scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeons carm assured handling of the covert 1000 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here as one hope praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitch is about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from 12 it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon the s.n.p. government back to work here in the scottish parliament in the scottish government let's get ourselves out a covert let's have the powers to emerge to make the better. decisions about economic recovery about public health about rejoining the european union and the
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international community. and the election is being watched closely from europe. in the independence referendum of 2014 many euro file scots voted to remain part of the u.k. because they wanted to stay in the e.u. that calculus has changed getting back into europe now depends on a vote for independence this election could point scotland towards a 2nd chance jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh the former us police officer convicted of killing george floyd wants a new trial sizing multiple grounds that include jury misconduct last month terry chervin was found guilty of 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as manslaughter the police officer was filmed kneeling on george floyd's neck from all the 9 minutes during an arrest last may in minneapolis his death led to huge processed around the
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world more and more people facing acute food insecurity a new u.n. report says that at least 150000000 people in 55 countries are at risk of hunger war and conflict are the main contributing factors but economic shocks exacerbated by the pandemic and climate change are also major courses in south sudan and parts of northern nigeria said to be at or approaching catastrophic levels of food insecurity al-jazeera us mohammed reports. a bengal it is a survival of the wall that's robert south sudan for years displaced many times during the conflict she now lives with her husband and 4 members of their extended family in an informal settlement in b. border tom in the volatile jungle a region they receive some food from charities and supplement but with vegetables from a small garden they tend near the makeshift shelter and that they're going. to
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lie a lot on line enemies always attacking us we have really suffered a lot we're always on the run they kidnap our people mostly women and children now our area is empty you know we lost our food during the floods now we face hunger i hope this will stop somewhere able to go back to normal life under the gun. but hunger is a global problem and it's growing every year a new report on food security provides grim reading 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
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thousands of people also dying of hunger in yemen south sudan the month and nigeria the country is highlighted by the report as the was affected. to farm and to meet again food needs the world food program ses $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 we are 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
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about the crisis they're suffering because of it once proud farmers and hard as have now been reduced to depending on foreign aid how about the world is either. southern states of the u.s. open 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 damaged buildings and brought down electricity lines in several states hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by power outages. it is good terry with a solo adrian for good here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera facebook's oversight board as upheld the ban on donald trump's account for his role citing his supporters to attack the capitol building in january however it found the tech giant failed to impose a proper penalty try.

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