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with no host and no limitations the corporation if it were here would act like a psycho part one as your barber and acid rain we have to reduce our consumption here but we also need economic justice for all the. studio be unscripted on al-jazeera. at least 20 palestinians are killed including children in gaza israel responds to rocket attacks on jerusalem. and jordan this is our 0 live from also coming up israeli security forces storm alex a mosque once again injuring hundreds of palestinians attending prayer services at one of islam's holiest sites. it's very wise to take steps to.
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deescalate the situation the u.s. secretary of state joins an international chorus calling for calm. and as coronavirus cases start to decline crime rates start to saw why the u.s. is seeing a marked rise in north breakers. tensions have been running high after days of protests and now the anger and the violence has spread from occupied east jerusalem to gaza at least 20 palestinians have been killed after israeli airstrikes hit gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barrage of rockets from the strip into jerusalem a must launch that attack or what it called israeli aggression of the al aqsa compound al-jazeera as harry for said begins our coverage with this report from occupied east jerusalem. for days the question is hung over this see. during city
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would monday jerusalem day 2 israelis marking the start of israel's occupation of east jerusalem be the day of definitive violent eruption as the hours tick by the answer came repeatedly grimly in the affirmative at 6 o'clock as threatened hamas launched a long range rocket attack on jerusalem's outskirts. and by nightfall it was counting a growing number of dead including children as the israeli military struck gaza one blast in the northern city of beit hanoun killed 9 people including 3 children and the saudi let it out that the children 8 months old were killed mohammad who is getting married 5 days after eat was killed how is this a children's fault girls between the ages of 7 and 9 have died how is this their fault we were just sitting outside the house waiting for the call to prayer from us military sources told us they believed israel was targeting a palestinian islamic jihad fighter who they said had earlier fired an anti-tank
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missile at an israeli jeep narrowly missing its civilian owner. ah ah that attack coincided with the hamas rocket strike on jerusalem 7 missiles fired one intercepted 6 falling in open ground israel's prime minister said that crossed a red line requiring a forceful response on his born colonel we will not tolerate harm to our territory to our capital tossed citizens or to our soldiers here attacks as will pay a heavier price. the numa. no i tell you citizens of israel the current confrontation the last for a while we didn't want to scale ation but here chose to escalate well phil are on strike. and i said earlier blamed israel for crossing the line with the actions of its security forces in the al aqsa mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount. they moved in in large numbers using tear gas rubber coated steel bullets
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batons and stun grenades for a 2nd time in 3 days the inside of the mosque became a scene of battle. so it was. alex and jerusalem a red line whoever bears all the consequences of this dangerous sign is aggression is the israeli occupation this is why the situation is exploiting. israeli officials said palestinians triggered the violence with stone throwing palestinian witnesses blamed the israelis for firing rubber coated steel bullets from long range injuries quickly mounted into the hundreds the palestinian red crescent said its own medics were among them in the neighborhood of shakespeare or where palestinian families face eviction palestinian israeli members of parliament faced off against representatives of far right israeli parties israeli jerusalem day march was called off after the government barred the usual route through the muslim quarter of the old city citing the risk of violence but through the day into the
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night that violence came anyway. and that with violence just now and doing and. then holding on that began here simmering tensions has spread those tensions spreading into truly dangerous territory now deep into the night waves of rockets continued to be fired from gaza at the locks a mosque the confrontations flared again setting a tree alight a violent day over dangerous days still ahead harry force at al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. but need to abraham has more on the situation from ramallah in the occupied west bank. it's a cautious call on our. compound in occupied east jerusalem but there has been confrontations from between the palestinians and he is brady at least since the early hours of monday and as
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a result of cording to trusting in red cross and they had more than $600.00 injuries and $400.00 of those were transferred to hospitals we're talking about palestinians now also we have an update from protests and confrontations with them is read itself in a city of palestinian was shot dead and he was killed. and there are some sources who are saying that this palestinian was shot by an armed israeli civilian so we're yet to be able to confirm that piece of information but also another palestinian was critically shot so it is still a tense situation in the gaza strip now we are talking about the latest barrage of rockets fired from gaza and they may be a response to what. he is the spokesperson our military wing and he has said around 2 hours ago that they were giving israel 2 hours to end
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the siege what they called it the siege on the compound before they would still. attack the israelis and it seems that this is what happened with these rockets well there's been widespread international condemnation of the ongoing fighting and there are calls for deescalation between both sides the u.s. and the e.u. say the violence must stop immediately globalism the reports from washington d.c. . u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken met with jordan's foreign minister iman safadi in washington on monday in a pre-planned meeting both urged deescalation and committed to a 2 state solution but it's imperative that all sides take steps to. deescalate the situation again i'm deeply concerned about the rocket attacks even as all sides take steps to be escalated israeli forces has
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a right to defend its people its territory from the attacks maintaining peace and stability in jerusalem. and our focus right now on ensuring the. skin to install and for that to happen we do believe that all in the public that measures against either in the evenings over the. shifter or in the sense of the by nations until i have must stop the status quo needs to be preserved and the rights of the palestinians need to be inspected around the world protests in solidarity with palestinians from beirut to the u.k. and outside the israeli consulate in toronto they waved palestinian flags pro palestinian protest erupted in turkey to thousands taking to the streets to denounce israeli aggression seen in occupied east jerusalem over the weekend and in amman jordan police blocked protesters from reaching the israeli embassy where demonstrators called for the ouster of israel's ambassador decided not to cut the
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office to monitor our message today is clear continue the public pressure on the government in order to close the embassy of the zionist entity in our beloved capital amman and deport the criminal embassador who desecrates our capitol in washington a growing number of democrats in congress are pressuring biden to be more engaged and even the u.s. domestic politics are fascinating because some key democrats in the senate and even more so in the house of representatives are very much against. what the israelis are doing and are saying so vocally it's going to be a very difficult balancing act for that i mean mr president biden had hoped to keep his focus in the early months of his presidency on domestic affairs things such as the rollout of the covert $1000.00 vaccine and the economy but it's becoming increasingly clear that he now could be facing his biggest foreign policy crisis of his presidency and might not be able to keep the u.s.
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on the sidelines much longer gabriels andro al-jazeera washington a u.s. coast guard ship has fired warning shots of 13 boats belonging to the iranian revolutionary guard came close to american navy vessels in the strait of hormuz it's the 2nd such incident in less than a month washington has accused tehran of unsafe behavior comes as world powers in iran seek to speed up efforts to bring terror on washington back into compliance with the 2050 nuclear deal this group of fast attack bokes boats approached the u.s. formation at high speed closing in as close as 150 yards after following all the appropriate and established procedures involving ship's horn blast bridged beach radio transmissions and other ways of communicating the coast guard cutter mally u.s. coast guard cutter fired approximately 30 forming shots from a 50 caliber machine gun after the 2nd round of warning shots the
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13th fast attack craft from the r.g.c. en route contact mineral iran has confirmed publicly for the 1st time on monday that it's in talks with its rival saudi arabia in an effort to reduce tensions. it deescalation of tensions between the 2 great islamic countries in the persian gulf region is definitely in the interest of the 2 peoples and the region as a responsible country we think we must always be welcoming of resolving the issues and matters that have existed between the 2 countries we hope with the exchanging of atmosphere to be able to reach a meaningful understanding with bilateral relations and regional developments we will make our very best effort in this regard saudi arabia's crown prince as welcome catalyst to mean been hammered out fanny to jeddah in the latest sign of improving relations between the 2 neighbors its name is 1st visit there since the
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gulf arab leaders signed a declaration in january to end a 3 and a half year dispute with doha a blockade was imposed on qatar in 2017 but a since been lifted. well not so to come here not just here including a cyber attack on a major oil pipeline supplying fuel to much of the u.s. east coast highlights the severe vulnerabilities in american infrastructure plus. it's got harder in bangkok were thailand's indian community is scrambling to do what it can to help with the coping crisis in their home country. for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways hello we've had some lovely sunshine across such a pattern recently so going to change as we go on through the next couple of days we've got west of weather starting to push its way at the central parts of china
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we've got a high pressure up towards the korean peninsula but our area of high pressure will gradually get nudged a switch and that will allow that western weather to push through so there's that rain then into central china easing across towards shanghai into the east china sea ahead of that $26.00 celsius and so lovely weather here a $22.00 for tokyo again 5 and draw in northern parts of japan could catch a shero to come wednesday that west of where the slides across east china sea south korea saying some very heavy downpours southern parts of japan also seeing some very wet weather i think something between 50 maybe 75100 millimeters of rain possible here as we go on through the next couple of days so that is likely to lead to some localized flooding ahead of that it does stay dry in tokyo for the time big you for those showers longer spells of rain down towards southern parts of china indo-china seeing a rash of showers the usual rash of showers there across a good part of southeast asia so we'll see some lively weather just making its way
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into central and southern parts of the philippines with further showers there for born yet. at ways. a day like no other we will never give up we will never get to see that shook us politics to its core. kline's examines the fallout i don't know what the hell happened to the republican party and asks what next for the grand old party everything i think or everything is pretend this is trumps party will the fire overtake the party will overtake the country faultlines capital attack the republican party off to trump on al-jazeera.
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welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here at this hour more than 20 palestinians have been killed after israeli air strikes in gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barrage of rockets from the gaza strip into jerusalem. that happened after israeli forces fired rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian worshippers at the al aqsa mosque for a 2nd time this week. and there's been widespread international condemnation of the ongoing fighting and there are calls for a deescalation between both sides the u.s. and the e.u. say the violence needs to stop immediately. u.s. regulators have approved pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine to be used on children as young as 12 most covered 900 vaccines worldwide have any been authorized for use on adults the head of the european medicines agency has also said the job could be approved for 12 to 15 year olds as early as this month.
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british prime minister boris johnson has announced a further relaxing of coronavirus restrictions in england from next monday people will be allowed to meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors and restaurants and pubs will reopen for indoor dining scotland wales and northern ireland decide their own code 19 rules now india and thailand share centuries old cultural and religious ties even tyrol family traditions and names a stint in indian heritage and now many communities in thailand say their lives are being affected by the worsening situation unfolding in india it's called hide the reports from bangkok. the devon india hindu temple would normally be filled with hundreds gathered for morning prayers. but these times are anything but normal here in thailand and especially in india. the faithful now forced to participate through a facebook live stream not only is the temple community praying for family members
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facing the covert crisis there but they organized the delivery of donated oxygen nearby the tight alleys of little india shopping district would usually be flowing with shoppers from across bangkok. many who work here are part of an indian diaspora that have lived in thailand for generations india's influence particularly religious isn't twined in thai culture when he said has worked in her family shop her entire life her father's indian her mother tongue. i know her father is now in pradesh a state that had 40 percent of all the covert deaths in india last month she tries to talk to him every day. pam i worry about my father yes i am i don't want him to go but he's worry about his son he wanted to kill i want him to come back. because of the 3rd and strongest wave of cove it to hit thailand many here in bangkok india are struggling but the community is still strongly dedicated
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to doing what they can to help people caught in india's devastating crisis. indian business leaders in bangkok also stepping in putting aside their day jobs as they gather and send direly needed medical equipment. a lot of connection between in thailand historically in religious ways in many of the gods of the same they prepare to send another shipment of oxygen concentrators to help alleviate the massive strain on hospitals and the serious lack of oxygen the concentrators can be used for milder cases at home and don't need direct connection to an oxygen supply imagining so many people not being able to breathe you know just that picture going in their head is. something that many of us can't live with so while they do everything they can to help their homeland in crisis indian thais will have to continue to pray via video link for their loved ones in danger but also pray that their situation does not worsen scotland al-jazeera bangkok. protesters in the
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colombian city of cali are accusing the police of aiding civilians who shot at them . 8 people were injured in a road block staged by a group of indigenous demonstrators they say so vigilantes fired at them from their s.u.v.s cali has seen some of the worst violence during recent anti-government protests and president even duke aides due to meet with protest leaders for the 1st time on monday the strikes began an opposition to a now canceled tax reform bill but it broadened to oppose police brutality inequality and property rights groups say 47 people have died in violence between protesters and police officers and run petit is in bogota and he has more on the talks between the colombian government and the protest leaders. this by 2 weeks in our times deadly demonstrations there were literally expectations for any agreement between the president and the leaders of the strike they met for the 1st time on
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monday here in the capital but their positions remain distant protestors are asking the government to recognize and condemn the excesses by the police and agree to a 6 point jane that to continue these negotiations there are requirements is stablish a basic income for the country's poorest at least for a period of time and the other and the government says that for any dialogue to continue they are requiring all road blocks that a time of creative shortages to be lifted even if there is no consensus the door remains open for more talks that are expected to me and mediated by the united nations and the captive catholic church all this is happening while demonstrations and protests continue across the country and now the leaders of the protests have
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called for another major day of nationwide demonstrations on wednesday and this situation remains particularly violent involve the tile in columbia stirred largest city where on sunday a group of armed vigilante armed civilians attacked to. indigenous demonstrators in the south of the city injuring 9. homes of migrants on the italian island of lampedusa being transferred to a quarantine ship due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus they'll stay there for the next 2 weeks more than 2100 migrants arrived on several overcrowded fishing boats on sunday is the biggest number to come ashore in the small island this year the migrant holding center on the island can only hold a 1000 people and was already full. now a somber tut tutting the systems which manage an american oil pipeline has raised the price of petrol on the futures market and that could now push the price up for
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consumers across the u.s. colonial pipeline shut down its systems on friday to stem the damage and it could be several weeks before everything is back on line article again as the story it's the kind of attack cybersecurity experts have been worried about this is the biggest tat that involve vital infrastructure colonial pipeline a private company operates a pipeline that moves 45 percent of the east coast diesel gas and jet fuel from texas all the way up to new jersey olmos 10000000 liters a day but they shut down the nearly 9000 kilometer pipeline on friday saying they've been the target of a ransomware attack a group called dark side is believed to be behind the attack it's demanding money to hand back control of the systems it's suggested russian criminals may again be involved at the end of last year multiple u.s. companies were hacked in an operation called solar winds the criminal gangs may
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have gained information during that hack the company said it was trying to contain the damage but there are questions as to whether the hackers gained access to the control systems that could cause a major accident the implications for this for national security cannot be overstated the federal government is investigating the department of energy is working directly with colonial to get deployed lines back on line operating at full capacity as quickly as safely as possible. the f.b.i. also gauge to assess the dress this attack they've ease restrictions on moving fuel across the country by other means but experts say it could have a huge impact depending on how long it stays shut down because colonial delivers to these terminals every 5 days one can bet on day 4 or 5 of a colonial outage that we could see a much greater widespread impact through ward areas throughout the middle way i
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think in the south the east the by demonstration was expected to unveil new cyber security requirements in the coming days now real world proof of just how much it is needed to call him al-jazeera washington so let's bring in richard stan own he's the chief research analyst of i.t. harvest and joins us live via skype from birmingham in michigan richard so this appears to be one of the biggest cyber attacks yet on u.s. infrastructure how much damage briefly has been done and how worried should americans be about this attack. well i take it with a grain of salt to some extent because the damage has been to the after systems of a major pipeline operator so their email is down and their accounting systems are down and they claim in a in an over abundance of caution that they figure they should shut down their operational system the actual pumps that run their pipelines and the meters and the
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gauges it's true. and yet there's no evidence the pipeline itself was hacked but the impact of a real somewhere terror could easily be classified as the most impactful yet just because it's causing these carrier effects so are we are seeing gas lines in the u.s. so these gas unavailable 5 percent of the gas stations reportedly in virginia are already so there's going to be you know rush to buy gasoline will show cause these shortages the f.b.i. has pointed the finger at a russian side by a gang called dark side what more do we know about these cyber groups and is the russian government perhaps putting the strings behind these gangs. yeah so darkseid is a new generation they are offering ransomware as a service so they have clients who come to them saying hey who the air for us we
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want to execute or rants were tearing in they'll be in the middle offering the technology for that so it was probably a 3rd party involved who decided to attack colonial pipeline he rants were that the dark side uses pacific controls and that to infect machines that speak weighing ridges from soviet or pole soviet bloc countries russian and ukrainian and probably lithuanian and. back and such or so there is some of the lang we can draw and last year richard we saw the solar winds attack again blamed on russia which backed us government departments and major u.s. companies just quickly how vulnerable is american infrastructure and why are companies not doing enough to protect themselves i mean is this all about cost versus risk. here models infrastructure is extremely vulnerable wrote that and that investing enough in it's a lot because these companies are operated very low margins so they're they're
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holding back they don't want to invest more until somebody is willing to allow them to raise the raids in the case of a public utility. or they just can't get the people in the resources in order to do so re security as effectively as a defense contractor would a writer richard said i'm great to get your thoughts thank you for talking to al jazeera thank you thanks. but life in the u.s. is beginning to return to normal as the effects of the pandemic gradually subside and that means crime is returning to its usual level and even passing it a spate of mass shootings over the past few days is fueling fears of a so-called covert crime wave and as andy gallagher reports from miami locked down and could be to blame. there were 9 my shooting is over the weekend in the u.s. according to the gun violence archive that was split 6 dead at a family birthday party in colorado springs in new york's times square
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a 4 year old child was caught in crossfire as that city deals with a proliferation of weapons taking guns off the street in new york city have been on the army raid over the last 2 years and it's time now that we have lots of points about 2028 was a year dominated by the deadly covert 900 pandemic but despite lockdowns unless outdoor activity major city source spikes in murder rates places like los angeles chicago and new york all recorded surges of at least 30 percent and experts say covert anxiety loss of jobs and fewer police on the streets are all factors you now have pent populace that is combining with guns mental health and everything there all of us went through last year and you're opening back up the demand for firearms last year led to 3000000 more guns being sold the normal according to the brookings institute many of those cells were driven by concerns over personal safety and the civil unrest following the death of george floyd at
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the hands of police i fear that we're going to see these things happen continually but i don't what i don't want is i don't want people to be desensitized to this normalcy we shouldn't accept this is part of our war no other country in the world as this nation begins its slow recovery from the pandemic the scars from a period that hit the disadvantaged hardest may continue during a pandemic overall crime fell but it's a dramatic rise in shootings and murder that has many concerned it's hoped the vaccine rollout schools reopening and increased employment will help statistics at this stage are necessarily an indicator of future trends but it's clear the defeat of code 19 may be the best solution for now and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. the future of the golden globes has been plunged into uncertainty after u.s. television network n.b.c.
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announced it would not screen the awards next year the hollywood foreign press association runs the annual film and television awards it's been under fire for months following allegations of racism sexism bullying and corruption major hollywood studios and the number of movie stars are publicly denounced feel when a zation. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera more than 20 palestinians have been killed after israeli airstrikes hit gaza israel struck targets across the city after hamas fired a barrage of long range rockets from the gaza strip into jerusalem but it happened after israeli forces fired rubber coated steel bullets tear gas and stun grenades at more than $300.00 palestinian worshippers at the al aqsa mosque for a 2nd time this week. is in ramallah in the occupied west bank. it's a cautious.
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