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out of control as it records the highest daily decimal since this time to mix again . i'm the conservative majority u. s. supreme court uphold the health care loaner and as obamacare for a sub time. ah, now ivory coast, former president moran barber is just minutes away from landing and i'll be john as he returns for the 1st time since being arrested and 2011 tensions there are high earlier police find pig gas demonstrators. and just in the last hour it has been live fire as security forces tried to prevent protesters from breaching barriers at the airport. near the back row refused to step down after losing the presidential election in 2010, sparking a 4 month civil war when nearly 3000 people were killed. he was charged with crimes against humanity, but was eventually acquitted by the international criminal court. while i'm an

interest is at the airport in abidjan, where it's you to touch down shortly. i'm at the last time you and i spoke, we could hear what sounded like gunshots. what's the situation like the now the gun fly and when you check, i mean, love does protest as michael has actually died down in the last few minutes or so. it's not clear whether or not to the end of it. but again, we understand that some thousands of support in my role tried to access the i call . they have to welcome him. unfortunately, we couldn't get you to 40 pounds along with the concerns here such not one. this will break out here because some activists will copy with these arrival and they stage protest and so the gun fire and the check us quiet for now. but i concerns we spoke to the spokesman minister who told us that he is disappointed. in fact, the whole campus disappointed because stuck was not what was originally b,

i voted government regarding mr. proposal coming. you said a lot of things we discussed on many of them have not been implemented in especially security and concerns. he told me that i concerns that there is no clear way of him leaving this apple yesterday. destination in a safe manner. so that's a big concern. and this is what we are going through at the moment. we expect him to arrive anyway in a moment from now. this is all meant to be a gesture of reconciliation by what tara right. but it looks like it's already causing more division. to find out. exactly he's, he's a rival, his homecoming is talented. really smart to reconcile by the nation. however, with the incident as we seem today, the reactions were getting things bound to get worse before they get any better. and duck makes his work as a reconciliation. a call reconciliation

a bit more difficult already. he has an monday, the record 10 years, and then this is what something at the moment. so it makes his work a little bit difficult. and unless the government steps in to provide the needed security, as well as to add to the effort of reconciliation so that they can walk in by hand side by side with mr. michael. that effort on reconciliation will definitely be very difficult. what we hear in the background is probably plain approaching the up or are we bringing you more on that as it happens on the the address at the airport is arriving for now. thank you very much. now zombie is founding president kenneth colander has died. he was 97 and he led zambia from independence in 1964 until 1991 . he also opposed apartheid south africa and white minority rule and rhodesia housing, bob, wy, and he allowed groups including the african national congress,

makes them via their base co and also served as a mediation. multiple regional disputes and family says he was being treated for pneumonia. hiring tulsa has more on his long life in politics. it was 1964, zambia gaines independence from britain for many who were there. it was the time for new beginnings. people had high expectations from zambia, the 1st president kenneth calendar. it was an exciting time as one by one liberation movements in africa, gaines, independence from the colonial masters colon the rules ambia for nearly 3 decades in what was effectively a one party state as life got tougher for the poor. many became frustrated and angry. some blame the struggling economy on colon does socialist policies as a puppy. that as he waned, zambian had had enough author 27 years and power that be as founding father was defeated at the polls. then he did something that still very ray in africa. he accepted the seat and willingly stepped down. he had been forth from the political

arena through the ballot box, but he didn't disappear in the years that followed. he had a troubled relationship with subsequent zambian government. at one point, he was a keys approaching a coo and they had to fight to retain his ambient citizenship. in court. later, he became very nice. the eldest statesmen, engaged in numerous charities, and gradually winning back the trust and the fiction of meanings ambiance, many se they'll always remember his trademark white handkerchief. but also the fundamental role played helping of a neighboring countries gain the independence for years than be offered refuse to african national congress members during a party in south africa, the amc radio freedom was allowed to broadcast from the capital, the sucker it was under colon, is protection that the ac wait for an om struggle when a diplomatic one against the apartheid regime. zambia also helps above again, it's an attendance from white minority rule in 1981. and after

a long life spent at the center of politics cohen lived out his final years at home in the country. he loved the zambia. he had helped lead to freedom like you. well, that's now speak to the new snyder. she is a senior research fellow at the institute for global dialogue, south african think tanks. she joins us now from cape town. solution calendar has a bit of a mixed legacy, but i want to start. 7 with his standing as this huge independence hero at and not just in zambia. right? yeah. i mean, good evening, natasha. you're absolutely right. i mean you look at president candidates co and you, you remember him for being the 1st kind of president of zambia. gambia was part of and bob will reduce you as we knew. and of course the, the country was divided and it became zambia. and of course, part of that is linked to the idea that he was this, he promoted an african socialism. many people will argue that, you know, in the years after he became president, he kind of lost his way. and the legacy kind of got

a bit more tainted because of the fact that he was in powerful for 27 years. he kind of introduced the one party state in africa or in parts of southern africa. and more importantly, you know, it didn't really when he left office, the country wasn't in the kind of situation that he would have probably intended to be given the poverty levels and questions of governance challenges and so forth. but i think when it came to the broader dynamics, you can't, you can't necessarily renounced the fact that he, he had opened up the country to various into to various nationalist liberation movements and being. and one of them being the and see the african national congress center. so you mentioned that african socialism, he's obviously regarded as the father of african socialism. but if i remember, he will. so cut a deal with the i m f. and he suggested you didn't do particularly well when it came to the economy. he left some b as corporate industry in taxes. how does ambiance regard him now when it comes to that economic legacy? well, i think, you know, over the years the day that the whole question of the,

that economic legacy you've alluded to, has not really bode well for the country. i mean, we see that in the context of where the country is in terms of the, the corporate issue, the debt crisis, the fact that it's, it's considered to be part of the least developed country trajectory, etc. i'm sure to deans ambia, the younger generation probably have much of a much more difficult time in remembering prison. colanda. i think the older generation will probably remember him for not in the way that perhaps the younger generation. remember him, i think the younger generation kind of have been disconnected from that legacy from that post liberation movement to and political party, the independence, etc. i think for them they will look at their plight and say, well, you know, there's a man that played the role of an elder statesman in the continent. you play the role of being the founding father follow post independent states, but never really. we never really saw the, the dividends come, come, come to, to, to light fall, fall off, all parents for families, for generations to come. i think that's going to be

a difficult one to see. but i think at the end of the day, there was also a little area where he, you know, you mentioned the i m f as well. but he also, if you had this ambia that has our railway as well, that became quite critical for them via and to and tins ania as well. so i think at the end of the day, you have to remember him for what he has achieved. but i don't think you can shy away from him from some of the challenges that his presidency had, basically have to raise his presidency as we think about him soon as you alluded to, so many contradictions mean leaving office when he lost an election and being ordered for that, but as you say, he was also the man who created a one party state. how do we understand him of those contradictions within that man himself? well, i think to a large extent, to what you see in the, in the context of the symbolism that he represented something that, you know, in africa, you, especially in sub saharan africa and in particular in southern africa, the one party states syndrome has become quite

a character characterization of politics in the region. and it's something that you can't necessarily divorce from the way in which liberation, movements and political parties feel they need to stay in the political landscape in terms of with, in terms of their political power and their dominance. in government and we see this in africa as well. i mean, that's a good security state where you have an answer that 1 may be called the agency, a one traffic a one party state. but in, within the part you, there's been interesting transitions around leadership. you know, you move from adela to becky to, to zoom out to know president on board. and that has been an interesting kind of dynamic in the a and see when you look at other political parties. in particular, you look at the, the, the parties of kind of go into he's, be, he was in paul for 27 years. now that's a different kind of normally because at the end of the day, you think that within the party, there'll be a transition of leadership of a transition of succession as well. but it only slots to happen later on. and i

think does that, those are the characterizations that we have to realize that actually becomes part of the political landscape in sub saharan africa in particular, southern africa. but i think he also presents the last of those 1st generation, post liberation, presidents and nation nationalism that group b, these b sub saharan africa, the southern african landscape when it came to independence. and the colonization here clearly had a huge impact on the regions. and you should i do that a senior research fellow at the institute for global dialogue. great. take your thoughts on out 0. thanks for joining us again. solution. thank you very much. in while to the pandemic canal and aid groups are wanting, the cobra, 1900 situation is spiraling out of control canister. on the international committee of the red cross has hospital is already full in many areas, with health, with oxygen supplies, also running out the countries recorded the highest daily dest whole. since the

beginning of the pandemic, and less than half a percent of the population has been fully vaccinated so far. what are the aspect to dr. nit i'm a bar as she is the president of the african red crescent. and she told us about the difficulties facing us kind of sounds. pandemic response 1st at the eastern part was head and slowly not, not slowly but it quickly. after that, it is all over the country, almost cobalt, with its 4500000 population is really and very big shortage rehab. and fortunately, not received oxygen plants on time and that was another big problem currently to oxygen shortage is huge. a little bit under control by the ministry of public sheltered cells, unfortunately, were national partners to bring on time home. meanwhile,

indonesia has reported its biggest increase in infection since january with more than 12000 cases. well, health organization is wanting that restrictions on people need to be increased. present, joke widow has all that ordered all authorities to speed up the vaccination campaign there. he wants the number of people and automated each day to increase to 1000000 by next month. around half that so currency being vaccinated as well. now africa is experiencing a fully fledged 3rd wave of current of virus infections of millions across the continent remain on vaccination. it's 1300000000 people account for 18 percent of the world's population. but a continent has only received 2 percent of all vaccine doses administered globally . the ted with it here is the reality. as i said earlier, 15 countries across african union members, it's now experiencing that. and we would anticipate that more countries will be in

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the me. hello again. i'm associate pain. that's remind you about top stories this alex ivory coast a former president long bug berg has literally just landed, and john returning for the 1st time since being arrested in 2011. please find a demonstration just in the last hour who have been live, fire and security has tried to prevent protesters from reaching barriers at the airport. well, that's now speak to an interest. he's on the ground for us at that airport in our vision. i'm as we see that the plane has literally just touched down on the tarmac . what kind of a reception is he like he to receive the the code he warned good. and then went to mr. berg was to come out. okay. i can just

write a few minutes ago and basically what it's going to happen. we start mr. program getting out of follows through the presidential lounge and then meet with officials part your chief dignitary weren't here to receive them. but prior to this moment, they've been some violence in the streets of hobbies, gas, light fire were for people who are trying to sample. the piano is not, there will be a breakdown of law and order. when mr. arise, you know, i spoke to his folks but who said thousands of the supporters was coming into the i received my book and that was not what was agreed between his party, family and the government. now they fear that his lawyer re run is simply because they know him not secure this information,

especially after people had said that they were disruptive, coming up long as the governor heroes welcome. so that's the situation right now. that doesn't look like there is a crowd there at the airport despite from the just the port has been turned away, but he is still an incredibly device to figure. can you give us a sense of the mood there was a moment the what basically, whenever you see a journalist or supporter or security personnel, phones are here in the app and maybe they might just be behind the walls of the airport. dozens of supporters climbing walls and trees to have a look at mister mister buckle. no, he's homecoming is being touted as one of the most important steps in recourse on in this country. remember the baby crisis, these countries been going through?

they believed that mister bible could play in re uniting, i know what we see all the streets today isn't the isn't particularly the kind of welcome we expect expect from i audience and people hear us. you can hear the part known as well. what seems like gunfire, old check out love for us. just trying to still trying to access me. i know the reconciliation will depend on how much government is committed to it and then assigned some kind of role for the board to secure to detail these being returned already. it's still a good, a very delicate situation here because a lot of people, people feel good by the traditional criminal court, but need to be heard company unless you're committed. because, you know, on the case also face saying, well,

he was sentenced and i'm censure. i recall to 20 years in prison for issues to do with with money and the central bank. i'm curious as to whether or not you think he will be returning to politics in abidjan when he arrives, or if he may actually be facing some further charges or even time and present the the charges have not been dropped but everybody and i because believes that these charges will be dropped, and i spoke to one official of his party who told me not mr. pad, who is a political person, but he knows how to do on what to do. so there is no discount in the fact that this man was still tried to run. he's eligible to run and 2025 is 4 years away. so there is a possibility that he could run. but again, the government is sticking a bit, gumble by bringing you a big campbell in the sense that it could pay off in terms of re uniting

a deeply divided mission. but also, if he decides to rejoin politics, that things could easily get up in ivory coast address. there was all the latest from the airport and i will be speaking to him a bit later on when we see mr. bog vote for now. thank you very much. now moving on and the u. s. supreme court has rejected a challenge to be affordable care act. why be known as obamacare? it was one former president brocker obama signature policies. the judges ruled $7.00 to $2.00 to reject the republican challenge. this is the 3rd time the court has preserved the law since it was introduced and 2010. obamacare is widely credited with helping millions of americans gain access to medical insurance. well, let's speak. how does your casters joins me now from washington d. c. heidi a 3rd major challenge and the supreme court struck down, talk us through the significance of the rolling today. that's right, that the question being whether this was the final time that the affordable care act would be put through this task before the supreme court. and the answer is,

it's still unclear because while it is upheld now, for the 3rd time by those justices, they still left the door open for a potential future challenges. how did they do this? well, in the opinion which was signed by a 7 to majority, the justice is did not tackle the argument filed by the state of texas when trying to sue to overturn the affordable care act. and the state had argued that because congress had invalidated one portion of the law that the entire law should thus be struck down, while the justice says said they didn't even get to that question. rather they, throughout this case, they throughout this case because they decided that texas lack standing, it could not prove that they had suffered due to this law. now the trim court is supposed to be a political, but if you look at the way that the justices ruled, it's interesting that there were, there were 3 conservatives, as well as the swing vote of chief justice john roberts,

who sided with the liberals to deliver this 7 to opinion into those conservatives who decided to uphold the supreme the, the fordable care act are actually president trump appointees. and while this decision is supposed to be a political, it's undeniable that had the supreme court ruled to strike down the affordable care act. the real world consequences and the political consequences could have been disastrous. 31000000 americans could have immediately lost their health insurance. in the middle of this pandemic and obama care has only grown in popularity in the year since it became president obama signature, legislative achievement. and we saw democrats cheering this decision today with nancy pelosi speaker of the house saying it was a clear victory for her party, natasha hydrogen castro that forth in washington dc. thank you so much. hi. now

businesses across lebanon are closed on thursday as part of a general strike against deterioration. economic conditions purchased as a blocked roads and bay route and other cities. and the calling for the government to do more to deal with the western crisis, currently has been in free for for months. now. the world bank says economic conditions that are among the west in the wild lebanon has been without a fully functioning governments since august. and there are also shortages of fuel and nets and what they thought they were the lot of talk about the konami condition has hit rock bottom. the lebanese pound has hit rock bottom and everything is expensive. how can we survive? there is no medicine, no water, no electricity, nothing less than what. what more humiliation could we take? now the indian state of our son is on an eviction drive. clear and government land of what it calls encroaches. more than $100.00 families have lost their homes in the past month, most of them muslin, sums. hindu nationalist government says it's protecting people from what it calls illegal migrants from neighboring bangladesh. but many of the army say the indian

citizens being targeted for their faith. elizabeth per on them reports not from new delhi as it is then and his daughter amena, pick up the pieces of the tin shack that was the whole him until 10 days ago. they collect the bags of ginger, which he used to farm on a small piece of land, as it then takes a moment to reflect before leaving the shack, an indian ne, in our farm state. his family is now staying and ta, poland, tense with others whose homes were demolished by government bulldozers, mizzi monday. not why. so we have been here for so long all these years. i made my living working here grew up here. my father died here. now i have grown old why this happened. i have no clue. since our psalms newly reelected hindu nationalist government was sworn and may, it's carried out its promise to clear government land of what it calls encroaches

other than and more than a 100 other families have been forced from their homes. that despite a high court order batting, any demolitions or evictions during the pandemic, the government says the fact that most of the families are muslim is a coal incidence. we don't want that. this person's all the gold, my length, all the diverse new areas to be and course been free because of that, this government, all this government and the previous, our government. we considered to be over prime duty to be and could just be handled. we must have going to be in 100919 percent are migrated most things. so we have nothing to say the bought a p, a jump the party o b j. p has long promised to rid our som, of what he calls illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. but other than showed al jazeera, his identity documents proving, he's an indian citizen of the halleck from the opposition congress parties as the b j. p is targeting muslims. we are thing if you want, you want every, all,

are there been selected people and number handy? there are a lot of people who become homeless shelter, less every year. bite, you know, from 20 ocean devastating floods and displaced thousands of people every year at the college says evictions without providing alternative accommodation will only lead to more people living in legally on government land. other than and his family are relying on local charity to provide them with basic necessities. now that he can no longer farm ginger, he says, their only hope is for the government to recognize its own document, stating they are indian citizens. and to help them. elizabeth moran and al jazeera new daddy now to me on march where the violence continues. video is posted on social media show, most of kenmore village and margaret regent funds to the ground. villages accused the military of firing at them before burning nearly all 200 homes as well as

capital on tuesday. when we spoke, we had already fled after receiving a tip off that soldiers were looking for a group opposing the military takeover back in february homey on laws, correct? national defense for says fighting and kaya state has also started again breaking as he's fine men to reduce conflict in the countries east. tens of thousands of people have fled to the states, taking refuge in camps scattered across the regions, forests, b, u. s. office of humanitarian affairs, as the camps are running short food. and there are also signs of disease spreading . tony chain reports from a home song at the time me on my border this is some of the a that's been hastily pulled together by for any organization and tyler be sent across the border. and to me were still more than a 100000 people sheltering from fighting with very little shelter themselves and very little food or drinking water. they've got blankets here to protect them from the cold rain jackets. it's the monsoon season.