oh, you want to help save the world, sneeze into your elbow. ah . ready protests across estrella, against vaccines, long stones and a controversial pandemic bill. ah. hello, i'm hello, am i hear dean. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up with joining the calls for peer c authorities to provide independent, verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. the white house, sad to international goals for answers about chinese tennis star punch. why hasn't

been seen for weeks a man. i'm not, i mean, after surviving for days on the poland speller was border asylum seekers, mainly from iraq and syria. pleads not to be sent back and rising medical costs in lebanon as the government lifts more subsidies. tens of thousands of people are protesting against coven, 19 vaccine orders. san pandemic laws in australia, rallies are being held in each state capitol, including sidney demonstrators and melbourne, are calling for the scrapping of a bill. they say will give the states premier too much power will. earlier i spoke to dana morris, the journalist based in melbourne. she says the rallies have been hijacked by far right groups. there are range of things that are being protested about around the

country today is certainly the biggest day that we've seen for protesters around australia. and we had protest in almost every state and territory home today. the largest of which was here in melbourne. melbourne has enjoyed the longest lockdown in the world. and now there are concerns among parts of the community about some pandemic management legislation that the state government is currently trying to pass through the upper house of parliament. now that bill has stole, but people are concerned about the amount of power that the state government will have if the bill passes. now, people are also protesting around the country about vaccine mandates. many industries have now got no job, no job laws, which means people who are currently on vaccinations won't be able to continue working. and the other thing that many people are protesting about are locked downs . now. here in australia, melbourne did south of the longest lockdown and there have been locked downs in

other states and territories including sydney. and there have been much sure to lock downs in brisbin, adelaide and perth, and in high bought as well. the northern territory is currently has parts of this of the state in lockdown as well, which paypal is to do with carving, still spreading there. so people are protesting about a number of things. and it's also important to recognize that the pros, as to some extent, have been infiltrated by far right. far, right. political activists who are, you know, staging conspiracy theories as well among the protested. so it's a range of raisins that people are protesting here in australia. it's interesting you bring up the, the fact that the far reiser or infiltrating some of these protests because to see so many people light on the streets. it just makes you wonder, is, is this a sentiment that shared by the majority of australians to these protesters

represents the vast majority of australians? or is it just a small number? i would say the protesters are represent an absolute minority of astray leanne's as a country we're currently sitting at just under 92 percent have had a 1st dose vaccination and around 85 percent have had 2 doses of the vaccine. so we're looking at a country that on the whole, believes in the, in the safety and the efficacy of that vaccines when it comes to trading coven 19. now estrella, as a country, as you know, we're in 20 above 20000000 people in population here. so even when you're looking at protests of tens of thousands of people, like we saw on the straits of melbourne today, which is the city of over $5000000.00 people, we're still talking about a minority of the population to combat some of the conspiracy theories. we also saw that there were some small law pro vaccination rallies held to sort of balance out the i anti vaccination and anti lockdown protests that were held to day. they were

attended by far fewer people. and they, they don't seem to have attracted the crowds that the anti vaccination rallies have . but it would, it would be very fair to say that they are in the minority. despite being a very vocal minority. at least 7 people had been injured and dozens arrested during protests against karone of arms restrictions and the dutch city of rotterdam, police declared an emergency and shalt dine public transport. restrictions in the netherlands are being re, impose to combat a new wave of infections. 110000 cases were reported last week. the united states is calling on china to approve the tennis player punctual. i is o. k. she hasn't been seen since accusing a high ranking politician of sexually assaulting her homeric chandry reports. she's china's most successful tennis dollars, a former doubles world, number one,

winning the french open and wimbledon. but she hasn't been seen in weeks. a pang has taken to social media, who accused the top chinese government official of sexually assaulting her white house press. secretary gen saki says the us wants to verifiable proof from china, that the player is ok. we are deeply concerned by reports that peng try appears to be missing after accusing a former peer c senior official sexual assault. we joined in the cause for peer c authorities to provide independent, verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. the united nations also wants answers and has insisted on a fully transparent investigation into pangs account of what happened to her. we would stress that, that is important to, to, to know that, that she, you know where she is and, and, you know, her state, you know, know about her well being. and as i said, we think it would be important that there's an investigation into her allegations of sexual assault. tennis plays including serena williams and novak shock of the

wealth taught men's player had also voice their support for the chinese athletes. i mean, i hold good for you know, for the sake of denison and show him chinese thoroughness and pang joshua to, to find her very soon. because the, this is her is terrible. i mean, this could happen to anybody, the top, well body for women's tennis, the well tennis association has questioned the authenticity of a nema, released by the chinese government this week, said to have been written by pang. the letter says she retracts the allegations and she is quote, resting at home. this case has not been reported by chinese media, and any online discussion has been censored or removed. although on saturday, the global times editor tweeted pang we appear seen solar. china has remained largely silent over the tennis sto, asked to respond to the mounting questions. china's foreign ministry spokesman had

this to say, we and i've not heard of the if you raised this is not a diplomatic question for government. her fellow players and have hands are waiting for answers. her marriage or $3.00 to 0. well, let's get this mora mora, this note from mark dryer. he joins us from shanghai and is the finder of the china sports inside a website is good to have you with us at mark. this story is clearly having a lot of traction internationally. it's going all the way up to the point highs. how would you say it's unfolding in china itself? well, i think it not reports, it was such on the front that is basically almost 8 completely eradicated from the chinese internet or the post. the initial post from pon about 2 weeks ago was out the 20th 30 minutes before that was deleted. and then all of that, the relevant search terms, her name and, and, and connection. so even the sport of tennis searches for that would have been scrubbed as well. now there been a couple of responses, in addition to the global times edison him into eating a couple of a, c, g, t, n,

the chinese state, a english television channel, which is the english language only very important to say this is not being covered in the chinese media, they have made a couple of references, basically suggesting that pung is fine. i, no one that i have spoken to or seen comments from, believes that these are credible reports. and until, until we, we hear from pon herself, i don't think those questions are going to go away. but this is a huge global story and almost nothing at all in china given the censorship i but, but china is no stranger since these kind of stand offs when it comes to the sporting worlds. i mean the n b a got into a bit of both or a few years back when we spoke on human rights. why is this difference? well i think for a couple of reasons, one because of, as i said, that was a very public incident. b m b a 12 years ago. very public incident amongst chinese basketball fans. there was a lot of anti and be

a feeling from passionate nationalist, a basketball fans here in china. this one is different because no one is talking about it, nor is allowed to talk about it apart from a few oblique comments in very sort of corners of the, the tennis internet here. uh, but generally that's that, that's a very different reaction internally. now the 2nd thing is that the business models of the 2 leads are different. the, the, that we see the women's tennis association. i had a 10 or 11 tournaments annually in china, but as, as covey has, has restricted all international sporting events here in the country. that the, the tour has just moved on. they've set up tournaments all around the world instead replacing those china ones. and so the business model has changed, and so there was a huge dependence on china before our, which isn't there at the moment. the n b, i was a different model because that was much more of a broadcasting revenue stream. so wanted to start for, aside from the ethics side of things in the stance that taking in terms of calling out on, on issues from a business case,

i think at the some differences there as well about, well, how do you see this playing eyes as we move forward, you've touched on the real financial implications at stake, not just for the sports, but also for china itself. i mean, china is also very proud of its reputation on the global stage. what sort of longer term impacts does this, right? or is it likely to have well, it couldn't come to west time in terms of where the olympics just around the corner of the corner coming up in beijing in the, at the starts of february here because people have already started to connect the 2 stories and as, as the report that just ahead of me said it's already reached the white house. so this has been building and building and building the foreign ministry is going to keep getting questions on this. and i can't keep saying, i don't know about this particular when it's on media, is tweeting and, and putting out posts on that very topic. so we don't quite know what john is going to do. there's not going to be much discussion because some of the allegations involved in that original post were, were explosive with in china. but, you know,

until people hear from pong and, and get a credible response that she is safe. i think the players are going to keep the pressure up on this campaign to say, you know, where is punch, why we wanna, we want to hear that she safe. now on the flip side, china wouldn't come back to play tournaments at the w t excuse me, wouldn't come back to china to play tournaments for almost another year from now. so from that point of view, we have a long horizon, a lot can happen between now and then, but this is going to go on for a little while until we get a proper response. okay. ok, mart dryer from china. sports insides are in shanghai. mike, thank you paul. and says hundreds of refugees and migrants of again trying to breach it's border polish. gone said they arrested $45.00 people for throwing rocks and tear gas canisters. what has been a humanitarian crisis in the region for weeks now? joan a ho brings as this reports from near the polish side of the border after 5 days

last in forest along the polish border. syrian master nasa has done better than most. he's just made it to safety in a hospital inside the european union with men and bureau. allah vincent i came from, they were to mince can we ended up at the border, the bell, russian army took our food and water and pushed us away and told us not to return. we'd been here 5 days with no food and water, and n g o work had takes down my swords, details a lawyer will help him sign a power of attorney, and he completes a note formerly requesting asylum. they were quickly, it'll soon become clear why. and they both go go in the next door cubicle, in obvious distress, alarmed ahmed, hama occurred from northern iraq. i am a man. oh, i'm not an email i rode in from i do. and in an

i c. u. bed, unidentified, and unconscious. a 3rd man suffering the effects of prolonged exposure to cold weather. these men have been on a terrible journey drawn to bella roost by the promise of safe passage to the e. u. unwitting victors in a cynical standoff in which neither side, much cares about their welfare. they may be signs of this crisis easing of conditions on the other side of the border improving of diplomacy working. but for the individuals in this hospital, on the polish side of the border, at least one of them lucky to be alive while they're stuck in a nightmare. and it's still unfolding. he is why the presence of human rights activists matters. polish border guards arrive to take the men away. going to the okay i pray. ok. so just be nice to them. be nice. okay. okay. and

don't vote, poland is not a welcoming place for asylum seekers, and there are frequent reports of refugees and migrants being pushed back across the border. that's much harder to do now that they have legal representation. we are following the start to make sure that the people in the refugee crisis that the guard at their boxes are going to be transported to the guard station and not to be pushed into the forest. are you worried that they might be pushed back into better route? we are always worried about that border. god, headquarters is the end of the line for the men. for now under international law, they should be looked after here. there's no guarantee they would simply be sent

back. jonah all al jazeera, the of the polish border. still ahead on al jazeera, we the jury find that a valid kyle, a written kyle age read health not guilty. you as president weighs in on a verdict form a politically and racially charged trial, saying he stands by the jurors plus i'm lia hardy and outside joe hahn. we're going to take you up over the guitar in desert, where dozens of military parish shooting teams are competing for the world title. ah, look forward to brighter sky's the with sponsored by cuts on air ways. hello there. we've got wet weather, returning to western parts of the mediterranean over the next couple of days, little area of stormy weather starting to feed its way across spain and portugal.

and that will become a developing pete feature as we go on through the next day or so. further north, it is largely dry, high pressure still in charge. so cool. but so lottie quiet across france, pushing across into germany through the low countries, north of that things are a little more active and a little more mobile. we have got some wet weather starting to feed its way across ireland through northern ireland, making its way across scotland. and we'll see this circular starts to feed in across northern parts of england and wells, as we go on through the we can, that's the big changes we go on through the next few days. and we go with those showers down towards a spain and portugal and still a few showers across at east side of the mediterranean ended eastern pass for where we have some outbreaks of snow. we will see where to weather feeney, him across the baltic states turning dryer brighter across scandinavia, colder though, towards the northwest, glasgow, and london a warmer than round 7 or 8 degrees celsius in that cold air will set in where to

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this is alex is here. quick reminder over our top stories this on tens of thousands of people in australia are protesting against corporate 19 vaccine orders and pandemic, close rallies are being held in each state capitol. the united states is calling on china to prove that tennis player pung, schwann, is okay. she hasn't been seen since accusing a high ranking politician of sexually assaulting her own says hundreds of asylum seekers have tried to breach its order to spice. nearby camps been cleared on friday or to police, arrested 45 people for throwing rocks and tear gas canisters. a jury in the us as find co written the house of not guilty of murdering 2 men and wounding another. it happened during racial justice protests in wisconsin. last year. rittenhouse took a rifle to the protests,

saying he wanted to defend businesses. john henderson reports form kenosha. it was a murder trial that divided a nation. and so was the verdict. we the jury find the defendant kyle age, right. house lack guilty. it was the same on all 5 charges from reckless endangerment to 1st degree murder. not guilty, not guilty. not guilty. not guilty. oh, outside the court house for some there was another verdict. this was not self defense. this was not the appropriate use of deadly force. it was wrong. it happened on a hot august night last year during a clash of protesters encounter protesters, the violent response to the police shooting of a black man, jacob blake. some on both sides were armed. the facts were undisputed kyle rittenhouse armed with an assault rifle fatally shot 2 protesters and wounded a 3rd in tearful testimony. the 18 year old called it self defense. i

did what i had to do to stop the person who was attacking me. each jury spent 4 days deliberating, then agreed, members, the jury are these, you are unanimous word. is there anyone who does not agree with the verdict says read, or you wish the triple? okay. oh, with that it ended more than a year later on a cold november afternoon to the satisfaction of gun rights advocates. it validates that we have a 2nd, a member, right. you took a friend, our cell phone tag, but i know the cases been a national rorschach test the verdict no less. so gun rights advocates the vindication black lives matter. members see unequal justice for black and white americans. you what you, what the politically and racially charged trial was watched across the us. the verdict supported at the highest level. i stand by with a jury as a jury system work. we have to abide by for jacob blake's uncle,

the verdict marks one more case of systematic racial injustice. that's not good. you want to talk to somebody in ohio. dawn along the way, honest with the lighting in the streets of kaneesha resident braced themselves, hoping the violent clashes of 2020, or repeated in 2021. john henderson, al jazeera kaneesha, wisconsin london, has related subsidies on some drugs needy to treats chronic diseases. it means people are paying as much as 80 percent more. for medication. the country is already in a severe economic crisis. and as santa hot a reports from bay routes, there seems no sign of away arch. about how much is a diabetic who needs continuous medical care, but this 75 year old can no longer afford it. lebanon began gradually lifting subsidies on drugs a few months ago,

but now they include those for chronic diseases. marsha, i am state employee and my pension is not enough to pay for the medicines i need. how do i get we will die because we can buy medicine. i don't know how much left this pharmacy without the insulator. he wanted medicine has now become a privilege for the majority of the population made poor by economic crisis. that's got to buy stuff, the price is increased tenfold and these drugs are essential and life saving the patient cannot stop taking them for the living standards are falling fast and what is supposed to be a middle income country. many are now relying on local charities for health care services. a crash in the value of the local currency has made people salaries nearly worthless. why not many?

because we receive our salaries in lebanese lira, we can't afford going to hospitals and we have to come to these centers instead of the united nation says there has been a 33 percent increase in households, deprived of health care. and the share of those unable to buy medicines has increased to more than half lebanese officials are being criticized for failing to protect the poor. by making essential goods like medicine, more expensive by the subsidies. but the state is nearly bankrupt and lacks the foreign currency needed to import drugs. the health ministry says $130000000.00 was being spent on medical supplies a month. and that's now down to 35000000. the international community has been helping with aid, but it's limited. we tar 3rd special aircraft earlier this week and flew in 97 metric tons worth of basic supplies to help and to shore up the public system.

but this will only last so long. we are seeing children dying needlessly from things like a fever. they didn't have the medications or they weren't affordable for them. they weren't available in a health facilities when the children needed at the most. some medicines are given for free at government health care centers and officials are promising locally produced drugs will soon be made available at lower prices. but for now, the lifting of subsidies is hurting those in need. set it up. they route a former convict is among those hoping to become the next president self injurious yet he was and so was campaigning on friday. he just returned from the u. s. has to serve in a prison term for money laundering. he's running against to hopefully one from the governing policy and the joint opposition candidates. the votes on the 28th of november, george's former president's week, our 2nd video has ended

a 50 day hunger strike. satish for these doctor says he has been moved to a military hospital. he served in 6 years in prison. after being convicted in abstention for abuse of office. the u. s. has condemned what it says is the detention of urine, the star from its embassy in santa by who thea fighters, secretary of state antony blinkin, says thousands of people had been detained and mistreated because it's that because they've worked for the u. s. the who these deny this, when can a goes on to say the who things must immediately release all on arms? oh, yamini employees of the united states for kate's, the embassy compounds returns seize property and cease their activities and threats. yes, president, still biden's $1.00 trillion dollars spending package now goes to

a senate votes after passing the house of representatives. the bill contains many of biden's, major campaign promises. it aims to improve education and lower health care costs. it also includes the single biggest investment in clean energy. in u. s. history cutter is hosting this year's world military parachuting championships for the 1st time. there were more than 40 teams participating with hundreds of athletes. open to claim the world title li harding a took the punch above. do free fall precision. oh, these athletes are experts in the art of jumping out of planes. more than 40 military parachuting teams have descended here to the desert of guitar to compete for the world championship title. the competitors are all active military members and have been training for years to get here. most have tens of thousands of jumps to their

names. you know, we all had the, the tactical and technical expertise of the american soldier and we just rely on our training. we fall back on what we've done. 10001000 times. guitar is hosting the world military parachuting championships for the 1st time. but the gulf nation is already well known in the air sports community. it's national team, 12 gold and one bronze medal in the last competition. this squad and country are hoping to make a lasting legacy in the sport. as everybody know, after, let's say, one years we have the war championship board comp, let's say 2022. so this one. well, how did the people who don't know, got the like that teams never been together to have idea was gutter to see, to see the stadium. we really saw this one. it's all full bar to show what got that can do. each country will compete in 3 disciplines. freefall, skydive,

accuracy, landing, and 4 way formation. men and women compete separately, but under the same flag, i say hello firm and as you think hiver as you be, events are all dependent on whether we had to take a break. while filming to wait for a sandstorm to pass, team usa waited with us around one always need to get you a feel like near the jitters until you get around one done or when you're feeling okay for the time. it was usually pretty nervous for the 1st time. we were invited to join the teams in their final moments before competition. the results of these jumps will be tallied in the coming days before winter is announced. you know, i can't do a story about parachuting and not jump out of a plane. this guy, he's the professional. he knows what he's doing. i don't what we're going to go give us a try to have some fun group. we get in the plane with other teams who are about to

compete. we climb for several minutes until we reach 3000 meters. as we climb up in the teams, mentally prepare for their jump. i try to do the same. then minutes later, once the earth is just a blurb below it's time to free fall, i believe with ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. tens of thousands of people in australia are protesting against corporate 19 vaccine orders and pandemic laws. rallies are being.