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after surviving for days on the poland, bella ruth border asylum seekers mainly from iraq and syria plead not to be sent back. with joining the calls for peer c authorities to provide independent verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe at the white house adds to international calls for answers about chinese bennett. tennis stop, punctuate who hasn't been seen for weeks. i'm devin ash, with sports. we'll also hear from men's tennis number one, network name jacqueline, on that subject. and the gloves are off, out of the cats, are formerly one grown praise tensions run high, the rightful. i'm the savings goodbye. there were riots on friday nights in a dutch city of rotterdam. at least 7 people had been injured and dozens arrested. during protests against corona virus restrictions, elise declared in emergency and shut down public transport. protesters are angry

with the government for re imposing measures to combat a new wave of infection. a 110000 cases were reported last week. in australia, tens of thousands of people are protesting against coven, 19 vaccine orders, and pandemic laws. rallies have been held in each state capital, including sidney. demonstrate is in melbourne, a calling for the scrapping of a bill. they say it will give the state premier too much power. earlier we spoke to dana morse from the australian broadcasting corporation based in melbourne. she explained why people are so angry. 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 are 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 vestry. aliens 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 hall believes in the, in the safety and the efficacy of that vaccines when it comes to trading cove at 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, were 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. dana, more speaking to my colleague maya dean,

earlier us sex to your state, antony blinking is expected to visit a coven, 19 vaccine manufacturing facility incentive goals. capital backup. the pastor institute received millions of dollars from foreign partners, including the u. s. to help african nations produce their own jobs. as of now the continent import 990 percent of all its vaccines when nicholas haka is lifeless. now from dac, also nicholas pretty significant development. they sat with blinking their to seattle really, it's a show of support of the united states, toward senegal and also to other african countries that they will support the may trying to get more people vaccinated. currently in senegal, as you mentioned, more than 90 percent 94 percent of the population is not vaccinated. and that's not because they don't want to get back to need it is because they don't have access to

those vaccines. so right now, anthony, blinking is finding some deals to do with infrastructure to show the cooperation that the united states, the american companies have with cynical use companies. but later on, he'll go to the past institute and institute that was key in trying to fight previous infectious diseases. outbreaks. it was key and trying to fight the bold outbreak that killed over 11000 people in west africa. now synagogue in other countries here in west africa have a large experience in dealing with infectious diseases. what they need is a tool to ensure that their population is, is protected against the coven corona virus. and, and so much visit is really to show the united states support toward trying to combat this because earlier job, joe biden had promised millions of vaccines to, to kofax. and those promises well, well, they failed to deliver those promises. and those vaccines were not delivered. and

that has had disastrous consequences in some african countries, notably in tunisia where they, where the health capacities was on the verge of collapse a few months ago. awesome. i think we mentioned there africa imports 99 percent of its, of its vaccines at the moment. picture force of the situation there as far as infection rates and vaccination rates across africa. well, what we know is that the infectious rate is far lower than what you have in western countries. now, what scientists don't know if that's because people are not getting the right statistics and don't know, it's just the tip of the 1st, the number of case that are detected in many cases go undetected with people not showing symptoms. this quite a young population. and recent research by them, bob, when dr. suggest that perhaps the fact that people here are exposed to other

infectious diseases or diseases like malaria, perhaps blunt the corona virus. so there's still a lot of research going on. that's why the presto institute is so important as a point of research and also distribution of vaccine. because as you know, the corona virus vaccine to transported to far remote location is extremely difficult. in countries where temperatures are high and you need to keep those vaccine vials at, at very low temperatures, around 0 degrees. some of them below 0 degrees in areas where it's 40 degrees celsius or above. so one of the challenges ahead is trying to get people there vaccine as quickly as possible and make sure that those files are not destroyed because of the climate. so that's what the pastor institute is going to do. there's another site to it. it's also misinformation. now, united states gave $10000000.00 to senegal to come back mince information in, in, in trying to encourage people to get vaccinated in south africa. recently. there's

been a huge corruption scandal around of mismanagement of funds that were allocated to try to combat misinformation. and that's another key aspect of this visit, the money that the united states will, will send to african countries not just to ensure that people have access to vaccine it to ensure that people are well informed so that they can take the steps forward in order to protect themselves as him next, thanks for that. nicholas hoc live in duck. and julia is aiming to inoculate half its population against cobra, 1900 before february. so far it's administered doses to about 9000000 of it's 200000000 people. the government is trying to get religious in civil society leaders to back the mass vaccination campaign. we've got plenty more ahead. all nish news out why medicines in lebanon are slowly becoming a luxury. plus we the jury find the defendant,

kylie written title page read health not guilty for joe biden weighs in on a verdict and politically and racially charged trial in the u. s. and the world's best tennis where novak of, which is told he must get back tonight. if he's too, depending on the australian open, ah, the united states is calling on china to prove that tennis player punish. why is ok she hasn't been seen since accusing a high ranking politician of sexually assaulting her amount of child re 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. hang has taken to social media to accuse the top chinese government official sexually

assaulting her white house press secretary and saki says the u. s. one for verifiable proof from china that the player is ok. we are deeply concerned by reports that peng shy, appears to be missing after accusing a former peer c senior official sexual assault with join 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 the fully transparent investigation into pangs, accounts 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 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 players, including serena williams and novak chalk of the wealth hotman's play have also voice their support for the chinese athletes. i mean, i hope that for you know,

for the sake of tennyson and, and chinese tennis and pang shy to, to find her very soon because this is, is terrible. i mean, this could happen to anybody. well, tennis association has questioned the authenticity of an e mail released by the government, which retracts the allegations. this case has not been reported by chinese media. and any online discussion has been censored or removed. one saturday, the editor of the global times tweeted, pang will make a public appearance soon. 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. government her fellow players and have hands a waiting for answers. her marriage audrey on tuesday or a mark dreyer is a founder of the china sports inside

a web site. he says the story is getting global attentional attention, but it's been tightly controlled in china. the initial post from hung about 2 weeks ago was up to 20 or 30 minutes before that was deleted. and then all of the relevant search terms, her name and connections. so even the sport of tennis searches for that would have been scrubbed as well. now there's been a couple of responses, in addition to the global times edison him into a couple of c, g, t, n, the chinese state 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 one is fine. no one that i have spoken to or seen comments from believes that these are credible reports. and then until until we, we hear from hung 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. it

couldn't come to was time in terms of the olympics just around the corner corner, coming up in beijing in the starts of february here because people have already started to connect the 2 stories and 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 new can't keep saying, i don't know about this particular when it's own media, is tweeting and, and putting out posts on that very topic. so we don't quite know what china is going to do. there's not going to be much discussion because some of the allegations involved, not a 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 to one and 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, i think. and will have more reaction to paint wise disappearance. later in the sport. opponent says hundreds of refugees and migrants have again tried to breaches . border polish god said they arrested $45.00 people for throwing rocks and tear gas canisters. there's been a humanitarian crisis in the region for weeks now. jonah, how reports from the hospital on the polish side of the border? after 5 days last in forest along the polish border, syrian must who has done better than most. he's just made it to safety in a hospital inside the european union. and then sick i came from, they were to mince can we ended up at the border, the bel arossi nomi 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 takes down my sewers, details a lawyer will help him sign

a power of attorney, and he completes a note formerly requesting asylum. they were quickly on, it will soon become why they go over in the next cubicle. in obvious distress, alarmed ahmed hama occurred from northern iraq. i am not an e mail word from a and in an i. c. u. bed on identified 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. here's why the presence of human rights activists matters. polish border guards arrive to take them in a way. going to the ok. i pray. ok. so just be nice to them. be nice. ok. 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 photograph 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 will simply be sent back. turn a whole al jazeera near the polish border. i rockies who returned home from bella, rue, say, as well as the conditions at the border they were tricked by people smugglers who took advantage of their desperation. emerald, han reports from air bill in northern iraq vanishing. golly, used to live in displacement camping to hook in the kurdish region of no near rock . she'd gone there after her home infringer was destroyed in the fight against deisel. she paid

a smuggling ring to get it to europe. she is now back in another displacement camp after leaving bella roost under rocky government repatriation flight on thursday. she shows us mobile video of her time. the brother was border with poland. she says the whole experience was horrific. this taken to instead cams company that cut and we moved to turkey state for a month and then we got the visa for bella. ruth, so we went there. we stayed in the city for 4 days before setting off into the woods. we were supposed to meet up with a smuggler in his car, but he never showed up. we stayed there for 3 days without food or water. we stayed inside the bell roof borders for 13 days. the polish police would not allow us to cross the border and the bell roof. police would not allow us to go back to the city and we were trapped in the border. she's just one of hundreds of iraqis who paid smugglers out of desperation and were tricked by false promises. said on her the is an activist who works with those who have been deported or repatriated. he says the smugglers have a sophisticated network that allows them to advertise their services,

book audio. we can't afford to lose a little below, with the spread of internet and social media smugglers are widely using this networks to help facilitate the connection between smugglers and people. they convince them with low prices and safe product, but i have met with many who tell me that was a lie, that they were abandoned with no choice but to pay more smugglers when they arrived . they are charged with a $1000.00 in iraq and then anything up to $10000.00 in places like this. people sell homes and cars, those ida, or borrow money from the loan sharks to afford the the kurdish regional government says, cracking down on people struggling networks. and in particular targeting travel agents who offer roots to europe. still, there's plenty of smugglers in business. it's actually pretty easy to find people smugglers online. i've just joined a social media group called iraq migration into europe and head. there are lots of people offering their services. now the word smuggling is actually mentioned anywhere in the site. it's only when people pay that money that they realize what

it is they've actually paid for. judging by the amount of people offering the service, the iraqis have a challenge on my hand to stamp it out completely. particularly as the smugglers are international networks across the middle east and europe. there's also hope that the scenes on the podium bell response will stop people going to smugglers. but people smugglers. i just one part of the issue. what still needs to be addressed is allegations of government corruption, mismanagement of resources, and nepotism and employment. the people say forced them to go to the smugglers in wrong con, out there, or be a georgia former president because really has ended a 50 day hunger stripe. so really, the doctor says he's been moved to a military hospital, the 76. he is in prison. after being convicted and i've sent you for abuse of office. the u. s. defense secretary has promised to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. lloyd austin says washington will counter what he called iran,

dangerous use of suicide drugs in the middle east. you are speaking in a conference in bahrain, iran, as long maintained. it's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. people in lebanon struggling to pay for medicines after the government comes subsidies on some drugs, countries already in a severe economic crisis. and zanna heard the reports from bay route. this seems no sign of a way out. i don't know 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. but no marsh. i am a state employee, and my pension is not enough to pay for the medicines i need how much we will die because we can buy medicine. i don't know how much left this pharmacy without the insulator. he wanted medicine has become

a privilege for the majority of the population made poor by economic crisis. i thought that if i stuff prices increased tenfold and these drugs are essential and lifesaving, 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. check, never look nanny, because we receive our salaries in lebanese lira. we can't afford going to hospitals. we have to come to the centers instead of the united nation says there has been a 33 percent increase in household, 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 8, but it's limited. we charter 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're 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 the 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 said their elders. eda, beirut. all right, go ahead. the on idea attorney protested into action. the young voters determined to dramatically change want to south america, which is countries and troops helped with rescue efforts in what could be one of the costliest natural disasters in canada's history. later in sport action from the m b. a is the chicago bulls rack up a rare when in denver? it's coming up with gemma. ah however we've got where, where the return to western parts of the mediterranean over the next couple of days

. little area of a stormy weather starting to feed its way across spain and portugal, and that will become a deposit and 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 lossy quiet across france, pushing across into germany through the low countries, north of that things are little more active and a little more mobile. we have got some wet, started to fade its way across ireland through northern ireland, making its way across scotland. and we'll see this circular air starts to feed in across northern parts of england and wells, as we go on through the weekend. that's the big changes we go on through the next few days. and we go with those showers down towards spain and portugal and still a few showers across that eastern side of the mediterranean added eastern pass for where we have some outbreaks of snow. we will see where to weather fini and across the baltic states turning dryer brighter across scandinavia. colder though, towards the northwest,

glasgow and london warmer than around 7 or 8 degrees celsius in that cold air will set in where to weather coming in to france to go through sunday with more wet weather for western met. ah, if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it see in the center race is the story of america what's working and what's not? a lot of people were only talking about that. it wasn't at the top of the agenda. if america can't handle multiple challenges on multiple frauds, we need to go back to school. the bottom line on al jazeera crossed clearings and now taking over what used to be priesthood. forest where giant trees once too tall and she would see you stroll. conservationist say they are yes, warming with nico tim below gazande butcher's, 4 years ago, the government to city and the all east. the ban on the timber trading at that decision. only open a flood gate of uncontrolled illegal looking sierra leone is home to more than 5000

was to gypsies, more than 1500 of them are found on the loan to regional. and they are far from say, because the vision is under pressure to save them after the resumption of looking on the return of ah ah, again, you're watching, i just need a reminder, locked up stories this out. the united states is calling on china to prove that tennis player i'm shy is okay. he hasn't been seen since accusing a high ranking politician there of sexually assaulting tens of thousands of people

in australia, protested against coven 19 vaccine waters. and pandemic laws. rallies were held in each state. capitol has been rioting in the dutch city of rotterdam. protests against covered 19 restrictions. a big protest is expected in amsterdam in the, coming out for more in this. now we're going to talk to jeff hen mega. he is an associate professor at the international institute of social studies that erasmus university in the hey, thank you for being with us. so let me ask you, 1st of all about the, the current situation. we'll talk about the riots and the protests in a moment, but the current situation as a result, as it relates to cove, it in the number of infections and whether the government has, has a handle on this latest outbreak of the model sections. of course on the roof at the moment we have well in excess of $20000.00 per day is the highest rate of infection.