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blue ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera time to recap our headlines. 12 people have died of the army con variance in the u. k. deputy prime minister dominic rob is refusing to rule out new restrictions ahead of the winter holidays written as reported record levels of coverage. 19 cases with officials warning the full effects of the latest wave yet to be seen. last week competition gabriel bought it, has been elected chillies next president polish 156 percent of the vote in the run off on sunday. fall right candidate for jose. antonio cast. congratulate bartch. he's urging his supporters to put political differences aside. 4 days after super typhoon rise struck the philippines. police have increased the death toll to at
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least $375.00. more bodies are expected to be found in remote flooded areas. the head of the united nations is flown to lebanon to meet political leaders. and tony would parish also visited bay route port meet families of some of the victims of last year's massive explosion. sarah holder reports from the capital b, when boss says the world is not doing enough to help lebanon avoid economic collapse. the un secretary general said he came to lebanon as a message of solidarity for a people impoverished by their unprecedented economic chrysler. but antonio good head is also reminded the political leadership. they have a responsibility to reform and step out corruption in state institutions the to sees that the lebanese people is who they suffering tremendously. and that creates
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naturally a great responsibility for lebanese leaders to come together. i mean, this is not the moment for the visions to be explored. lebanon's latest political crisis has paralyzed the government for 2 months. now. at a time when many of the 5000000 people have been plunged into poverty because of the currency crash, lebanon needs urgent assistance in all sectors with particular importance to expanding the social protection network. international assistance has been key in helping the nearly bankrupt country. but the dynamics of the relationship appears to have changed. for example, humanitarian aid is no longer handled by the government. i prefer to call it collaboration for can ship than oversight because none of us would like to actually to substitute the role of any of the institutions. and yes, it has changed dramatically. our in terms of inclusion, you know, there was a much less actually inclusion in, you know, all the meetings in the,
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in the priority setting. and in the policy dialog. gutierrez is promising un agencies will remain strongly engaged, and that lebanon is not alone. international aid will help to slow lebanon's collapse, but you an official say it is not a sustainable solution. good terrorist called on lebanon's leaders to put the lebanese people 1st and promote and good governance. and while they have again promised transparency, there's still no economic recovery plan. 2 years into the latest crisis, a crisis made worse, my last year's exclusion at the report that leveled neighborhoods and destroyed lives and livelihoods. gutierrez paid his respects to the more than $200.00 victims and called for an impartial and transparent investigation. but like political reform, it's another message that is likely to go unheard. center for their elders. eda baled a mark. thou is professor of communications at the american university of beirut,
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joins us via skype from there. good to have you with us. so do you think the latest visit by the un secretary general will make a difference to the bleak outlook for lebanon? not at all. busy to come directly to the plain job while he's doing his tour of the president's the prime minister, a speaker of the house, and the religious leaders, the prime minister. a crushed out of a meeting with both speaker of the house and issued the statement saying he will not cover it up if violation of the constitution of the people. good debtors as meeting with odd to busy covering up for that crimes to actually be proposing any solutions. and this has been consistent since the start of the crisis back in october 2 10191 he's basically doing with this trip is literally helping them gain some credibility, which they have lost on the international stage. those individuals are themselves
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responsible. they knew about the ammonium nitrate that exploded and the port. these are exactly the same people who crib of the country for nearly 11 months without the government in the midst of the crisis and have yet to propose any tangible solutions they haven't even met the that, sorry, the government hasn't meant in the past 2 months because of it all over an attempt to, to move it. judge was investigating the port explosion, which good tad is visited the site and dedicated this visit to that. well, let me go ahead and off it. i mean, guitar has been talking about that pull blast. why has the investigation produced so little on says off that 18 months because the investigation is being systematically undermined by those in the regime specifically by has below whose head off security visit the de courthouses and threat them don't judge and
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leaked it to the press in addition to that has been, i'm there, ally the i'm a movement which the speaker of the house heads has refused to attend governmental meetings until the judge is forced off the case. and what has been the case to day then go she ations and discussions that have been leaking to the press is about the speaker of the house, along with the president of the republic are reaching it did, which is non constitution. hm. and trying to put that as a condition for the government to meet again. so what is happening is the investigation isn't preaching a result, because the political regime is undermining it and trying to stop it at all costs. right? isn't with ex miss in the big picture here, isn't the big picture here. i mean, to have proper sort of lorn, older injustice to have a functioning state to have a more efficient state. doesn't that really mean the end of the current political structure of lebanon and the political class that nobody,
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including region and global powers, have any interest in seeing this older end? that is, him would continue by the constitution. what would fall is the individual so are accountable for the atrocities that have happen. specifically those in the finance ministry. those in the transport ministry who have been accused by the judge and have been ordered to appear in front of the courts. and they have refused to, and now they are currently trying to undermine the process. without a can accountability, there is no stability in lebanon. this country is being driven deeper into financial crisis. the cut and says losing value at the record number a speed. people are losing jobs, 80 percent are qualified as food. 260000 people have already left the country with the 65 percent in today's newspapers,
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saying they want to leave the country. there is nothing more destabilizing to this country than those who are running it against the constitution done laws and stopping accountability for the crimes committed against and in pipe city, the capital of lebanon battle. all right, thank you very much for your analysis on that. thank you. no trials coming to a close of a former u. s. police officer involved in the shooting of a black motorist. kimberly foster broke down in court last week while testifying about the death of dante wright, his killing in minneapolis, sparked nationwide protests. authorized pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. she says she meant to use her taser, but drew her gun instead and opened fire. when john hendrick joins us live from outside the coal to minneapolis, how those proceedings going now, john well, we're near the end of the trial right now. both the defense and the prosecution
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ended their closing argument. now the judge is giving instructions to the jury, but essentially it boils down to this. the defense says that kimberly potter cannot be accused of recklessly and consciously misusing her hand gun, as she is in the manslaughter charge. one of 2. she can't be accused of doing that because she didn't know she was using her gun. she thought she was using her taser, although the gun was on her right. the taser was on her left. taser weighs about a half as much as the gun. it is bright yellow and shoots a laser, just bite all of those things. she says she pulled the wrong gun and her defense said, because she didn't know she had a gun, she can't be accused of recklessly mis using it. and they also say that she would have been within her rights to use deadly force against dante right. because at the time he was resisting arrest with another officer that kimberly potter was supervising. the prosecution says there is no defense for just making
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a mistake that's not in the law. and they say she was not authorized to use deadly force that the other officer had the situation under control. now this was a case that really roiled a lot of viewers of the video that bad cam video came out and shows her saying, oh my god, i, i shot him, she falls on the ground, face down and says, i'm going to prison and i just killed a boy, this is after she had yelled taser taser taser and then fired instead the gun. so the jury will now have to get together and decide whether the law says that this constitutes manslaughter. or it was just a mistake that is not prosecutable. well says thank you for the country, john. well, there has already been repre cautions for this case. it came in the middle of the
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trial, and derek showed the police officer. it was ultimately convicted of murder for killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck. so that happened here in minneapolis in brooklyn center, a suburb about a half an hour's drive away. kimberly potter shot, dante right, well, that brought protestors from the street here in minneapolis to that suburb. and felice ended up arresting a number of people. so it really perpetuated the black lives matter movement to the verdict. cheer could have the same effect, could bring people out into the streets, although i shouldn't say that that was august when those protests happen. this is a chilly december and it's not clear people will be coming out in the streets. they did not do so after the case of kyle rittenhouse, a white young man who was accused of killing 2 people and wounding a 3rd in another black lives matter project. that was a no show, wisconsin, so not clear what will happen here. but the possibility for people out in the streets is pretty big. all right, thanks so much john henry, in the us president, hopes of passing
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a major piece of legislation hangs in the balance because of a sentence from his own party who wants supported joe? by needs every democrat in the senate to support the navy to trillion dollar bill bank better bill, same that improving education, cutting health care costs, and tackling climate change. sen, joe mansion says increasing public that will hinder the u. s. fight against the pandemic and geopolitical threats. i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. you're done. this is a no. this is a no. on this legislation, i have tried everything i know to do our white house correspondent, kimberly how can now the white house believed that it had secured commitments from the senator from west virginia joe mansion to continue talking until they got
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a deal. and that was the moment you heard the hesitation in his voice when he was announcing that he wasn't going to support the deal, at least his current form. and so he did this. and the reason the white house is upset about it is not only is he not supporting the president's agenda, but he didn't talk to them after months of engagement in advance of making that public notice. and he also did it on a can largely aligned conservative network. fox news is known as being more aligned with the republican party than the democratic party, which jo mansion and of course, joe biden are members of. so this was a real sla, slap in the face of the white house. the reasons your mansion says he's not supporting it is mainly because of concerns over the high price tag $1.00 trillion dollars. he feels this is not the right time. given the fact that there is a problem. there are problems with inflation in the united states right now, and he doesn't believe the country can afford it. now we happened hearing from joe
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mansion in local radio interviews, and i, he's expanded on his reasonings for turning down this support. and it has to do with also he said that it would not do enough to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the united states. he also said that the white house did what he called inexcusable things, and that led him to reject the president. so sweeping social agenda in the form of legislation, so he didn't specify what those things were. but given the fact that the white house is pretty furious about this, i expect we will be hearing more in the upcoming white house press secretary's daily briefing a in terms of the reaction that the white house is likely to give. as a result of these statements, the state of magland in india is northeast is asking government leaders new delhi to repeal a law that allows soldiers to shoot to kill. the request comes after 14 civilians will mistaken be killed by the army earlier this month. have them ital has more
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from the capital new delhi, and not something then is still being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds. it's been 2 weeks since a soldier shot the coal miner and several others during confrontations with the villagers. tink 10 saw his friend die in front of him and feel lucky to have survived. what's one do this? as a child, i was told that the army is there to protect the nation. i never thought they would fight it, fellow citizens. what do i see after the incident? i have lost faith in the indian army for decades. arm rebel groups in ne, india have been fighting for secession most and now engaged in peace talks with the government. soldiers shot and killed 6 coal miners travelling in this pickup truck earlier this month. the government says soldiers mistook them for rebel fighters. later that evening, soldiers again opened fire during violent protests in mon towns auditing village close to where the ambush happened. at least 8 civilians and
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a soldier died in protest, shootings didn't, and was among several injured after wiper protests across the region. the state legislature in the capital city of gordon, mar, foster resolution calling for government leaders in new delhi to roll back the law allowing security forces to search arrest and kill with impunity. the armed forces, passion, power was act rough spot was passed. 63 years ago to combat on rebellion in regions, including indian, administered, cush, mute, and the ne, in a given situation. it might have been better, best serve the security perspective of government, but traveling down the line timeline. now we are in a new face in a new situation in new area. so i am seeing that this has become completely irrelevant and obsolete. some political analysts see the status quo was told the piece process in the region where rebel attacks have eased over the last few years . you don't need the distributor is act,
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you don't need the officer. but if the government believes that it is necessary to have it for whatever situation it sees existing now and have it in pockets, you can do that. and that's possible when people lead under who will accept it? citizen groups in the region say they won't cooperate but troops until the law is repealed. think and hope to recover soon and reunite with his family. he says the emotional scars from the shootings will take longer to heal. pardon him at the al jazeera new delhi. now the middle of winter in denmark doesn't sound like the best time to go for a swim. but taking a dip in copenhagen, it is the perfect tonic for some bahama jim. jim reports from the danish capital. what used to be a major industrial port has been transformed into one of the cleanest waterways in europe. on a danish morning, this cold and grey as anxiety deepens over the surgeon, covert 1900 cases. you might expect to encounter a somewhat darker mood. but for power vote,
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who started swimming in copenhagen's harbor during the pandemic. this is the one place where his worries get washed away. is dead like dancing. like when you go and dance, you're showing jolted heavy. and it's the same when you go into the water just for 30 seconds, you could up and you just can injection of pure happiness a few hours later in another part of denmark's capital. it's not much warmer. but that doesn't stop joseph in north gren, who's from finland? one mara, one laura. it's one of the reasons i really love living here that we have the opportunity like you don't have to go far away to be able to swim. copenhagen is one of the rare european cities with harbor water clean enough to jump into. but this wasn't always possible. pair shoes works on new developments for the harbor. he says for many years the water was too polluted to swim in. but all the efforts that went into transforming the harbor from an industrial area into
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a recreational one half paid off. we actually call it the, the blue park. we have a lot of green parkson in copenhagen lot of green areas. but we also have this blue park where people can enjoy themselves, no big polluting ships here. even the transport options are more eco friendly, like this electric powered ferry. having a clean harbor is a real point of pride for copenhagen. but the work is far from over. these days the aim isn't just to make the area safer for humans, but also to protect the ecosystem that exists beneath the water. these are bio huts also known as fish hotels, dozens of steel cages that contain boxes filled with empty oyster shells, where algae and small organisms grow. the initiative is a partnership between the world wildlife fund and the city of copenhagen, vertical roles of peers as don't show a lot of complexity. and this is
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a bio hats can help in these bio had had stay in. they give space for kind of an niches where small fish can lift that a good chance and let a kid foot like the other harbor projects, an attempt to ensure locations that will comfort and in aquatic environment that can flourish. i'm a jim, jim, a visitor. copenhagen all still had an al jazeera in the stalls. premier league teens make a decision on whether football can continues to slice record number of covered 19 cases among players. details coming off. ah ah
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ah wise falls fans. it's time to catch up on all the action with follow sammy, thank you so much english, trembling as confirmed, it will go ahead with its fixture less despite the disruption being caused by cold . 196 of the p l. 10 matches across saturday and sunday had me postpone one of the matches that ahead saw leaders match the city beat newcastle. the guidance clubs have received is that they should fulfill their fixtures if they have 13 fit players along with a goalkeeper. how many to the boss pep? 40 only describe the ongoing challenges. how does the decision taken by the elite? i see the people around the street and every nobody mark nobody's social distance. so that's why it's going to happen for later. nobody protect him, child in the family. so it tried to create a good environment for our people, our plays stuff and back room a stuff to, to realize the dangerous he's already, he's still already here. anyway, to be
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a last of days after making his come back from injury, raphael, ms. l has tested positive for co give 19. the 20 time grand slam champion played to andy marie and abbey on friday. now said he talked on his return home to spain and had experienced some unpleasant moments from the illness. i'll surely have security convincing when in the 2nd test of the asha series against england, england jeff butler did restrict australia for 207 balls on the final day in adelaide before treading on his own stamps. homes. he went on secure a $275.00 run victory. he gets, you know, series lead thirty's have stars in melbourne on sunday when the test, much like you know, it's been a enjoyable way of enjoyed learning. this is tammy and carrying on from, from what we started last at the gather search. right. type solution mentioned
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going into what should be, you know, an amazing books about as much chinese tennis player punch way has denied making an accusation of sexual assault in her 1st on camera interview since posting the claim . last month on said there had been many misunderstandings about the story. the wins tennis association which has suspended all of them in china, says it remains concerned about pangs. well being crank up that reports, punctuation interview with a singaporean chinese news outlet on the sidelines of a scheme event in shanghai seems impromptu. oh, hanging on. but it is here that china's best known tennis star spoke publicly for the 1st time about her allegation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official priscilla tongue is fit on ground or wish to walk. you walk you is
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she there she are. these hometown ah, yeah. when we was in war, good in your come on to go that i often with oh so you know john news she didn't last month. punctuated social media post shocked. many in china and the tennis community. she said she was assaulted by former vice premier zango lee and was forced into a relationship within 30 minutes. that post was removed. pung wasn't seen in public for 3 weeks, and cold screw for proof of a safety videos like these started emerging of social media in sundays video
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punk says, she's always been free. oh, told all to your mom that evelyn question you do the answer towards the yama to here we order laid potentially i would it is of yamma region. although women's tennis association had to spend a tournaments in china because of concerns over b gene. censorship of pang and her well being in a reaction to sunday's interview, the w t. a says the video is not enough to address their concerns about her safety . ah, the controversy comes just 2 months before china welcomes visitors for their beaches . winter olympics. when asked if pung wants to travel abroad, she had this to say, i'm not sure who you are to lie to me in russia. oh. who was in a which with both her despite pangs reappearance and apparently assurances,
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they are unlikely to silence the wide spread holds for an end to be jing censorship . both at home and abroad. cracker gupta, al jazeera tiger went since returning to competitive gulf has been a blast, been admitted playing in major tournaments is a long way off. woods was back to action for the 1st time since we're threatening hello, fresh and february. the listing time major winner was competing alongside his 12 year old son, charlie the $1000000.00 p n. c championship in orlando. the pair finished and 2nd place for this year was, was not a very good start to the urine delivery good. but the last few weeks, the push as hard as we have the last several months. we're taking no days off and was working about off each and every day. and to have this opportunity to be able to play with my son, to have these memories for us, both of us for a lifetime on this is worth all the pain. okay. and that as i,
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as barbara now send me back to you. thanks so much follow. well that's it. so this news, albert, i will be back in a moment with more of the day's news. so to stay with us here now. does air force resolve website al jazeera dot com ah and shilling the debate. 90 percent of the world's refugees have come from a common impacted country. the climate emergency is putting more pressure on cities across the world and amplify your voice. it's not really the future 8 now. it is not a lot can get this completed back. we cannot lose hope,
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and in effect from public. crawford church, and despite the recommendations made by the truth and reconciliation commission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country ah, to grind force, his withdrawal from ethiopia is, am hora, and a far regions off to territorial gains by the government. ah, i'm mary m i z and watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program as the army cron variance surges across europe,
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