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so how people take a stand against evictions in their struggling communities. the 1st time me arrested me. i was 11 years old. oh, j select on out his ear. ah . new measures across europe as of a con cases continue to search, but the u. k. prime minister rules out further coded restrictions for now clubs, the whole robin you what geology they were like my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 30 minutes. who the fighter sees a united arab emirates cargo ship off the coast of yemen, saying it was carrying weapons. the saudi led coalition says only medical equipment was on board. also, lawyers for britain's prince. andrew say
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a document made public by a new york court releases him from a sexual abuse lawsuit. and for the 2nd time in as many days flames tear through south africa's parliament. ah, welcome to the program, the u. k. prime minister says the countries health service will be under considerable pressure in coming weeks as it grapples with surging case numbers. but boy johnson says they won't be new restrictions while other european nations consider making their responses stronger, roach. helen's reports now from london, people's return to english schools on tuesday after the christmas break. and the head teacher at richard challenge school in south west london is worrying about stuff. absences of her for stuffing. the me saying that be a nice relation of beginning a turn. now we can manage that,
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but if that becomes 10 staff or 12 staff, we got huge problems and not for the 1st time in the pandemic. english schools are implementing last minute policy directors from the government, all high school students with now wear masks and classrooms. i like all the other teachers around the country found out about when mastering classrooms for lessons. when we read the national newspapers on sunday morning, which is appalling, in my view, how is it that the press know what is going to go on in the classroom for her? teachers have even been briefed on that, but this is the only real tweak to pers. johnson's omicron campbell, while scotland, wales and northern ireland all brought in restrictions before christmas. the prime minister chose not to you for england, who, sticking with his decision, the wasteful for the country as a whole is to continue with the path that where all the gamble is that vaccine coverage and on the crowns, relative madness, will prevent the health service from being overwhelmed, but even forest johnson recognizes its not looking good. the pressure on our, in a chest on our hospital is,
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is going to be considerable in the course the next couple of weeks and a may be more because as there's no question on the car, continues to, to search through the country elsewhere in europe with a new here come new set france, who's going ahead with measures announce last week a 3 day work from home rule for those who can big public gatherings limited for 3 weeks. and parliament is debating a change to frances help us only to vaccinate it, would be allowed in restaurant cafes and more. the health minister condemned alleged death threats from anti vaccination activists. nathan, by the view, let us not lose sight of the fact that the objective of this law is not to restrict individual and collective liberties of french people. the objective of this law is to save lives, what it is to protect our hospital and relieve the workload of our health work. then despite opposition from some politicians, the backing of several parties means the lower house will likely pass the bill. re challenge out to 0. the u. s. is expanding its things to program as it faces the
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over con surgery, including extra fines, the shots, the children as youngest 12. a 3rd vaccination had already been recommended for every one age 16 and over. on monday federal regulators decided boosters and warranted for 12 to 15 roles. the food and drug administration also says everyone eligible for 5, the booster can get one as early as 5 months after the last dose rather than 6 that india vaccinated more than 4000000 teams. on the 1st day of its campaign to vaccinate 15 to 18 year olds, the expanded vaccination drug because monday with on the con, infections on the rise. several regions have introduced restrictions and nighttime curfew has also been imposed in the capital new delhi schools and public places there. and other states also closed partly middle has more from the vaccination center in new delhi. and with that, another teenager has gotten their job,
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were the vaccination center in new delhi, which is dedicated to inoculating teenagers between 315 to 18 year old. that is due that started getting that today. it's a huge population of about 70000000, a big expansion for in just vaccination drive, and a big relief for parents and students who had a particularly tough fun damage. schools in india have been the 1st shot and last to open. in fact, as we speak, many schools were closed again. over $900.00 cases started searching. as of now, this population is only getting cool vaccine, which is it to job engine made vaccine, given 28 days a box, a lot of restrictions on my family members to me to, for the goal with the goals properly. so i didn't go with my friends and get to watch movies in the hall. so yeah, i'm excited to go to my goal is to i didn't think there was any point waiting. we discussed it with a couple of doctors as well. and they would have been, you know, we could get it done as soon as possible. and it's not just children starting next
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week. health day walkers and many people about 60 who have underlying health conditions will be eligible for booster shots. now as we speak, india is seen a massive surge in over 900 cases, largely fueled by the army con variant. the heart of hits cities are mom by in the financial capital, which saw restrictions being tightened this weekend. new delhi has also seen cases such positivity rate is close to 5 percent. and as of now schools, gyms and movies here does our shot and restrictions have been placed on restaurants and public transport. the government says that hospitalized zation, those remain low, and that cases have so far been myers and them to magic. they say they will look at these metrics, hospitalization, and death to decide if new restrictions ought to be placed. humans who the rebels say they feel they should be to the united arab emirates because it was carrying military supplies. the cargo vessel was taken near the yemeni port city of the data
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. the saudi led coalition says it was carrying medical supplies, not weapons. saudi arabia is leading a military coalition that's been at war with these for almost 7 years. i'm at a tar possible from center in yemen. we couldn't tell exactly is telling the truth of the how these military spokesperson during his pressure has revealed some pictures that he says show the, the, the you a flag to cargo cargo ship carrying weaponry, armored vehicles, and also marian boats. but, but we couldn't confirm such pictures that had been revealed by the how the spokesperson also the, the, the other side of the quality is saying that it was creating medicines or other civilian stuff. the situation is really developing rapidly. the whole,
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during the pressure during the process explained about the operation, how, how they conducted this operation of the, the cost of data where the have monitor kept to this ship. according to the statement of the how these spokesperson, he says that the have kept monitoring this ship for 4 weeks according to her due to him and also the, the, the, the, the accused it of carrying alto style activities and the long, the, the red sea. and a legal agreement between the late sixties and the jeffrey epstein, prince. under his accuser, virginia to fray has been made public. the documents were release off to an order by judges in the u. s. they refilled defray was paid $500000.00. as part of the deal. she looks a civil case against presenter, accusing her of sexual assaults when she was 17 or it's under his lawyers at all q . the 2009 such would could release him from liability of the case. he's
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consistently denied the claims. michelle simpson teagle is a women's rights lawyer and founding paula at the simpson take a law firm. she says, victims should not be afraid to seek justice. what really dropped and i think change sort of the face of this type of litigation is the me to movement. and not we started seeing people come forward and saying it does not matter if you are a prince, or if you are the president of the united states, you should not be above the law. and you should base justice for the wrongs that you have done to people that really can just be the word of a survivor. if that survivor, if that victims word is believed by the burden of proof that's required by law, whether it's proof beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal case, or in the preponderance of the evidence. in a civil case, one witness, and most american jurisdictions can be enough if a jury believes them. and i certainly have cases where that has been true. by that
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being said, we want to build and have other pieces and corroborating evidence. and i think the settlement agreement that we're seeing in that in case it is really to me a distraction. i think her attorneys likely knew about it. and it doesn't mean that prince. andrew should not still face justice because he was not jeffrey at stain. he has his own person of ours, south africa, the parliament building in k town has flared up again. it 1st broke out on sunday and at the back of the building complex housing, the old assembly chamber has been badly damaged in parts of the roof caved in. the calls isn't known, however, a man is g to appear in court on chargers related to the blaze, genie wolf, husband from the scene. this is an incident that has attracted a lot of attention to the past day. crowds from all over cape town have gathered to take a look at what is happening here, including danny. tell me how you feel, seeing the wall of the national assembly bar tables painting like very said to me,
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voted day on the go. we just very, with every day i actually have lost boys. see, these have the clothes are worth a lot of people here are lost her words, including the firefighters who have been here fighting tirelessly. they were fighting for 24 hours the day before, and the temperatures were as high as a 100 degrees celsius. and now they're back out of the gander listed and they're fighting this, which has just been flared up again. now this building is very important to south africa is a place that is the heartbeat of democracy is where the parliamentarians gather to debate. policy and legislation is also where the president delivers the state of the nation address. where nelson mandela would like to pass the 1st black president
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of south africa. now there will be some significant cost in bold and refurbishing this building. and there's obviously a lot of history behind these buildings walls. and at the moment those walls are burning down. and then there will also be a lot to be answered to in the coming days. well still ahead here all al jazeera, another news offers in hong kong, shutting down, raising questions about the future of independent media. also how a centuries old technique is still being used in the mountains in iraq to make a staple food pipes will tell you what it is, straight up to a ah, look forward to brightest goalies with sponsored by cutoff airways. hello, there will start in east asia and japan seen some really wintery weather over the
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past few weeks. and there's more of that to come. we're also going to see some wet and when she where the creep across central parts of china knocking down temperatures. that rain is likely to touch shanghai by the time we get to wednesday, bringing the temperature down with it. but up north in beijing, we're going to see temperature pick up here as well as the korean peninsula with some sunshine breaking it through the cloud. now if we take a closer look at japan, we got north west city winds, blowing down cold air, bringing more heavy snow to the likes of a kiddo. and han shoe, it's looking slightly more settled down in the south. it's likely to get colder in tokyo that the sky will remain settled with sunshine. now it is going to get cold and wet across north western areas of india. thanks to the wet weather that sweeping across afghanistan into pakistan brings really heavy falls. we are likely to see more flooding here. by the time we get to wednesday to creep into places like raj, a sun, where we have alerts out for thunderstorms,
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as it works its way more centrally. but down in the cell, it's much dryer. picture with a few showers creeping into the southern coast and thunderstorms in sri lanka. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always sun ah father, ah, mute loves the arch the stage is set to immortalize freezing memories or in a magical race against time. witness our time on a to 0. 0,
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a book about you know, watching over there with the whole rom, the reminder of all top stories that you have prime minister, hers, all the countries health service will be under considerable pressure in the coming weeks as over con, cases, surge elsewhere in your near restrictions are coming into effect in an effort to slow the spread. you haven't toothy rebels that seems to ship belonging to the united arab emirates. they say it was because it's carrying military supplies. the cargo vessel was taken me the money for the city of data, a legal agreement between the late sixties that the jeffrey had seen and present a key. the judge gray has been made public prisoners. lawyers say the 2009 settlement could release him from liability in the case he's consistently denied the claim. saddam's, military leader, his calling for an agent can take
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a government and do measures to deal with demonstrations. it follows resignation of prime minister abdulla i'm dog who says political deadlock threatens to don survival pro democracy group say they're planning for the protest on tuesday evoke and hospital of the capital cartoon. these people have recently heard prime minister out the lamb duke, the 1st to hold the position following to dance. 2018 revolution has resigned and many in the country are divided on his departure is developmental disorder. committee humbugs, departure is a big loss to the nation. he had made a lot of achievements and brought progress to sedan, but the military with the reason he was unable to move forward on so many issues. the military is the reason we're in this crisis without ah, and it doesn't make a difference just like he doesn't make a difference if he stays. no hum. dog no longer serves the demand of the people on the street. he legitimized a takeover and blessed what they have done, and this was much less than what the people of sued on have been calling for. ham
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doff was torn in in 2019 after the overthrow of long time president amaral bashir. he was picked by the coalition known as the forces of freedom and change to lead to dance transition to democracy. the coalition represented the protest movement that lead anti government demonstrations against bashir as government. but in past months, the coalition has been divided. that became the basis for the military to stage a takeover in october. placing him, duke under house arrest and putting members of his cabinets in prison. a month later he was released and then find a deal to form a government of technocrats side lining political groups. when he 1st took office, hm. dog's popularity was high among the protest there's. and when he was placed under house arrest during the military take over, many regarded him as a symbol of civilian rule, but the deal he signed with the military in november made him lose supports of not just the protest movement, but also the political parties that brought him to power some activists say ham ducks resignation could be in the interest of the process movement now that hum
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dock has step down. they realize that they need to get their houses into or do they need to get there. you know, they need to get everything organized and need to start from scratch. and i think also the military side needs to understand that the people will not let up. have cited lack of consensus among political parties as his reason for stepping down. and as the political parties remain at odds, there's little hope of both coming together to name someone to replace him. he but morgan august 0, china russia, the u. s. friends and the u. k. have pledged to ensure a nuclear war is never afford. the 5 countries released a joint statement to prevent the further spread of atomic weapons. the countries say it's a war that can not be one should never be force. you to hold a conference on to review a nuclear arms control treaty days of the share. it has been delayed multiple times by the pandemic. not one of the last remaining independent publications at home. coal has a little close journalist citizen. you say they don't feel they could work safely.
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after colleagues or 2 separate pro democracy news office were arrested for sedition . brick, clement reports now from hong kong in hong kong, shrinking media space. another loss in a statement on social media, independent, online news site. citizen, you said it would stop operating from tuesday saying it needed to ensure the safety of its stuff. it described itself as a little bows in the middle of tremendously rough seas. that announcement came less than a week after stan use announced it would close down. alas, after the independent publication had been raised by police and 7 people were arrested in october, hong kong security bureau accused citizen news of misleading its readers when reporting that free speech was no longer guaranteed under the national security law . 6 found a chris young settled though citizen use not being contacted by national security police. it was impossible for the small outlet to continue. overall media is
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placing a increasingly tough environment for those who are being seen as critical or troublemakers. they are more on the revolt. young said he hoped young hong kong journalists wouldn't be put off saying there's still a role for media to play in the territory. a sentiment echoed by other journalists, full command oil. they have been a lot of media workers who express their sadness on social media, and i don't think we are the only ones who started in this industry. there were still a lot of journalists who are willing to try hard. i still have the hold and citizen uses the 3rd outlet to shut down after stan news and hong kong. last pro democracy paper apple daily that was forced to close in june last year after tacit was seized and found that jimmy lie arrested. authorities have also blocked programs on public broadcast, radio, television, hong kong, and issued directives to stuff. it's now uncertain how remaining outlets,
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including hong kong free press can survive. the decision by citizen use to close is another sign that the media environment here is becoming increasingly difficult. yet hong kong authorities have repeatedly rejected claims of a crackdown. thank they are not targeting the media. journalism is not sedition, but seditious action activities and inciting other people through public access nativity is, could not be con, don't. under the guise of news reporting, hong kong chief secretary, john les criticized a recent editorial published in the wall street journal title. no one is safe in hong kong, saying that recent arrests had nothing to do with me of freedom. hong kong was once known as a vibrant hub for media outlets, but a national security are imposed on the region and 2020 has changed that and left many faring independent journalism is being crushed for clinic. i'll just 0 hong kong they talk to me. rebel fighter has been killed in
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a gunfight with security forces in india administered. kush me please say celine perry was the commander of the bucket on base lasher if they buy group customer is claimed by both india and pakistan. i buffalo way construct taiwan on monday nights now. the epi center of the magnitude 5.7 quake was off the eastern coast of the island. the tremor shook buildings in the capital to pay. there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. more than 20000 people in indonesia have been forced to flee their homes after days of torrential rain. several districts in north actually have been inundated by water authority say one child has died, residence waded through st, salvaging what they could from their homes, vaccination shelters. also been set up by the regional government, but many say they haven't received any aid the. the flood waters have kept rising at my house. it's up to my chest. most of the houses in my area inundated
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for the moment, we are taking shelter at a construction site. but we haven't received any help yet. a series of multi 1000000 infrastructure projects in bosnia herzegovina, a being single handedly blocked by one of the 3 members of the country's presidency . 3 leaders from 3 different ethnic groups run the nation. sir ben bow, who was independence a his region is voting down. every major project of a sudden report is having serious consequences for ordinary citizens. for years, the village of church, of are near the town of desolate, has been waiting to be connected to the city water supply system. several says a few months ago they thought that dreams would become a reality. and the war to wells in front of their houses would be a thing of the past. the expansion of the water supply network had included that village. however, the ongoing political crisis in the country has blocked the continuation of the
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project financed by the european investment bank. water producer. nobody drinks or cooks with this water. we only use it for showers and toilets. we have to go to the springs uphill. i go every day to get 102050 liters. when we drink it, we don't get it again. the municipal government had planned to connect 2 thirds of the population to the city water supply by building a new filter station. the largest post will project in test, which was supposed to be completed in march 2023, but it was blocked because the presidency of bosnia herzegovina did not sign the agreement with the european investment bank. that finance is it, or your court record? this is a direct example of an impact of the blockade of the institutions of bosnia and herzegovina which directly affects the quality of life rural re people, and the lives of our people should be everybody's priority. emma. he adds that the blockade of this project will affect almost 26000 people. and it's not the only
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project that has been blocked. a $1000000.00 fun to help acclimate development in areas along the border between bosnia herzegovina and serbia is on hold. as is an agreement with no way on financing projects, in bosnia justice system and approvals from the japanese government to appoint an agent to procure equipment for the border. police and hospitals. at the center of the crisis is mineral da dick, the leader of the bosnian serb enclave republic. i subscribe. a member of bosnia herzegovina as tripartite presidency. dante has refused to participate in any decision making process worth more than 50000000 your as yours because he says it goes against the ruling of the entities national assembly and go to your tom. oh martin, i think all i'm doing is strengthening the role of the national assembly here, which should be the final place of decision making. i mean, not the presidency. it has created
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a crisis which some belief will enable dodie to stay in power to any further facility on the luxury of lava. the fact is, it's easier to rule over poor people and it's also affect the municipalities where the projects are being blocked. are the ones run by leaders and mays from opposition parties? simila doric is trying to suppress the opposition of yellow in their sledge. another consequence of the blockade is all too evident. the plant construction of a waste water management plant will allow treated water from the sewage to fly directly into the sorta river as early as next year. but that won't be possible without the decision of the presidency. santiago, out as era. now turkey's annual inflation rate says to 36 percent last month on the highest, it's been since 2002, the rising prices. and the drop in the turkish lira has hit households hard. last year, the currency loss 44 percent of its value against the us dollar. the economic term
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all is also impacted elegans poll ratings and election is scheduled for later in the middle of next year. factories in northern iraq have been using the same traditional methods to make the heaney for hundreds of years. don't paste is made from crushed, sesame seeds grown by local farmers battery work. i say the labor intensive process creates a better quality product because it isn't made with preservatives, mahmud otherwise, it has more from northern iraq in the far north of iraq to who the province and ancient super tammy and town now called on my dea lies 1400 meters above sea level. the climate and soil conditions in the area are good for grow and crops, especially sesame. i'm lydia has been famous for it's the heaney for centuries. with his teeth ill food piece produced by traditional methods so
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layman, her scenes, a factory has been in the family for generations. he says it operates 7 months a year between october and june. that the rainy season, when there is enough water, and the currents are strong enough to turn the water mills belly of a shovel or shade her to the factory was mill was constructed 350 years ago. and it still produced in the same tasty to haney because we used locally grown sesame soaked and well water, and roasted by firewood. after the dried, the seeds are put in a stone oven, heated by firewood, then follows a labor intensive, is stirring process. for a couple of hours to ensure that completely roasted a water mill driven grinder, then turns them into a smooth paste. add the thicker when john i am. okay, i often warrior the grinders millstone is turned by hydro power. from underneath,
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the water cools off the millstone temperature so that any seeds won't be burned. workers in this factory say they produce between $70.80 tons of to haney a year, the highly as a favor food, throughout the era region. but for all, maria families, traditional to haney, is not only product of their diet, to faith that hold the weather in the mountain level for become part of their heritage. 80 year old has an almighty says they've always depended on what they can grow and the area for their nutritional leads. as food security is a daily struggle rather badly thankful. our founding fathers created this dish to help them move round heights and valleys to work and farms as a child. i remember we used the as a dietary supplement. the people of o, my dear, say proudly that customers from across iraq visit the town just to buy. it's
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a to haney. it's believe the 1st to haney water mill was built by kurdish rulers in the 16th century. what's not known is how long traditional mills will keep running without the introduction of some modern technology. man with abdougla had al jazeera in o, my dear town, northern iraq. ah, what's y'alls reserve me so horribly. reminder of all top stories, the u. k. prime minister has warned the country's hell service will be under considerable pressure in the coming weeks as armor con cases, surge elsewhere in europe. new restrictions are coming into effect in an effort to slow the spread where we challenge has more from london and forest. johnson's decision to take a more relaxed approach to restrictions. england is a, in a, a kind of.

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