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, not allow no one to place a dagger to throat democracy on the one year anniversary of the capitol hill riots he was president joe biden accuses his predecessor of creating a web of lies to pursue power of a principle. ah, hello again on camel santa maria here in bo, this is the world news from al jazeera explosions and gotten fire in conflicts. don's largest city is

a russian lead regional forces deployed at the request of the presidents. in covent news, france is getting closer to making it much harder for unvaccinated people to go out into public venues and australia's deportation of tennis champion of a joke of it. you delayed the fights, the decision to revoke his visa robot pandemic. ah, cisco noon on the u. s. east coast as the country monks one year since a mob of riots has breached the u. s. capital by president joe biden, and vice president campbell harris of address the nation pushing the importance of resilience and democracy with biden direct, late blaming. donald trump. for the finance former president, united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. he's done so because he values

power over principle. because he sees his own interest is more important than his country's interest and america's interest. and because his bruised ego matters more to ham than our democracy or our constitution, he can accept he lost. remember these events of january the 6th last year, which shocked americans and people all over the world, hundreds storming the country seat of democracy, spurred on by trump false claims that he had won the 2020 election. let us not forget that 5 people died, including a police officer. hundreds have been arrested and charged him while the physical damage has been repaired. the day remains divisive. let's go to capitol hill. my can are on this one year anniversary. i'm not sure i've heard joe biden sound that forceful and indeed that angry the full yes, the, the president biden did display deep and get at times during that speech to the

nation. unprecedented in a way to show such emotion on this type of occasion. now, the focus of his anger on one level was the form a precedent to he never referred to by name, simply referred to as the former president, saying how he had spun a web of lies with regard to the election that president biden one saying to at one particular point, displaying great anger, of how the former president sat in an office near the oval office and did nothing while the events that the capital unfolded. so certainly there was a deep animosity from president biden with regard to his predecessor, but it was more than that. his welcome all president biden was also looking at a wider context in terms of what has developed since the events of january, the 6th. and that is what the president sees as a wider attack on democracy by those who support the former president and support

his attempts to whitewash what happened on january the 6th, those attacks and the why the democracy are at a britain's inserts in the republican states where both his rights are being attacked, the right of male in votes is being curtailed. gerrymandering is happening to reduce the amount of democratic voters in particular areas. and this president biden, placing very firmly in the why the context in terms of a sustained attack on democracy of which january the 6th was just the part in amongst all of that, mike and not just president biden's, speech vice president, common harris as well were there any attempts to reach out to reach out to the more moderate parts of the republican party and the more moderate republican supporters . one miss mentioned that there is a republican on the select house committee, that is a vested gating, the effects of january, the 6th. but one must also look at the 10 republicans who supported the move to

impeach president trump following the events on january the 6th. all of them are basically been sidelined within the political system as the one who i refer to las cheney has been removed from her leadership role and number of the others are actually leaving politics. so certainly within the republican party, at this particular time, to oppose the former president is at potentially political death. and this is something that democrats are well aware of. you asked whether there was a reaching out. no, there was not a direct reaching out across the aisle to put it that way or what president biden and his vice president comalla harris did say is that it is the duty of all americans to fight towards restoring and protecting the democracy. the very basis on which this country is built, but at the same time, there is an awareness by president biden, that they are active elements among republicans who are intent on destroying that very democracy that the country is built on. and not only that,

but they are using the forms of democracy to be able to curtail it. so this is a complicated process. and president biden clearly angered at his predecessor, but also clearly angered at the threat to democracy. that these moves to reduce the level of democratic participation stool. append to the democratic system itself. thank you, mike. hannah, are on capitol hill on a very subdued january. the 6th. gonna speak to, i guess rachel bloom in a moment. but 1st of all, live shots from the house of representatives. there's this big of a house, nancy pelosi, both sides will be holding a moment of silence to mock one year late one year. shaniqua space were members, legislate, children, learn disorders are welcomed, was defiled and damage. we never that as we reflect on that dorcas day, we remember that the insurrection saw not only to attack the building or to undermine democracy itself. when the violent assault was made on the capital, its purpose was to thwart congress his constitutional duty to validate the

electoral count and to ensure the peaceful transfer of power. but the assault did not deter us from our duty. i say again in this capital a symbol of democracy to the world that evening, the congress because of the courage of all of you, rose to on her oath and protect our democracy. we did so honoring the words of president lincoln during the civil war. fellow citizens, he said, we cannot escape history. we will be remembered in spite of ourselves, no personal insignificance or insignificance can spare us one or another. we hold the power. therefore we bear the responsibility. lincoln said to day, we accept responsibility as daunting and demanding as any previous generations of leadership have faced since january 6 cents, abrasion in there had been continued assault on our democracy,

undermining the sanctity of the vote in an integrity of our elections, which are the basis of our democracy, let us be true to the vision of our founders who brilliantly established our democracy and made it a model for the world. let us honor the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform over checks that treat him with their own wines. and let us remember the words of another present. that's a fellow, see is the speaker of the house. what president george? while speaking, as we say, january the 6th, 20221 year of the insurrection on capitol hill a day that her own office. as i recall was ransacked i with people posting videos from inside it as they went through her laugh belongings asian are almost surreal. to look back on it. isn't it that nancy pelosi, one of many us leaders marking at this moment to day. as i said, rachel bloom is with us to talk about is professor of political science at the university of oklahoma. nice to see you, rachel. what i, i want to look for it as much as possible because i think there's always been

a lot of backwards looking to day from president biden about donald trump's roland this, i'm thinking more about well, the mid terms, the next presidential election, the prospect of donald trump running again and how this anger and belief of electoral fraud and insurrection, and all the sorts of things, how they can still play out in us politics. what's your title? yes, absolutely, looking forward is i think the most important thing and it's also the scariest thing because as, as you pointed out, we have several elections coming up. and as of right now, we know from some recent polls like a recent m. p. our poll there, 64 percent of americans think democracy is in crisis, but to republicans. that's because 2 thirds of them believed that the election wise store. so it's, it seems like a hard sell to convince 2 thirds of republicans, the any future election, one by

a democrat is not stolen. and that is a really precarious place for democracy to be in democracies rest on legitimacy, which is conferred by the people, right? if, if the people believe the person in office was legitimately elected, then we have democracy more or less like boiled down into a nutshell. and there's been some research by political scientists and others on how democracies die. there's, there's a good book by that title. and in that book, the authors point to some conditions that have caused democracies to die in other countries. in one of the big ones is when a major political party decides to turn it back on democratic processes and, and start to oppose free and fair elections. and that's kind of where we are. what, what did you make of the, the way president biden spoke about president trump?

today i ask again in a forward looking way, because there are those who will say that this, this is what trump loved. he loved the battle, he loved the war of words of the such things. but i guess joe biden has to keep thinking the democrats have to keep thinking this is probably, or let's say at least the guy who's going to be running in the next presidential election. i definitely think that's part of the calculation. and even if trump doesn't run his shadow looms large, so in a way this is and always has been about more than donald trump. the anti democracy, pro voter restriction, part of america has been there for a very long time. we have to remember, this is a country that enshrined slavery in its constitution. so these elements are not new, but donald trump was the poster child. he. he is a symbol and continues to be a symbol that people can unite around. so i, i think it is important to acknowledge his role in igniting the fire in bringing

extreme elements into the mainstream. inexpensive things that people try to keep a lid on. but if we focus too much on trump, we ignore the fact that once once ordinary people start thinking that violence is okay. if the person, the life doesn't win the game, it doesn't really matter who's at the top of the ticket. we have a bigger problem with within the republican party. are there enough voices who would be willing more motor voices. i guess that that the chinese, the mit from nase and continue or who i think isn't running again. but are they, can they be loud enough? are there enough of those voices to stop balancing things out within the republic a republican party, or is this the republican party of donald trump? i think a lot of people are anxious to know the answer to that question. numbers wise, if you look at republicans in congress right now,

it seems that the list changes are out numbered, but maybe not by that much. and then we have to remember that these things take a while. so congress where the freedom caucus and people like jim jordan really dominate the house of representatives, was one that took a long time to build it. it started with the tea party serge in 2010. and you know, here we are in 2022. so a movement within the party that brings out the younger candidates who are more moderate, could eventually primary and perhaps in their own parties. primaries be out. these more extremes candidates that kind of change. we'll take a while probably a decade if, if we just think about the amount of time it took to get the republican party from one that nom, needed john mckee to the party of today. actually great to talk to you. really

appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. onto other news and explosions and gunfire, rubbing, heard, and catholic sounds biggest city a day off to dozens of protests that police were killed. a russian led military alliance is not deploying troops to catholics done demonstrate a storm public buildings. the government's been dismissed. a site of emergencies enforce as well. russia says they sign it the worst in decades is inspired from outside the u. s. calling for talks from forest walker monitoring developments from tbilisi, georgia. the internet is still more or less down in kazakhstan and i have not been able to reach people on the ground that for most of today. but we can say with some confidence that these protests are not going away. they are happening nationwide. this is a vast country, the size of europe, and they're happening in cities across the country. but yes, the,

the epa center of the violence is happening in marty. that's the former capital and the largest cultural and commercial center of the country. so i have been seeing some tweets from journalist colleagues who report that we are still hearing gunfire in the center of our t as security forces attempt to re take control of the administrative building. the mess offices in downtown murphy, heavy gunfire and we have seen more filled with bodies on, on social media uploads and security services saying that they have lost personnel. 13 was the latest counts and with more than $300.00 wounded. well, we certainly, unfortunately expect that the death toll to be significant amongst the civilian population protest is been angry about fuel hikes,

but have very legitimate grievances. but the government in kazakhstan is describing them as looters and terrorists will check the woods where to see you next. and then leading scientists speak. so he's part of a mission. speaks about what has been called the doomsday glasses and the master of the pan. we made a man trying to keep the rocks calligraphy tradition alive in changing times. ah hell i there the weather squatting down though i see now across the middle east on please to say after i ra, active weather actor area chatter rain now. pushing across pakistan towards north west of india could cause flooding here over the next few days. but for many across the middle east into the levant interest and re look and try and settle over the next couple of days in the wind slowly but surely started to east down temperatures

here in doha, around 23 degrees celsius for friday. afternoon, a similar temperature guaranteed, sadly, perhaps attack color as the winds fall light, it should fill pleasant enough. having said that, and as you can see, it is largely dry across the region. one or 2 showers. they're just into whether he's a side of mediterranean, chiefly across turkey. ne, in parts of africa is generally settle it over to water north west, where we do have some right in the forecast. they were the next day or so. northern algeria could see some showers, tramecia, perhaps we'll marries of libya, just noticed some wet weather just coming out to chat. just easing across was northern, pass over sudan over the next hour, so much north africa, dry and settled as it should be. now with central africa, well, conditions that they should be here as well. big showers coming in across the heart of africa, sliding out of angola and big down pools there into zambia, zimbabwe looking pretty wet for a time. the south africa. ah

frank assessments, this crisis is continued to weaken luca shanker, even though perhaps he believed in the beginning there. what's thankful for informed opinions, lighting, politicians will now be under incredible pressure from their young people. that is one of the most of the things that come out of this critical debate. do you think it should be facilitated? not sure. okay, it's a great, it's a really simple question. let's give samuel a chop swanson. that inside story on al jazeera, ah ah, ah, top source for you on al jazeera this hour, and he was president joe biden and vice president couple of hours of issued

warnings about the fragility of americans democracy, and how it must be protected. they spoke on the one year anniversary of the attack on capital. a russian lead military alliance is deploy troops to cows. it's down to quill violence, and on a violent unrest. dozens of protest as an officers have been killed in demonstrations that began over spite in few on to corona virus news and the director general of the world health organization says the mac ron variant shouldn't be categorized as mild, posing a significant threat to health systems. just like previous variance, ami krohn is hospitalized in people and it's killing people. in fact, the soon i me of cases is so huge and quick that it is overwhelming health systems around the world. hospitals are becoming overcrowded and understaffed. we must effectively share the vaccines that are being produced

throughout most of 2021. this was not the case, but toward the end supply increased. in france, the lower house of parliament is approved tough. a coven measures off the 3 days of an often intense debate. the bill would make full vaccination mandatory you for people to. for example, the 10 public events will travel on in a city train. natasha butler, more often parents. it's not a surprise because the government has a majority in the lower house of parliament. the build that now goes to the senate and it may go back to the parliament before probably coming into law in the middle of january. what it means for people is that the unvaccinated population will no longer have access to things like restaurants, cafe, leisure facilities, everyday life for them will certainly become a lot harder now. the bill i was finding

a provide parliament there has to be said of the 3 incredibly in days of debate in the parliament often chaotic c, overshadowed also by the french present rather controversial comments on wednesday when he said that he was going to really taken the screws and go off to unvaccinated people in france. what they are doing is they are betting on this vaccine pass as a way to try and persuade the last they say 5000000 adults are eligible for the faxing to go and get immunized and look, they're looking at the record of the current health pulse. now the health pulse that was put in place by the government last year as persuaded you might say, some 90 percent of people to get vaccinated before that health pulse is necessary to go to a restaurant or a bar only 3040 percent of people in france that, that they want to get vaccine. as soon as that pulse is put in place, people rushed to get their jobs. the governments are hoping that's going to be the same thing now that it will force people to go and get vaccinated,

whether it will or not. of course, we don't know, but the health minister did say on wednesday that some 66000 people had actually registered for their 1st dose of a covey vaccine. so they see that as an encouraging sign to the son of a joke of which is fighting against deportation from australia. he arrived to play in the strait open grand slam tournament. but authorities refused to accept his exemption from pandemic entry rules. his lawyers and appealing the decision in court with the case adjourned until next week, sir, o'clock with all this was of the arrival, the will. number one men's tennis player had planned on the eve of this trial. and we still through a government quarantine hotel with his visa revoked on touch down, immigration authorities said no back doctrine which had failed to make the requirements to enter. there are no special cases. rules are rules. that's the policy the government and has been our government's strong border protection

policies and particularly in relation to the pain damage. that is unsure, the destroyer has one of the lowest death rights from carpet anywhere in the world tennis. a strategy and the victorian government had granted him a medical exemption to travel to melbourne to defend his grand slam title for the federal government. the application insufficient with her port the be that he used to try and enter a strayer did not allow for exemptions for unvaccinated travellers by ib, if it's done their job. entry with a visa requires double vaccination or i medical exemption. i'm advised that such an exemption was not in place and as a result, he is subject to the same rule as any one else doc of it has never publicly revealed his vaccination status, but it's opposite. action to vaccinate is well known. his medical exemption to travel to australia triggered widespread anger from many who endured months of

locked downs and as covered 19 infections, rich records dialing numbers. but he's supporters are furious with the serbian president labeling the incident, harassment and maltreatment declaring on social media that he's country will fight for novak truth and justice. and we all love him and co, my sense become your whole lot. you know? like, would you like a criminal thing? i know that dr. beach had been seeking to when we're 21st grand slam singles titles over taking ref i on the dull and roger federer at this tournament for now those hopes seemed dashed instead. he's facing a major battle to try and show things st. hi, sarah class, audi 0, queensland, australia. one more covered story later in the chinese city of she an say an outbreak has been brought under control. the mayor of shyanne says community cases

of decline to in his words, basically 0. it is a city of 13000000 people which has been under a strict lockdown for 2 weeks. china acting quickly and firmly to stamp out even the smallest of outbreaks, with only a month to go until the beijing winter olympic games that here is government has designated a group blamed for a mass. kidnapping is a terrorist organization. security forces of rescued 97 hostages, who are abducted more than 2 months ago. a government is promising to increase penalties for suspected kidnappers, and those who helped them. well, food prices have hit a 10 year high. the united nations food and agriculture organization found prices jumped 28 percent in 2021. the increase is being blamed on poor harvests and increasing populations. now scientists are on a mission to a giant glass here in antarctica, trying to get a better idea of just how much it is being impacted by climate change. they will use under water robots to get beneath the flights glass. here it is actually

referred to as the doomsday glassy because it would raise global sea levels by $65.00 centimeters if it were to collapse and melt. and recent research shows its hemorrhaging more and more ice these days. it is enormous. 192000 square kilometers on the west antarctic ice sheet. as a comparison, it's basically the size of great britain, his current hayward lead scientist on this project who explains exactly what they are now trying to uncover. it's an enormous gas yet, and if it did completely melts, then it would lead to $65.00 centimeters, a global sea level. so spread across the whole, the blow. but we don't think that's going to happen in your lifetime of mine. nonetheless, it's really important to understand when it might start to collapse and, and to get a better idea of the sea level rise that we might experience in our lifetime that,

that makes a difference for the sea level. defense is that we, we all depend on that. we're going to send a fleet of to really large robotic submarines beneath the i show that the floating bit of ice, we're going to send these, these up points into that cavity where nobody's ever been before. so we don't know what we're going to find, but what we think is happening is that the relatively warm sea water is, is impacting on the base of the sea, of the, of the ice show and, and is accelerating the melting of it. and, and that's important because that i shop is kind of popping up the whole glass. yeah. and if we lose a bit of ice from the floating bit, then the rest could start accelerating towards the sea. so. so yes, we're going to be measuring, measuring the current on the water from a calligraphy the out,

a beautiful handwriting, which is an integral part of arabic, an assignment heritage in iraq. it is on the decline. and so one man is determined to try to keep the auto life buffered up to why it has this story. we're in a ramadan from iraq to saw the new city of basra, inherited his love skills and respect for telegraphy from his father. now he has been practicing arabic, crating for more than 30 years. can it's a guardian one and happy ever since i was a child, i used to sit next to my father to watch him draw leases and words. i fell in love with this profession and tried to imitate him. his painting cell in iraq and abroad was prices for a singular work of up to 1500 u. s. dollars. it's not enough to provide a steady or secure income, but where it says he won't give up. now. it's part of his, his father's and his country's heritage,

a corners motherland. him latavia robert. but some people neglected it and moved to other careers saying that calligraphy won't turn them living. so they took a different direction. i am here and we'll stay here. if only for the sake of my principles arabic calligraphy is considered to by you in a school to be part of the intangible heritage of humanity. but as iraqi calligrapher as strive with passion to revive the art, they're worried that a lack of estate support and interest could lead to its decay. ally sally, a member of iraq's calligrapher, his association has turn it his business to printing. he says, unlike other types of evolving fine arts, calligraphy has had the same set of artistic rules for centuries. we are neither okay, any people's taste has changed with time. they've become more to swift and dynamic products, which has become a mainstream for thought. calligraphy is now lecturing,

it usually takes time and effort. oliver. it's intricate, delicate work, taking patience and time. but the finished war can be dazzling, delightful. and despite the challenge is the craft is facing. it's what motivates were in a ramadan to continue, ma'am, or the door had al jazeera, but ah, okay. on the, on the 2nd through the headlines you as president joe biden and vice president cobbler harris of issued warnings about the fragility of america's democracy. and how it must protected the 2 we're speaking on. what is the one year anniversary of the attack on capitol hill in washington dc. former president, united states of america has created spread a web of lies about to 2020 election.