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lauren taylor, this is al jazeera live from london was coming up more countries imposed travel rules for passengers arriving from china, falling a sergent road of ours case is there no more checks? no more passport control, normal shoes, croatia officially adopted to europe and enters the use visa, free travel zone. and how we honored turned a fossil fuel boom into renewable energy revolution powering some of the country's most remote communities. ah, who begin in brazil, where louis in us unit a silver has officially been sworn in as the country's new president? thousands gathered to witness the inauguration of the veteran left wing politician, known widely as lula. it's the 3rd time he is held, the country's highest office, newly defeated outgoing inertia, boston arrow in
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a close and brittany for election in october. so security has been tight for the ceremony over fears that boston, our supporters may try to disrupt it. bill at the feel free for the 1st time. i am here at the national congress to thank the brazilian people. i renew my promise her together with the vice president and other ministers. we are here today because of our political consciousness at that point. and the democratic from that was formed at this historic electro campaign democracy one this time as a new year and a new beginning for croatia, they, balkan countries adopted the euro as its official currency. almost 10 years after joining the european union. it also becomes part of the shingles zone, meaning people can travel freely to other member nations. stephanie decker reports from the capital zagreb a symbolic moment in the capital, gracious prime minister, and the european commission president paying for their coffee in euros. the 1st day
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of the new year has come with 2 more 1st adopting bureau and joining the board of re shank and zone. earlier at the board was lavinia, the 2 leaders had this to say. i proposed work in order to go if they are historical moments, special moments which should provide us with great honor. and when we witness the achievement of strategic goals of a state, this is such a day, the liver, the liver being able to cross internal borders without controls, is one important achievement. being able to pay cross borders using the same yield. currency is another one. and i know by my own personal experience, that creations will always remember the 1st time they paid with europe the 1st time they held the euro coin, mint it with your national on blame the kona. but it's not that simple for many people. for the next few weeks, you could still pay in the old currency the kuna,
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but the change must now be given in euro's, and that's causing confusion. one ok. this buyer tells us she has to, while it's now. i mean, she will convert the chain. she laughs, i still don't know. we are shown the up. they used to calculate the change. my mind, we have this app now, so convert thing is more or less simple creations are still paying in corners and foreigners helping in euro's we love the kona more of course, because it's our currency eliminate the blemish. but at least you know, i'm not happy about the euro, but it's not a problem from a to convert. i have some kernel and small euro's and the rest i will take from the cash machine. if it will work, it's total chaos with the ac ems. it will be an adjustment for everyone, and it will take time. and when you, a member of the european, encouraged the 20th country to adopt the euro and go through this transition,
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there is no doubt. there will be challenges over the next couple of weeks as creations let go of that currency and gradually go fully euro stephanie decor. i'll just grab australia and canada have announced travel rules for passengers arriving from china. the 2 countries joined a number of others, including the u. k. u. s. india and spain approach and restrictions. testing requirements are being imposed entre surgeon cases in china. one has been increased focus on the spread of cobra, that many countries around the world have been reporting high case loads in recent weeks. in last 28 days more than 4000000 new cases have been detected in japan. south korea seen over 1800000 cases, also high in france and the united states with 1320000 and 1750000 respectively, over 40 percent of infections in the u. s. and goes by the only kron sub variant known as x b b. it's honey transmissible and it's developed resistance to immune sheets. china
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is report 685000 cases in the same timeframe, but usually absence of information from the chinese government. it says on different guessing game to determine the size and severity of the surge in the world's most populous country. dr. william shafter is a professor of infectious diseases. he says, it's china's withholding of information that has other countries worried. the concern is that was so much multiplication of the virus, as you say, is a huge surge of infections in the chinese population. that gives the virus the opportunity to mutate. and it could possibly mutate into a new variance, a variant that could evade the protection of our current vaccines and therapeutics . and because the chinese government is not providing the world's scientific community, the genetic information about the viruses currently circulating in china. the
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thought is, we had best tests every one to make sure that they're negative before they come to this part of the world. that will bias a little time in the event that there is a new variance of concern that is emerging in china. please understand this is not to just keep cases of cove it out. that's right. that's like asking somebody not to pour a glass of water into your swimming pool. we have plenty of coven here. the concern is about new variance. ready if the chinese government provided information on the genetics of these variants that are now circulating in china, i think there would be less concern around the world. but once again, they are withholding scientific information and is 14 people have been killed and several others injured in an attack in afghanistan, capital campbell,
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it happened in the early hours of sunday morning near the international airport. the body of the attacker was found near the scene, security forces sealed off area and closed roads. no organization has claimed responsibility yet, but the original i saw group has increased attacks since the town took power. ah, russia and ukraine, no accusing each other of bombing civilian areas, authorities and keep se miss ours were fired on sunday. but there are no reports of casualties so far. ukrainians in the capitol welcomed the new year by cheering and singing on their balconies as air raid sirens rang out on new year's eve, russian strikes, hit holmes and a hotel in the city can at least one person. moscow says it was targeting drone factories. there is a good over the governor with visual overall on december 31st. the armed forces of
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the russian federation carried out a strike with high precision long ridge air launched weapons at the facility. the military industrial complex of ukraine evolved in the manufacture of combat. drones used to carry up terrorist attacks against the russian federation storage areas and attack u. a v launch sites were also hit plans by the cube regime to carry out with attacks in the near future have been thwarted them. and while pro russian separatists and russian media, se ukraine also carried out mass shillings on new year's eve, it acts in russian controlled parts of da nets. can you hands reportedly damaged homes, shops and education centers? russian media is creating a doctor who says 6 people were killed when a hospital was attacked. rushes formerly did the museum. inventive has spoken about what he called new lands, referring to easton, ukrainian territory annexed by russia. he says moscow will always stand up for its people. but again, the yeah, masturbation will, doesn't with blues to next. you won't be easy. that's russia enemies will continue
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to break it, but they will not succeed. we have become stronger because we are united because truth and victory on our side that everything will be done to ensure that the lives of millions of residents of our country and its new land are safe and prosperous. we will always defend the rights and freedoms of our people as their language, culture, and religion, and protection of the present and future of our homeland. still to come this half hour, keeping rough in the united states, homelessness on the rhine. officials are forced to take drastic action. i'm john henry, in guyana. we're just fighting the oil booth. the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah. europe in africa, let's go. here's her weather update for monday. good to see you. some showers,
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dancing across central eastern and southern portions of spain. nothing major here. so let's go to the northwest. still a warm feet of air, but periods of rain for paris, brussels in amsterdam. it's dry across ireland in britain, but temperature is low here, but will shake up that weather pattern by tuesday. the return of rain, ireland, and britain. but dublin, your temperature goes up by almost 10 degrees. some snow for estonia, western russia, and helsinki could see about 10 centimeters off to central europe. exceptional warm cirrus fil a more like spring, to be honest, sag verbage, 17 degrees. your closing in on a record for the month of january, temperatures will drop off a bid, but still, while above average, greece and turkey scenes are com, just a few showers for ramallah, some rain, the northwest of egypt. so let's pick up the story in africa right now. are har, matt and when mean sand and dust storms from chad. these are also northern parts of nigeria on monday. and it looks like something in southern angola is trying to spin
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up into something. we'll keep tabs on that showers in storms for the eastern cape province, not too far away from durbin with the high of 25 degrees. ok, i'm out of time. i'll soon take care. ah. but from inside the walls of a west african prison comes a chance to create, to express that emotion. and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. renown choreographer shares his passion for dogs, inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of their pass. and the confines of their presence, the dance of thieves. a weakness documentary on al jazeera blue
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ah, monumental stories, young i'm 0, trisha has dr. the euro as its official currency, nearly 10 years after it joined. the european union also becomes part of a shang, and zone meaning unrestricted, travel to other member nations, australia and canada have announced travel rules for passengers arriving from china . the 2 countries joined a number of others, including u. k. u. s. india and spain. that have brought in testing requirements for surge in new cases in china, and loose in as soon as desilva has officially been sworn in as brazil's new president, as the 3rd time is held, the country's highest office. thousands gathered in brasilia to witness the inauguration of the veteran nattering partition known widely as luna law. latin america externship newman is live in virginia for so this is an
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unprecedented 3rd term. mocking. extraordinary. come back for luna. so yeah. not too many people who can pull something like that off, least of all after having been imprisoned on corruption charges less than 5 years. oh, oh. a very, very narrow margin. again. as ecology zone this year, we've got a problem with the sound, with sunshine human, the hopefully will come on monday. sure. back to you later on. meanwhile, last careers leaders promising an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. state media, as kim johnson has ordered new intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear capability, he says he wants the arsenal to surpass the u. s. and south korea,
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north korea is launched more missiles this year than ever before. eunice came reports from so there was dancing fireworks and a ballistic missile launch. north korea brought in the new year, not just with festivals, but also by firing what it called. it's super large, multiple rocket launcher officials showed all the systems on saturday, capping a 6 day meeting of the ruling workers party in which they laid out their goals for a 2023 king john then said 30 such systems are ready to be deployed to quote over well in the enemy, south korea young young also warned, it would significantly increase the production of tactical nuclear weapons shunts helen tones, would it hang with the current situation, highlights the necessity to mass, produce tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase of the countries nuclear austin o and as a north korea declared itself
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a nuclear estate and september, calling its program irreversible and not up for negotiation in announcements made on sunday, a new intercontinental ballistic missile system would also be built with a quick nuclear counter strike mission issue likely to run on solid fuel. it was already on kim jenkins wishlist of military modernization outlined in its 5 year plan, along with a nuclear powered submarine. analysts say, report so far as to just to spite strides, made 2022 was a still unfulfilled year of military targets for up young young and that north korea would forge forward. well, intimidating south korea. in response, south korean president, you sonya says sole stood ready to punish any provocation by the north. his defense ministry warned any attempt to use nuclear weapons with spell the end of kim jong ins. government unit kim al jazeera sol process presided over
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a special new year's day mass, a day to his predecessor benedict. the 16th died in retirement to the vatican. francis and the former pope was a gift to the world and the church. and it was the 1st hopes that down in 600 years back in 2013 when he began to suffer ill health is body line state in peters bazooka for 3 days before his funeral, which will be led by pope frances g. today we leave our beloved pipe, ameritas benedicts, the 16th in the hands of the holy mother, so that she may lead him from this world to god. and his 10 people have died in a stampede, a shopping mall in the garden capital compiler. there was a crush when people tried to enter them all after watching a new year's eve fireworks display. many of the victims suffocated to death after becoming stuck in a narrow corridor or a police investigation on the way. it was such
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a means to lead me. then he told us that we should go up on which by alex, from the fucking up. then as we were going up, they told us, no, you have to go back. so people have some to go. how do they reach the packing? so the 1st them to come back to the main hall so that tricia from up under pressure from don't lead to bring to some, some colleagues of ours, which literally had this polluting fuels, including coal have been banned in and around. india's capital. new delhi is latest attempt to improve air quality for the city's 32000000 residents. but despite the benefits, the banners costing some businesses more and that's causing resentment. happening. motel reports from deandre in northern and it bit by bit agriculture waste is shoveled into a boiler powering this factory in northern india. the unit next door is using
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natural gas. both dec style plants had been running on coal. but after the government announced a ban on polluting fuels beam, john, i spent a $150000.00 to switch over. he says his operating costs have doubled regularly, company bought a robot on industries unable to compete. it's much cheaper to diet, textiles and cities like pseudo code from one job, still using bet or the industry here is a grieving that we are thinking of shifting our factories to other regions. the region around new delhi is one of the most polluted in the world. ed remains toxic, despite several efforts to reduce it. now, authorities have banned industries from burning polluting fuels. it's also illegal for people to use coal in their home. according to government data, the region uses 1700000 tons of code every year. industrial emissions are gone for about 30 percent of the pollution this band is aimed at reducing them and also phasing out dependence on fossil fuels. the high cost of switching to alternative
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fuels has for some businesses to shut down, while some are moving to areas where coal is allowed, others are planning to sell and recover their investment into malta. we are living hand to manage that we are struggling to repay our loans. people here are desperate . are not the only one suffering we even considered protesting, but business people don't want that. a good bank. i see i got that liber have on is on the committee that recommended the ban. she says it's the only way to drive change. every citizen is convinced that present spots of development is not sustainable. and therefore, they have to adopt cleanup. the only problem today's, do they have the money. i'm not in favor of subsidies, but maybe a sort of soft tomo plans are exempt from the ban. many business people rely on fuel, want the government to ease restrictions, or give them financial support to make the transition party middle odyssey deandre, northern india heavy rain. this caused flooding in san francisco with water rushing
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through homes and buildings. more than 5 inches of rain fell in the city on saturday. the heat, the 2nd was to stay there in the 170 years. in the east bay area residents had to be rescued from their homes by boat. many roads remained submerged and flood warnings in place, and lack of affordable housing is contributing to it. increasingly visible, homelessness crisis across the united states. experts say the origins of the current crisis go back decades. but issues such as poverty, mental illness and addiction made the situation worse. it's estimated an additional $3800000.00 housing units needed in the us to cope with demand. christian to new me has more. it may look like an ordinary apartment building, but for 67 year old helen, it's the home she never had before coming here. 3 years ago, she spent years cycling in and out of jail as she struggled with addiction life
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before. here, before, for instances, for me, but so it was not and been darkness since i've been, he had been to a free and i don't ever want to turn back to that life. that life is how many end up here sleeping in subways and living on the street. and with scenes like this, becoming more common in cities across the country, elected officials have been calling for drastic action. my 1st act as mayor will be to declare a state of emergency on home from los angeles to washington d. c. to new york. here in new york, the mayor has called from war aggressive policing of the subways, forcibly removing people with obvious signs of mental illness or drug addiction and taking them to the hospital. but advocates for the homeless say treatment alone won't be enough. stanley richard's helped establish castle gardens, the complex,
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where helen lives. you have to have places for them to go. and when they get on the medication and they stabilize, they need a safe home to go to. they need to be part of a community. all of the units here are affordably priced with mental health and addiction services offered on site. over half of the tenants here are formerly incarcerated, and many are employed in the building. 0 one new york officials who broke ground on 326 more affordable units earlier this year, admit thousands more are needed. ah, but attempts to build on another site have been met with resistance by neighbors who at this community meeting express concerns about their safety or property values. still advocates say there's evidence such facilities benefit the entire community. the alternative is jail or prison, or rotating from emergency rooms to jail cells. ah,
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the alternative is humanly damaging and inordinately expensive. so it's a cost effective in prevention for the minority of people who can't live effectively on their own. new york officials have acknowledged meeting the demand will be difficult and even if successful for many it will be too late. kristin salumi al jazeera new york, brazilians and people around the world a morning. the death of the man who is widely known as the king of football play it out on thursday. at the age of 82 a coffin carrying pillars body will be taken from south paolo, to his home town of santos, were awake. we'll beheld in the center of the field at vienna bill miro stadium. that's penny's home town club where he started playing as a teenager. on tuesday, a parade carrying his coffin will pass the neighborhood where his 100 year old mother still lives. ending with a private burial ceremony at the memorial net report, ecumenical,
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a vertical cemetery in santos, john home, and visited the port city where those museum dedicated to the football legend. this is the saloon of all, hey, the king red badge. hello is private room is own museum, used it with during interviews, a meeting friends. claudia, on the staff here is showing us around with a photo of him with his parents say the chair he sat in mad cylinder was introduced as ordinary objects made somehow important by the presence of one enormously famous as it is now gone. she got to know during her time working here at a think he was very kind, always treated every one as if it was a pleasure to see them. he was a special person. pele was more than a person. he was a brand important enough for the brazilian government to build this museum to because she had us up all of the foreigners used to visit the museum because hey, the king was so important. he was an idle m f. now he's become and marcia we in the
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lunar, but he was only to mortal vulnerable to begin with. it's quite fine. and actually with the museum starts with the shoe, both the palais, built with his uncle, near his shining shoes at a very young age. at the local railway station, this is where it all started. for him, the sort of poverty phases family was in. that boy became the man of a 1000 goals who could shoot with both feet, run the 100 meters and 11 seconds hover, seemingly supernaturally in the air. every one wanted a photo with him and they still do so for him were mucous along. i traveled a 1000 kilometers to take a picture with the king. i mean, he was a really good player, but what makes it so special that it was worth driving a 1000 kilometers for our warranty? all my daughter who has 3 stars, he says, referring to police 3 woke up wins. he still be only one. from there to the
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pinnacle of celebrity meetings with moments presidents movie stars. endless endorsement deals, the little boy who grew up shining shoes in brazil. the con global. and he stayed there till his death. but it didn't seem the affection for him back home in the night air santos, the town whose team he playful. where his museum is. a 1000 voices sang the centers on to him in homage. in the last moment to dine, you departed with it, but it enormous affection remains for him. here john hohmann al jazeera center. they honor seeing an energy boom lot a huge oil fields were discovered of its atlantic coast. now the country using that new found wealth to fund center projects benefiting isolation. many indigenous communities. john 100 reports from the capital, georgetown. deep in the remote jungles of guyana. far from the
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coastal power grid where the kite, too, or falls, meet a rain forest, the blankets, the landscape. a new generation of guy and he's, are indians is seeing the light before solar power panels in during the village. this underdeveloped region ran on expensive diesel generators or no power at all. the land cars, and it didn't had lead in the village of kato, an hour and a half flight from the capital of georgetown solar energy. now powers, the schools, new computer lab, the lights and air conditioning that cools this tropical climate. quite comfortable here in a remote area. so it's beautiful in terms of having solar energy and electricity open running even fetched ruth huts are energized off the grid for all of the healthy. even government didn't like who they are or the village office.
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this renewable renaissance was previously possible, but unaffordable until now, beneath the waters off the guy and he's coast lies a newly discovered bounty of oil, enough to transform a country with a poverty rate near 40 percent. according to the world bank to an oil rich republic . now, the nation's newfound oil wealth is funding an energy project that is electrifying the rural landscape. we are pursuing a program to provide some 30000 solar home systems to communities that are distant and far removed from the national well going on is just beginning to export oil to the world president. your fun only wants to replace carbon based fuels at home with renewable energy, with a goal of cutting the cost of power in half. we have a very all system or power is driven by fossil fuel. the demand for power has grown exponentially. so we're investing in solar hydro,
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when our natural gas, as part of our energy mix, the nation's energy planners are harnessing the rain forest rivers to power. hydro plants like this one near kato, even in the capital of georgetown were guy on his oil boom is being felt the most solar power is transforming the landscape and the power grid event boom, can continue. experts say the fossil fuel bounty of the guy in east coast has the potential to provide clean energy to the countries remote, his regions, and lift the fortunes of the next generation. john henderson, al jazeera george down guyana ah. or one of the top stories and 0, we seen us your new legacy last officially been sworn in as brazil's new president . it's the 3rd time he's held, the country's highest office. thousands gathered in brazilian.

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