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jaya, both sanara ah, until mccraney, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up the popular much repeat uterus sauce and peru was closed indefinitely. as protests against the president's bridge, a new set of classified documents have found the home of u. s. president joe biden. he's promised to cooperate with investigators and celebrations to mock the chinese new key. if it's good bye to the view of the target. and welcome to the here of the rabbits. ah, priscilla's president, st. louis and osceola. the sofa has fired the chief of the army. he suspect security forces were involved in the storming of congress earlier this month. of
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support, as the former president of both scenarios attacked government buildings on january 8, demanding the result of october's election, the overturned general. julio says that the router had been commander of the army since december. the rough, a l. a car, the pony is a professor of public safety at the tutorial vargas foundation. he believes that any danger of military coups is now over. if they want to do something against lula, they need to have proper support and they don't have it. and they don't have also international support towards this. i think the situation was unbearable. personally, i believe that the lula who had fired him last week when the, when the buildings were invaded. and i think he was also responsible because the army didn't dr. the show us. and i think he's a good strategy to replace comment. and also the brazilian army, despite that, we had to ship some like more than 10 years ago. they tend to be very disciplined. wilson, i was willing to make a military coup and resiliency didn't invoke support from the army, from the,
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even from their force. so i think they're quite disciplined. is the question just of just suggesting that the starting of the government and then pretty sure the army is going to remain under control of the president. and i don't see been doing anything dusty against the, the president police are trying to tell who brazil despite all the problems and all the difficulties we had have kind of assaulted democracy and the arm things to be discipline. of course, they are supported from presidential review on that'll be said to sounds like army, they're complex institutions. but again, of the day, i think, you know, law is trying to rule the roost here. and i think he's asking, well, that you has condemns the widespread violence in peru during anti government protests on saturday. police in the capital, lena evicted, demonstrate is from a university where they had set up camp. they want to president in apollo wattsey to resign. and to predecessor pedro castillo to be released from jail. marianna,
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sent his reports from lima. ah, hundreds of police force their way into peters, oldest university to the neck, to this had allowed protesters to stay there for peruvians, who traveled to lima, to protest against precedent. deena, one what he knew for a city acoustic protesters of stealing security year and cold in the police to evict them astir gas was fired. terrified students tried to hide more than 200 people were arrested. but when they were taken to the counter terrorism police headquarters, the anger only deepened april and i know we're asking for the freedom of our brothers who have been detained from different regions. i feel impotent, angry in pain. the police are killing our brothers. i police blocked the station entrance, keeping out lawyers and families with the students that were in good. again,
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it's unfair what they've done with the students in a democracy, the or free to participate, but via an appeal clinic dictatorship in no more rights the a lot. so i pushing everyone back apparently the order is not to allow anyone to broach the government since the police are protecting citizens. and the rule of law, former congress will money. nita, weaknesses the government, has turned into a dictatorship wearing a dictatorship in the making. unfortunately, president blue artes being part of a civilian military regime. it has already implemented a dictatorial model because of what we're seeing now with the detainees. on saturday, the you are piano union, condemned the violins and what it called the disproportionate use of force by the police were then 50 peruvians have died since protests began 6 weeks ago. international human rights groups are calling for independent investigations. for
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now, the government says the police is doing its job incentives. i just see that lima will. those protests have forced peru to close the famous tourist site. much repeat you indefinitely. rescue teams have evacuated hundreds of tourists who had been stranded at the base of the inca ruins in the town of august, callian t. s. rail services into the town had already been suspended because of damage to the track. and you search of the u. s. president joe biden's residence has uncovered 6 more classified documents. biden's lawyers agree to the search and they're helping federal investigators. around 30 documents have been discovered since a 1st batch were found in november. mike, hannah is in washington d. c. with more on what's been founded, biden's house. now, at the stage, all that is said is that there were 6 documents which were marked at some level of
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classified classification, not quite clear exactly what level it was. but also, according to president biden's personal lawyer, the vista gators also took away some handwritten diaries, some notes that president biden had kept. now the material relates to his time as a senator more than 30 years, as well as some items coming from his time as vice president. now the investigators went to the biden home and wilmington, delaware by invitation. it was made open to them. they spend some 13 hours there from round about 10 o'clock in the morning until late at night. the biden's themselves were not there. they are at the beach house over this weekend, but biden's personal lawyer stressing that he has nothing to hide, that they are attempting to cooperate with the investigators in every single way. and that they will continue to do, says, and make open whatever the investigators want to look into. there is an issue
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involved here is that the more the republicans criticized president biden for his handling of these documents or the lack of k and handling the documents. it comes into the spotlight, the difference between the way biden is handled it and the way that a former president trump has handled it in trumps case the justice department had to seek a warrant to search his premises. donald trump attempted to keep the investigators away from documents for a long period of time, and that was the reason why they got a search warrant celebrations are being held to marks. the chinese lunar new year. the thir, the 4th 5th ethan jonathan, the government lifted at 0 cove at 19 policy residence and woo had lit far. works to welcome the year of the rabbits. the chinese city was the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic. 3 years ago, katrina, you has more from badging. thousands of people are braving the cold as you can see
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behind me to go to the lama temple here. invading it's the most important buddhist temple in the capital. and it's the 1st time that this temple has been opened for the new year, also known as a spring festival, here in china for 3 years. and many people here, a very relieved that those days of locked downs and heavy virus restrictions all behind them. so that they can celebrate normally and participate in long held new to new year. traditions such as this one. now, according to that tradition, many people come to the 1st day of the with family, then this to this temple, to pray for the upcoming year. ahead and according to tradition, people are trying to get him. they tried to get him very early in the morning. that would cues from 4 am in the morning because it said if you are the 1st to come to the temple and life and instead candle, you will have very good luck to the year ahead. now this last year, the previously, the new year was the year of the tiger. and according to the chinese zodiac, the qualities of the year of the tiger were restlessness and disruption. then
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that's, let me run through for many people here in china because it's coven, 0 policies. we had huge disruptions to income, to the ability and to health, especially at the end of the year when there's restrictions was suddenly lifted. and millions of people are estimated to have gotten sick with the virus and at least 60000 people died. and now we have this new year this year of the rabbit, which according to the zodiac 1st, have qualities of peace and posterity. for many people, a company here crowds, people lining up to the temple and they will be praying for a more positive year. ahead and certainly a better idea than the previous one. the united nations highest ranking, female official says, what's happening in afghanistan is a grave crosses for women's rights and a wakeup call for the international community. the telephone has bod, women from education and much of public life, were restrictions were top of the agenda for you. in deputy secretary general amena mohammed was just wrapped up a 4 day visit to afghanistan. she says that much remains to be achieved. lower calm
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reports. afghan women's rights to education, to university, to work and to fill their dreams. all of this was the focus of talks between the united nations on the taliban in couple this week. on her return un deputy chief amena mohammed told out to 0, she was there to amplify women's voices. the women are getting trodden on. they need to breathe, they need to come back. they need to have their rights and protected. and given back to them where they've been taken away, it is incredibly important. last month, the taliban band, women from attending university. they've also been barred from secondary education and some government jobs. the taliban says it's looking for solutions, but also wants to discuss international sanctions. there was schools open, there was universities open, they have been again a suspended. and we are working on finding a permanent solutions that this phenomena situation was precipitated by the 20 year
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occupation. and it has been investigated by the re imposition of sanctions by by acid phrases and by restrictions on banking when the telephone to power in august 2021. the us froze $9500000000.00, and the atkins central bank money that was held in the us a later announce a transfer of $3500000000.00 about money to fund. it says will help us get funds economy. but the money will be managed directly by the african government. continuing sanctions means a kind of suns. banking system remains largely cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, the un says 9 of 10 households aren't getting enough to eat some unless, say, even if sanctions or ease is unlikely, policies on women a going to change the underlying foundational principle about islamic emerett is that the amir shae, hybrid toler,
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has or unchallenged authority to pass any decree which he likes. as muslin un, deputy chief, a minimal homage says she hopes to convince the taliban otherwise. the 1st one on we're talking about knowledge speaking light. but i don't see anywhere that says, you know, we don't have the right to education. the us says it will continue to push for progress. so women and i've got a son and not excluded from public life. laura han al jazeera, thousands of opposition activists have marched in the 10s, 9 city of milan. so to celebrate the lifting of a nearly 6 year ban on political rallies, they are also taking the opportunity to demand reforms to election laws. ma'am at val reports, it's a new chapter in towns, money in politics. opposition parties are celebrating the end of a 7 year ban on political rallies. housings of members of the main opposition party
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shut them up, marched in the streets of mazda on the southern shores of lake victoria, in north western tanzania, and gathered at a sports stadium to mark the occasion. ah duly, we have faced mountains of hardships in foot for 30 years. some of the parties decided to compromise the government, but we entered the mustard firm. we approach have built an institution that could fight for our right to have a new constitution and all of the needed reforms in our country. the ban on political robins was imposed in 2016 by then president john morgan. fully his successor, samuel slew hudson lifted the band 2 weeks ago as part of a broader set of reforms, but also warned against violations of law and order. since coming to paula in 2021, she has introduced limited reforms including lifting
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a band on pregnant girls at central soft school and launching a covey 19 vaccination program. opposition activists expressed relief, but say more reforms are needed. they are calling for a new constitution, but guarantees more political freedoms. really about all what comes on yet. we think the president for the decision to allow political reli so we can exercise our constitutional right. now we expect the police not to cite with the government was on the i see now we need the new constitutional reforms and free and fair elections . the constitution we have now does not favor the political system we have does any is preparing for civic pauls next year, and a general election 2025 opposition parties are promising morales and the monday. but the election laws to guarantee that those are free and fair mom and fun of tissue became a fossil military rulers,
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have given french troops one month to leave the country. it comes a day after hundreds of people demonstrated in the capital one good to go against the french military prisons. many say the former colonial power has failed to improve security according to the u, when thousands of people had been killed and became foul. so since 2015 a nearly 3000000 displaced in violence linked to armed groups who canada says it will help guide peace talks between cameron's government and separatists factions. in its english speaking regions for years am separate as groups have been battling government troops to form a breakaway state called amber sonia cameron's english speaking community. say that have been marginalized by the french speaking majority. in october 2017 anglophones separatist declared independence and created the new amber sonia state. but the republic is not internationally recognized or than 6000 people had been killed in
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the conflict. log bore negan is the president of the center of human rights and democracy in africa. he says there is a lot of optimism that these talks might help put an end to the fighting. i'm very optimistic, i think, to come in and publish on, especially those in the fall with an adult with a few people are still very cautious because the thing that the government will not paid but you see the reaction on line on social media. the people i've talked to on the street, there's a lot of up to me and there's a lot of excitement people, one this conflict to come to an end. it's been 60 odd. she was 6 years of school boy called to cancel economy mission dead and keep in prison. so there is a lot of change if it's clearly that in the beginning, not every good will not be struck in the world has had all the goods to present that the i g of the cycle. i'm also. busy of trees, i knew the i know to present it,
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but i think we're time they will come to the table because they still don't realize that says it's put in the people that says it's protecting the not popular song in the fall was on the old with so i didn't, i and, and i think that the boys, the, all the progressive agenda to try to come to the discussion on the still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of demonstrators gather intel of even with traversal him to protest against israel's new found, right? government class i'm gabriel's onto in new york 3 years on from the 1st cohort case being discovered in the united states that are still hundreds of people dying from the disease. every single day. that story coming up i
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there's been a lot of winter around this year in the middle east, maybe in places that come back again despite the fat and satellite picks you think, where is it? because it, yes, it might be the central training bringing rain to western turkey, but otherwise not sure either some showers building, i think some path, saudi arabia maybe just touching the far south of iraq, but the real cold air that was around in turkmenistan afghanis. and it came down through package that might be inducing, yet more cloud to build as it comes across the open waters of the gulf. so the forecast their house not as promising as you might like for monday to when say it's either like to be overcast or shower. possibly even sundry with temperatures dropping down to 19 is a high by day and 12 to 13 overnight, which is not very warm this time of the year. now in africa, the seasonal rains are still going sas. in fact, they've gone about as fast as they're going to now. so the heavier stuff is a line that stretches my go to probably through zambia to was southern tanza near.
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and this is the remains of tropical cycle. so heavy rain still falling in northern madagascar flood warnings they will be of course a risk of landslides in south africa. also during sunday, at least he looks pretty wet in the eastern cape, but they shout will fade away for monday. ah tough times the man tough question. what exactly are you asking for you? what? on the ground rigorous debate, we challenge conventional wisdom racism is some deeply entrenched in the country that is identified with america. so when you challenge racism, it looks as if you're challenging of merit and demand the true. there's no serious discussion about this because it goes to the very root of who we are with me, mark lamb on hill. what out there all the
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a watching l just here, a reminder of our top stories, the salad. brazil is president luis, and i feel like the silver has fired the chief of the army, lula suspect security forces of being involved in the january 8 attacks on government buildings that will lead by supporters of former president show you both scenarios. the famed tourist cited much pitcher has been closed as anti government protest spread across peru. hundreds of tourists have been stranded to demonstrate his demanding the resignation of president tina butler wanting and a new search at the residence of us presidential biden has uncovered 6 more classified documents. his lawyers agreed to the search and helping federal
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investigators around 50 documents have now been found since november. the protests have been held against israel's new ride for coalition government and its plans to reform. the judicial system demonstrate is really intelligent, even with jerusalem. for the 3rd strike weekend, the angry about reforms which they say will weaken the powers of the supreme court critic side. the changes will undermine freedoms and give the government absolute power. iran congress at the protest and with jerusalem. we have a just a quick look around, you'll see this inflatable red line that actually represent the red line for democracy. the protesters say that benjamin netanyahu cannot cross that line all throughout. hey, you see all of the slogans that we've been seeing in these protests. and these protests including benjamin netanyahu is a criminal that the democracy must be defended as real concerns her over civil rights. for example, now,
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3 weeks ago this protest was sparked by proposed changes by the justice minister to the supreme court. they were effectively going to strip the supreme court of any house it had to overturn parliament decisions. it's got bigger than that. this is much school about people wondering, worrying about a threat to democracy and you have to say in jerusalem, there aren't really protests of this. so there was some in 2020 large in number, once again against the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. government, but they're getting bigger and that's because jerusalem is where religious pity, very conservative city. so a lot that values a lot of people's values, they align with the governments. but because of this threat approaches to say to democracy, they are incredibly concerned. but is it going to change anything? well, that's the question i put to the protesters. what do you see here? people from all, from all kinds, all kinds of various policies is this thing,
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those change which, which, which would we feel that with radical change really expecting would be the same one? 0, already experience in hungary and the likes. and this is something that would very much like prevent i think that. busy more people that will go out, it will give more pressure to the government to stop this law like laws against a demo democracy. now it's not just here across israel in high for, for example, i didn't televi that have been mass protest. tel aviv is by far the largest, although there is a lot of people here in the 1st week, you saw 50000 people, 80000 people in the 2nd week in the process. the organizes are suggesting them like anywhere up to 120000 people out on the streets in television, that's a significant number. now the idea full to protest organizes is to get as many
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people out on the streets as possible so that the politicians have to pay attention and they get worried about some of their support. leaving them that they may will be able to have a vote of no confidence in the government and try and force trigger new elections. the ticket has canceled a plan to visit by sweden's defense minister after a danish far right politician, burned a copy of the koran outside. the turkish embassy in stockholm. christmas peloton holds both danish and swedish nationalities. he got permission from police to hold the reli. the swedish foreign minister says the government doesn't endorse polygons, views, and that is on a phobic. provocations are appalling or cow built is a former swedish prime minister and the co chair of the european council on foreign relations. he says at rest, miss plugins actions do not reflect the government's views. the swedish government
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has nothing to do with ever with what sort of isolated extra ms loonies or which we have some in suite. and we're not entirely load in the world and having loonies running around in the streets, won't you do things and, and please try to say that they see that they do it at places that doesn't cause any harm. and swedish public doesn't really take in the note. this particular guy has been doing it several times before at several locations. and it has nothing to do with the swedish government will protest says we're back on the streets of the french capital. angry at a plan to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64, the government says the changes vital to safeguard the state pension system. says those really follows a nationwide strike on thursday. we'll protest the plans for later this week. and another mess strike has been caused to january the 31st. people in spain also gathered in their capital to protest against their left. his government
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demonstrated say the administration has undermined the constitution. they want prime minister pedro sanchez to step down. the really was cold by dozens of right leaning civil society groups and backed by conservative opposition parties for greece has begun the 1st phase of extending defense on its border with to kia a bit to stop illegal migration. 55 kilometers will be added to the 5 meter high steel fence was doubling its current length. the greek citizens protection minister says that around 400 people cross illegally from ticket every day. and cur accuses ethan's of endangering the lives of migrants by violently forcing them back. january the 21st marks 3 years since the 1st case of covered 19 was reported in the united states. just over a 1000000 people have died in america since then. and that number continues to rise . gabriel elizondo reports from new york for angela
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praia. it's a never ending nightmare. in april, 2020, her beloved father went to the hospital after falling ill. he was put on a ventilator. 10 days later, he died. one of the early victims of covert in the united states, that's what makes cohen control as you think they're getting better and the doctors are like, they're getting better and the next day, their dad like so many others, he died alone. no family members were allowed inside the hospital to see him because it was deemed to unsafe. that still hans angelina. i didn't see her. i didn't touch him. i didn't get a hold his hand as he passed away. i didn't get this home. i loved. alas, kissed that that never happened when you're not able to do those things. you're in a state of suspended warning, i think probably forever today,
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93 percent of americans over 65 years old or fully vaccinated. but issues persist. it's estimated nearly 10 percent of americans suffer from so called long coven depilatory side effects that linger months after contracting the virus and anxiety still shadows. the 7000000 and you know, compromised americans who face a heightened risk of catching cove. it, they're still hundreds of people every single day dying from coven in the united states. those who study the disease and track its progress, say the u. s. needs to do a better job of learning from those deaths. we have upwards of 500 deaths, at least, of covert every day in the u. s. and we know very little about who these people are, why they're falling through the cracks. and you know where there may have been missed opportunities along the way, where whether it be vaccination or whether it be, be up to date on vaccination,
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whether the access to antivirals. this is important to course correct our implementation and our response to the panoramic. even now 3 years into the, into it for angelina. any progress made fighting cove. it is too late for her loved one. my father was a good, genuine kind, gentle sweet, generous person. and he didn't deserve to die like that. or any of the people who continue to 3 years later, gabriel is on the al jazeera, new york. a river in the balkans, usually renown for its stunning natural beauty, has been transformed into a floating rubbish shape. with this is drawing video, showing weiss that's built out behind a barrier and the dream river. it runs from montenegro through serbia and both near march of the rubbish was dumped and poorly regulated riverside lay.
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