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cars. ah. police use tear gas and stun grenades on protesters trying to storm government offices and al mahdi, where unrest in the oil rich ex soviet republic that comes despite the resignation of the cabinet. also coming up the u. s. tops of 1000000 new corona, virus infections in a single day and present invited makes another appeal. please, please vaccinated. now, the search in cases is raising concern over disruption to public life the bite and says the on the con barrier poses the biggest threat to the unvaccinated plus reaction. even outrage after tennis started no back joke bitches. granted a special permission to play at the australian open despite his silent on his vaccination status will get the latest from melbourne.

ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. we begin with a developing story. protestors have reported the storm and to set fire to government offices in cars extends largest city amadi. the violence comes as mass demonstrations over surging fuel prices in kazakhstan, entered a 4th day. last night, thousands marched in defiance of a curfew and ban on mass gatherings. lease figures, tear gas and sun grenades. after crowds refused to disperse. windows were smashed, and roads blocked. the president has declared to see emergency in 2 regions and said, some price caps on fuel would be reinstated. the central asian countries cabinet was earlier fired in a bid to head off the on rattled hook,

and we'll try and check in with our correspondent on that's story a little bit later in the program. but 1st, u. s. president joe biden has appealed to one vaccinated americans again to get the job. as the u. s. recorded more than 1000000 new coven 19 infections. in a single 24 hour period, confirmed infections have doubled in the past week of the armor crime variance spreads. although hospitalization and death rates have been lower than in previous waves concerned remains over the impact that the rapidly rising cases could have on health care infrastructure as president bite and addressing the nation unvaccinated, taking up hospital beds and crowding emergency rooms and intensive care units, bestest places other people need access to those hospitals, so please, please, please get vaccinated. now. there's no excuse no shoot for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be

a panoramic of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress. and for patients who still haven't gotten your kids vaccinated, please get them back to look out for their interest. here is the best way to protect them. folks, i know we're all tired and frustrated about the pandemic is coming weeks, are going to be challenging please, where you're masking palmer to protect yourself and others. we're going to get through this. we're going to get through it together. and while the numbers in the last san massive but with on a cron, reportedly less dangerous than previous variance. how serious is the situation really? we asked dr. peter chan, hong, an infectious disease specialist at the university of california, san francisco. we're still very worried because we haven't even hit our surge yet. remember we had 3 holidays thanksgiving christmas and new year's. we're still waiting for the repercussions from new years. so even though

a small proportion folks do get ost wise, a small proportion or a large number is still streaming many hospital systems. but if you ask me, my biggest worry, it's about a workforce. you know, we've had sick health care workers, sick restaurant workers, sick teachers, i, it's really disrupting all of our ways of life. and that's leading to burnout. 40 percent of nurses and 20 percent of physicians in say that they're in tend to quit within a years. so that's to tell you the scope of what we're talking about. and that was dr. peter chin hong at the university of california, san francisco. speaking with us earlier, kenneth starr know that joke of it has confirmed that he will defend his australian open title in melbourne this month after being granted a medical exemption. reaction to that exemption has been swift. australia's prime minister says the joke of which must proved it is valid or he'll be on the next plane home. world number one has continually refused to reveal his vaccination

status against the corona virus. and the victoria state government has mandated that all players be fully vaccinated unless there is a genuine reason for an exemption tournament. officials say that the joke of ich exemption was granted after a quote, rigorous review process and our layer. we spoke with tennis commentators, steve pierce and melbourne, and asked him how the announcement has gone down with australians. the lead balloon would be one. this brings to mind and then many, many, many other phrases which are not repeatable on television. so it's, it's, it's been received across the whole population. because of course, this is being well publicized over the last months of you know, what's going to happen with it. is it, is it this and his, his dislike of vaccinations and his stance on this going all the way back to the start of the pandemic, really. and then of course, holding, you know, tennis tournaments during the pandemic. so all of this is contrived to deliver an

absolute public relations nightmare. him and want to whites him here when he gets to melbourne, which will not be predominantly a warm reception at all. and then for tennis a straight year it's, it's, it's not. i mean, it's got a lot of people talking about the strategy and i've been nearly 2 weeks out from the start of it. they want to be unhappy about that. but this is not really the sort of coverage they want. and their top brass cried tie, leave the chief executive having to go on to defend the process really against, you know, what, what the general populous things, which is next going, a lot of money is 9 times the champion. of course, he's going to get a medical exemption that sort of, that, that insinuation that you know, money can buy you whatever you want on money can generally buy you whatever you want. but in this instance, it appears as though he's, he's found a y through the, through the loopholes if you like the medical exemptions that are available to plan . and that was australian tennis commentator, steve pierce, speaking with us earlier. let's return now to our top story and get the very latest

from emily, sherwin and moscow. and emily, just to remind our viewers what we're talking about here is these tensions over soaring energy prices escalating in cars extend. we've been having some reports now in the past hours of police using tear gas stun grenades on protesters trying to storm government offices in al mahdi, just walk us through what we've been saying. well today there are continuing protests and cars are done across the entire country. apparently thousands of people have come out in different regions of the country in the biggest city in austin, in which is the former capital. several thousands of people are on the streets and there have been reports as you say, of clashes between protesters and police police using stun grenades of protesters in several cases, actually attacking the police. and it doesn't seem that the authorities have

control of the situation. they introduced yesterday a state of emergency in several regions, including in the and in the surrounding regions. but that hasn't help. that seems there's also the internet seems to be being blocked in large sways of the country for potentially to stop the protesters from coordinating. but that doesn't seem to have kind of calm things, downs and now we're seeing the, the city administration and all my see has been stormed. several other official buildings. it seems, have gone up in smoke, at least judging from pictures on social media. so things aren't coming down, it seems. so what comes next then, emily? because i mean, the government has already resigned. well, it's hard to know this. these protest started over the weekend about a big hike in the prices on l and g on rather liquefied petroleum gas lpg,

which many people use in their cars as fuel the government before with subsidizing prices on that. and then they liberalize the market and we saw prices double at the beginning of the year. people were very angry initially their demands were economic, but over the last few days the government has been kind of playing catch up. so initially they said there was nothing they could do about the prices, then they went back on that and they actually slashed the prices down halfway once again that didn't calm down protesters. now we've seen the, the government resigning, but many people see that kind of as a symbolic concession. because mostly it's the president who controls the country and that's why people have continued to take to the streets. i can't really imagine they're being big political concessions going forward. i think probably we're

likely to see a crackdown. emily sherwin with a view from moscow telling us what's going on the ground there and cause extent. thank you for your reporting, emily here. some other stories making news around the world. japan says the north korea has launched what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea of japan, prime minister from jo, cuz she expressed regret that north korea continues to launch missiles in the direction of this country. united nations resolution and ban piano yang from ballistic missile. the canadian government has announced an agreement of more than $30000000000.00 us dollars and compensation to indigenous children taken from their families. children earlier, a human rights tribunal found that over several decades, the country's child and family services discriminated against an indigenous population 1st nations from across the compensation effects around $55000.00 children. this day. a 49 year old man has appeared in court accused of setting fire

to the south african parliament. his lawyer says that his client as a scapegoat the defendant pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and possession of an explosive device. now to a major change that will affect how to artists across the european union from now on, they will have to limit themselves to a much smaller palette of colors on that's because the e has imposed about on some chemicals used in tattoo inks. officials say that the band will protect the public from hazardous substances that could cause cancer and other illness. one last design in blue before the new e rules came into effect. colors like this one are now banned. for many tattoo artists, it's hard to accept. so from the gulf, people are a lot is based on speculation. there are no real fact that somehow justify van. and

our experience here in the tattoo parlor proves that what i have seen shows something different. oh, for it right now, it feels more like harassment than a sensible band that would protect people vote of the e u band. these colors because they are suspected of causing cancer. for example, because the concentration of certain chemicals is too high. dermatologist britta les come agrees that some of the substances they contain could be dangerous. if harm isn't in crop, the colors enter the body or what exactly happens then. we don't know for sure. part of the colors remain in the same place. other parts travel through the body. if they contain carcinogenic substances, they can have an effect on all the organs. i log on to the e. u commission says tattoo artists were given sufficient notice and that safer alternatives for the colors exist. the artists complain that the ink manufacturer is reacted to late design. there could be delivery bottlenecks which lead to inc.

shortages. the artists now have to bridge the time without bright colors. after the corona virus closures, it's another blow to their livelihoods. and finally, organizations all over the world are coming up with creative campaigns to encourage vaccination in germany and entrepreneur teamed up with a shepherd for a unique stunt. in the, pushed to achieve human, heard immunity, 700 sheep and goats were let loose and formed the shape of a 100 meter long syringe. the animals were coaxed into position by pieces of bread and the stunts organizer said that he hoped to reach the emotions of vaccine . hesitant people or scientific reasoning had felt you're watching t w. as a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you, protesters have reportedly stormed and set fire to government offices and has

extend largest city amadi. the violence comes as mass demonstrations over surging fuel prices and the energy rich ex soviet republic enter a 4th day. you, as president joe biden has urged unvaccinated americans to get the job after more than 1000000 new copays 19 infections were reported in the us. within a 24 hour period, confirmed infections have doubled in the past week. as the under comm, variance spreads, but hospitalization and death rates are lower than in previous waves. and that now you're up to date, i'm sorry, kelly and berlin. thank you so much for joining me. for this addition of d w news coming up next. it is rob watts who has viewed this to stay with people in trucks injured when trying to see the city center.