has more on the protests from canberra. what's happening right now. really has been going on and has resonated with. many people who have been speaking out about their own story sexual assaults and harassment. place but when it comes to. the real question has always been. it was.

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we know the story of deteriorating canberra-beijing relations. what is campbell saying?urt campbell is often described as president biden's asia czar. he made a commitment to australian prime minister paul morrison and said the u.s. was not put there to improve relationships with china. a close allies being sued to economic coercion, china has been exercising a fair bit of economic usher on australia. there is an informal ban on coal imports, an official ban on other imports, tariffs on us trillion wine raised by more than 200%, and another murder -- and a number of other industries targeted as well. campbell says he's letting china no we are well aware of what is going on in the united states says it is not going to leave australia alone on the field. haidi: any reaction from china to the remarks? paul: the chinese foreign ministry spokesman was asked about this at a regular news briefing. he didn't give a direct answer. he did reiterate that the cause of the tension between china and australia is due to canberra. he said the action against australian exports is retalia

to violence against women one of the biggest rallies was outside parliament house in the capital canberra demonstrators are calling for action following a string of sexual assault and harassment allegations in the parliament nicola gauge has more on the protest now from canberra. what's happening right now. really has been going on and has. many people have been speaking out about their own story . and harassment. life but when it comes to. the real question has always been. about 60. minutes. and. thousands of people have also protest in london there's anger against the police handling of saturday's visual for sara every day 33 year old woman abducted and killed this month 7 police officers have been charged in connection with. new york has been honoring those lost a year on from the 1st death from code 19 in america's biggest city photographs of some of the 30000 victims were displayed that a memorial that's been the worst hit city in the worst of country is now grappling with a new surge in cases reporting over 6000 a week. back in court in the coming hours she faces at least 4 charges

gauge al-jazeera canberra the u.k.'s prime minister has promised to look at how women and girls can be better protected from violence or is made to pledge following criticism of a police action at a vigil for sarah everett who was killed while walking home alone the reports. i anger outside police headquarters in london a day after a vigil ended in seems that shocked many people here in the u.k. demonstrators gathered mixing demands for an end to male violence against women with claims that the police are part of the problem at saturday's vigil the focus was clearly on the we've been victims of male violence here the focus has shifted with denunciations of police brutality hundreds had come to the south london vigil near where sarah ever odd went missing initially police kept their distance but the decision to move in on the crowds and the use of force to arrest women created outrage i. agree pretty good tell us the metropolitan police force for a political department said there were unanswered questions after she bit t

our australia correspondent, shaimaa khalil, is in canberra where a rally has been held.aring crowds being addressed by speakers, but anger has been boiling over because of controversy, and allegations by the government and the prime minister have come under heavy criticism for the way they have been handling it. we have seen brittany higgins take to the stage, the young former political adviser to the liberal party, who came out publicly to speak about her allegations. she alleges a male colleague raped her in the building behind me, parliament house. she went public with it with the police and the media, so the crowd was excited to hearfrom her. she described how the last week have been for her, how she was being addressed in the media, and how it has been privately for her. but really, this has gone much bigger. of course, her case prompted many other women to come to the fore. another allegation against the attorney general, a different case. he has vigorously denied these allegations. but i think generally this has captured the general mood for women, it has touched

our correspondent, shaimaa khalil is in canberra ahead of the main march outside of parliament house.e people in the building behind me. parliament house, australia's seat of power. this is where brittany higgins, a former political adviser to the liberal party, alleges that a male colleague had raped her in 2019. after these allegations, many women came forward with similar claims. separately, and weeks after that, another explosive moment here in canberra when the attorney general publicly and vigorously denied allegations that he had raped a 16—year—old girl in 1988, long before he came to politics. it's been a very abusing few weeks for the scott morrison government, and the prime minister has come under heavy criticism for the way he has handled this controversy. today, thousands of women are coming out on the streets protesting what they see as a government that is out of touch with their struggles. let's bring injanine hendry. you are the spokeswoman for the march forjustice rallies. tell me first of all about what is being organised, how many people are coming out? we have 42

to violence against women one of the biggest rallies was outside parliament house in the capital canberra. and thousands of people have also protested in london as anger against the police handling of saturday's vigil for sarah ever a 33 year old woman abducted and killed earlier this month. while the case has drawn parallels with another issue confronting london's police and that's race a previous investigation into the metropolitan police handling of the death of the black teenager stephen lawrence in 1903 found the force was institutionally racist leader logan was one of the u.k.'s most highly decorated black police officers a former superintendent betrayed by the actor john but in the b.b.c. drama small acts depicted his fight against racism in british policing. or logan is the former chairman founding member of the black police association he says the police response highlights several systemic issues. well it's a major and go that way in which that robust response to a vigil seemed to be totally out of context totally out of sync with the reasons for people feeling compelled to come

because gage al-jazeera canberra. to the netherlands now where there's been a resurgence of young people from politics more than ever before they're running and parliamentary elections a 10th of the candidates for wednesday's vote are the 1st and the youngest is just 16 years old steadfast and followed her on the campaign trail. they are 1617 and 19 years old and campaigning for a seat in the dutch parliament christina middleton napal represents the young party or young and along with leash are here they're the youngest candidates running in this week's parliamentary elections all the time i was working for you only an idea and now it's now i can see where i am where i am right now you're on the official list. as the number 2 here these are the 16 year old grew up in a foster home and decided to run so she could fight for more protection for young people everyone in the 2nd chamber is talking about the younger people would not live with them so that's what i decided to that's when i decided to join young so are they w

like the destruction of these caves again all right nick ok thank you so much for that update from canberra. a state of siege could be declared by chinese government in a region home to the indigenous people president sebastian pinera seeking approval for tougher anti-terrorist legislation to cover the central southern area called r.-o. can now he says that's to help deal with armed groups carrying out attacks are latin america editor of the c.n.n. has more from santiago. but these images show some more than $800.00 police intelligence officers carrying out an unprecedented rate in south central chile in an area dominated by indigenous mup which is. on this farm police searching for marijuana were tapped by an agenda fight gunman. one of the officers was killed although his death dominated national news it wasn't the only violence that took place that day these photos show police operatives using what human rights experts call illegitimate use of force and abuse against minors here the target was the 7 year old daughter of my pooch activist comedic at the young guy he was killed 2 years ago

potentially hindering scientific discoveries nicola gage has the story for us from australia's capital canberra. 60 satellites launch into space on a lawn mosques 3 usable rocket falcon 9 it's part of a constellation of low orbit satellites from space 6 promising high speed internet connection to promote locations around the world about 1000 being deployed the goal is for that to grow to more than $40000.00 if you imagine the problems we have with space to brain space junk already that is just adding to it at a rate that we can't keep up we can't keep up with the risk that creates space x. now owns about one 3rd of all active satellites and more satellites means greater potential for collision millions of pieces of so-called space junk or already in orbit some as small as a fleck of pite but tiple damaging a spacecraft pre want to have human exploration of the solar system we need to make sure we're looking after the nearest environment before we start going towards other planets the struggle in research is of developing groundbreaking software to manage traffic in space time to traducing the r

the focal point of the protests is a rally outside parliament house, in the capital, canberra.ve been protesting across the country against lockdown measures imposed by local authorities, to control a new wave of the virus. in recent weeks brazil has reported its high number of covid—19 cases and deaths. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

let's bring in a spokesperson from the university of canberra.elations have made headlines in the last time we saw the prime minister stumbled like this in opinion polls it was when he was in hawaii, during the bushfire crisis. can he step forward for this? is this an indication it is not just a social media bubble paying attention to these issues but the broader electorate as well come in a? -- as well now? >> trying to step forward and we have seen a range of initiatives to improve the culture around parliament house, and more generally the government is focused on things to deal with what is an epidemic of violence against women, domestic violence. the problem is, this cultural issue of attitudes toward women is so far-reaching, so broad, and goes to things far beyond what happened in canberra, that it is very hard to deal with. also, i think the prime minister's own experience and background is very limited, and it comes to these sorts of issues. and it has taken a while for him to get his head around them and also to find the appropriate ton

has more on the protests from canberra. what's happening right now. really has been going on. many people have been. whites but when it comes to. the real question has always been. about. harassment and. people have also protested in london there's anger against the police handling of saturday's visual for sara every day 33 year old woman abducted and killed earlier this month a serving police officer has been charged in connection with the murder of thousands of supporters of those who was president have joined protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening hospitals are stretched to capacity more than 1100 people have died of private 19 in the past day adding to brazil's deadliest week since the beginning of the pandemic. there's coronavirus tension in the netherlands as well just 2 days before people go to the polls in the hague police used buttons and water cannon to disperse hundreds protesting against restrictions police accuse demonstrators of breaking social distancing rules at least 20 have been detained. me and miles

australia calling for an end to violence against women these are live pictures from the capital canberra a rally there outside parliament house which is expected to be one of the largest demonstrators to present to petitions demanding action the protests in australia follow allegations of sexual assaults within the nation's political sphere thousands of people of course protesting in london as well over violence against women and anger as well against the police handling of saturday's vigil for sarah ever odd the 33 year old woman abducted and killed earlier this month just 3 days now before the netherlands goes to the polls and there is tension over the government's tough coronavirus lockdown measures in the hague police used batons and water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters police accuse the demonstrators of breaking social distancing rules arland in the netherlands of joined a good number of countries in halting the use of the astra zeneca vaccine over blood clot concerns the drugs firm says it's review the data of more than 17000000 people and says there is no increased ris

blocks a shipment of culbut shots meant for australia in what some are calling vaccine nationalism canberra is now demanding the commission reconsider the move. texans lash out at joe biden after he labels the decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in the state as neanderthal thinking. the democrats and the girls love her in their boots on the next.

of the other stories making headlines around the world today thousands of people are rallying in canberra and other australian cities following calling for an end to violence against women the march for justice movement is demanding a public investigation into sexual misconduct in australia's parliament it follows a series of rape allegations against politicians and staffers. written more demonstrations in london against violence toward women this time in front of the police headquarters anger was sparked by the heavy handed police response to an earlier vigil in memory of sara everard a police officer has been accused of of her kidnapping and murder. it's been a weekend of violence and killing in myanmar as protests continue against the military coup shots were fired at protesters in yangon where dozens of people were reported killed by security forces more deaths were reported in other parts of the country it brings the death toll to more than $100.00 since the f.a.q. demonstrations began state media are reporting that martial law has been declared in some areas despite threats proteste

violence against women one of the largest rallies happening outside parliament house in the capital canberra. arlen's in the netherlands have joined a number of countries in halting the use of the astra zeneca vaccine over blood clot concerns the drugs firm says it's renewed reviewed i should say data and says there is no increased risk minimal security forces have killed at least $38.00 protesters on sunday martial law has been declared in 2 areas in the yangon region and britain's foreign secretary says it's unacceptable that iran is pursuing a 2nd case against now that in the gary radcliffe the british iranian woman who's been detained in iran since 2016 has appeared in court on a new charge of propaganda against the system there and joins with you in half an hour's time on al-jazeera next talk to al-jazeera. military takeover and mother just want chaos in the streets 101 east is on the ground investigating what it means for the future of the southeast asian nation on al-jazeera. investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on 00. iraq october 29th. it marked the beginning of

allegations of rape and assault centered around australia as parliament's nicola gage reports from canberra. thank you protesters outside astrologers parliament demanding action of violence against women in recent weeks allegations of right have rocked a struggle in politics prompting a growing number of people to speak about sexual assault and harassment i don't want to go up on world where women are listened to and i think that we should make a change it was sparked by shocking allegations that former political star for britney he guinn's was right by a colleague in the defense minister's office. we're here because i'm function of what we used to having to say stale tired of. the struggle is top floor officer attorney general christian porter is also accused of an historic right dating back 3 decades which he categorically denies police have closed the case but the government is facing growing calls for an independent inquiry we just don't think that it's appropriate that a man who holds the highest floor office in the country can have an untested and also apparently on ridge right allega

nicola gage al-jazeera canberra oh it's been a historic night for women it's the grammy music awards beyond say has become the most decorated arsonist in the awards history and it is also a big night for taylor swift as castiel lopez what am reports. an awards ceremony to honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards good bradley goes to there was. the star of the night was beyond see who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanting to uplift and courage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world i was taylor swift also made history with her album full glory she became the 1st female artist to win album of the year 3 times and that puts her in the ranks of so-called 3 peat performers like frank sinatra stevie wonder and paul simon mostly we just want to thank the fans you guys met us in this imaginary world that we created and we can't tell you how honored we are. british singer do a leape

scientific discoveries they call a gauge of reports the reports now from the australian capital canberra. 60 satellites launch into space on a lawn mosque 3 usable rocket falcon 9 it's part of stalin a constellation of low orbit satellites from space 6 promising high speed internet connection to remote locations around the world about 1000 being deployed the goal is for that to grow to more than $40000.00 if you imagine the problems we have with space to brain space junk already that is just adding to it at a rate that we can't keep up we can't keep up with the risk that creates space x. now owns about one 3rd of all active satellites and more satellites means greater potential for collision millions of pieces of so-called space junk or already in orbit some as small as a fleck of pite but type will damaging a spacecraft pre want to have human exploration of the solar system we need to make sure we're looking after the nearest environment before we start going towards other planets. this trial in research is a developing software to manage traffic in space time to traducing the risk of c

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, canberra. concerned" about footage of police officers breaking up the vigil on clapham common, held in memory of sarah everard. martial law is imposed in more areas of yangon in myanmar, after one of the deadliest days of protest since last month's coup. further lockdown easing — as more children return to school in scotland and hairdressers reopen in wales. in myanmar, the lawyer for deposed leader aung san suu kyi says her court hearing — which had been scheduled for today — has been ajourned until 24th march. she was arrested in last month's military coup, and is facing charges of accepting money and gifts — accusations that have been widely criticised as fabricated. it follows one of the deadliest days since mass protests began against the coup — at least a0 people were killed by security forces yesterday and martial law has been extended across more parts of myanmar�*s main city, yangon. earlier, our south east asia correspondentjonathan head described how bad the military crackdown has be

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, canberra. to break the rules to keep them at home. well, we speak now to amanda batten, the chief executive of the charity �*contact�* who provide support for families with disabled children — amanda is also the chair of disabled children�*s partnership — and i am alsojoined now by gail town and her 14—year—old son lucas who have been shielding for the past year. lucas, you went back to school i think that the first time last week. for the first time in a year, what was that like for you? it for the first time in a year, what was that like for you?— for the first time in a year, what was that like for you? it was really nice, 'ust was that like for you? it was really nice. just to _ was that like for you? it was really nice. just to get — was that like for you? it was really nice, just to get back _ was that like for you? it was really nice, just to get back into - was that like for you? it was really nice, just to get back into a - was that like for you? it was really | nice, just to get back

part of the quad grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory metcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the indoor pacific why china won't map the future professor mark gulf welcome they're given each of the quad nations is significant differences with china is this grouping mainly to ensure china want to map the future in the into pacific thanks for having me on the program the grouping the cord is not purely some kind of end he china club but what it basically is is rallying strength in numbers to ensure that china does not dominate the future of the indo-pacific but instead i hope to build a relationship of mutual respect with china but one way china respects the boundaries of others now this grouping is actually more than 13 years all and it's only last week that we have the 1st summit level conference between the leaders what exactly is it offering to the indoor pacific region now. so the group the quote it's much more than talk we have to remember tha

take a look at other stories making headlines around the world thousands of people are rallying in canberra and other australian cities calling for an end to violence against women the march for justice movement is demanding a public investigation into sexual misconduct in australia's parliament it follows a series of rape allegations against politicians and staffers. police in the net in the netherlands have used water cannon and battens to disperse anti bucktown protesters more than 2000 people gathered in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of research and have fueled a growing anger with authorities. spanish police have found $600.00 kilos of cocaine in the nighttime raid in the capital madrid and 2 other cities officials also confiscated cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 people were arrested including a lawyer who allegedly gave advice on how to launder the money from selling the drugs. well it's been a weekend of violence and killing and as protests continue to demonstrate against the military coup now a protest is ran from gunfire in yangon where dozens of

shipment of covert shots met meant for australia in what some are calling a vaccine nationalism canberra is now demanding the e.u. commission reconsider the move. texans lash out at joe biden after he labels the decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in the state as neanderthal thinking. the democrats when they go in their boots on the next 2 people in this country telling them what to do while the texas governor hits back calling the president's new immigration policy of neanderthal approach to the issue that says a study shows that biden's plans could lead to a drastic increase in america's migrant population. broadcasting live from our international headquarters in moscow you're watching our quarter welcome. bullying harassment and sexual abuse that's what thousands of women have been subjected to in the british army according to testimonies given to be given to a parliamentary committee. very hostile environment. you do find themselves new position and it starts going wrong that's where and when you are vulnerable it is when the problems really start women are paying an unnecessa

have been heading to emergency evacuation centers a survey warning is also in place just west of canberra. just over a year ago these areas of australia or many others were blazoned devastating bushfires scientists say natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change and people are being urged not to drive through flooded areas because a strong car. into. saudi arabia state but oil company says its profits fell by nearly hoff in 2020 to $49000000000.00 that's a 44 percent drop and i'm called blames the sliding global prices during the pandemic oil prices of raw meat in recent months to preplan damage levels of the hit a low in april last year the company has seen its annual profits fall every year since it started announcing them in 2018. to solomon is an international oil economist he says saudi aramco fortunes are turning the round despite the drop in profits. the current improvement in early prices will help call as saudi arabia and also the economy as. obscene it's in the last. naturally we have seen the most impressive is in early prices from 30 barr

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addressed crowds at more than a0 events across the country, including outside parliament house in canberra higgins, an ex—political adviser who alleged she was raped in a minister's office in 2019, spoke to a crowd of thousands. we are here today not because we want to be back because we have to be. we we want to be back because we have to be-_ have to be. we have to recommend _ have to be. we have to recommend that - have to be. we have to recommend that the i have to be. we have to - recommend that the system is broken. — recommend that the system is broken, the glass ceiling is still— broken, the glass ceiling is still in _ broken, the glass ceiling is still in place and there are significant failings in power structures within our institutions. we are here because _ institutions. we are here because of it is unfathomable that we — because of it is unfathomable that we are having to fight the same — that we are having to fight the same style, tired fight. —— the same — same style, tired fight. —— the same stale _ same style, tired fight. —— the same stale fight. our correspondent has be

allegations of rape and assault centered around australia's parliament nicola gage reports now from canberra. thank you protestors outside astrologers parliament demanding action of violence against women in recent weeks allegations of right have rocked a struggle in politics prompting a growing number of people to speak about sexual assault and harassment i don't want to go up the world where women are listened to and i think that we should make a change it was sparked by shocking allegations that former political star for britney he was right by a colleague in the defense minister's office. we're here i'm function of ringback what we used to having to fight this same stale tired of. the struggle as top floor officer attorney general christian porter is also accused of an historic right dating back 3 decades which he categorically denies police have closed the case but the government is facing growing calls for an independent inquiry we just don't think that it's appropriate that a man who holds the highest floor office in the country can have an untested and also apparently on a ridge righ

export system designed to hold big pharmaceutical companies to their contracts the gauges in canberra she says the holdup is no expect it to have much of an impasse.

mining companies have come under increased scrutiny since last may make a gauge the latest from canberra. this has been extremely damaging paul rio tinto his reputation and the significance of what happened here really can't be underestimated these tribes with seats 1000 years old and contained some of the oldest boy in tools to be discovered in a strike and rio tinto you knew about their cultural significance when they blew them up so while this is while news to many people it will buy some the same as another stay in the process of rio tinto are you trying to show you that it is accountable for its actions here in terms of simon thomson stepping down pressure has been building all on him to take personal accountability from environmental activists and shareholders and that's exactly what he has done in a statement issued by rio tinto the stock exchange he says that ultimately he is accountable for the actions that did take place that led to the destruction of these caves but one interesting thing here that some indigenous organisations have taken note of is the timeline the national na

constellation of satellites will be part of the solution to connecting the globe nicola gage al-jazeera canberra china and iran have signed a landmark 25 year cooperation pact now the deal has been in the works since $26.00 team it was signed by the foreign ministers of both countries beijing is expected to invest in key sectors of iran's economy including energy and infrastructure of the iranian economy has suffered under u.s. sanctions since washington with true from the 2015 nuclear agreement. the chinese martial art of time she is gaining popularity in iran particularly amongst women are those taking part say it's helping change views and more women are joining the sport the men are sober because more from the capital. a well known chinese martial art the past few years has seen it grow in popularity in iran especially among women. tell us it's a way to release energy that's trapped in the body the sport requires a lot of patience usually women have more harmony and from the perspective of physical ability i think they deal better with the sport it's not common to see this kind of performanc

get more on this from nicola gage our correspondent in australia's capital and the reaction from canberra on this nicola. but these struggling government has been quick to try to allay public concern about what it means for its back seign rollout we understand that a struggling diplomats will be speaking with their counterparts in europe to try to reverse this bloke but it really does highlight the wider problem with astra zeneca failing to reach some of its delivery targets we have heard from me a tele involvement giving a number of reasons as to why this decision has been made firstly it says it's because it isn't seen as a vulnerable nation true to the lower numbers of quality food 19 cases that we have had here and secondly because of that shortage of astra zeneca doses that we are seeing else old europe to get this little bit of contests since january because of the shortage any european based back same manufacturer needs to get approval from national governments the full files can be exported out of europe we understand that italy did inform the european commission and while it has

mykola gauge al-jazeera canberra. the chinese capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst of storm and a decades it blew in from the gobi desert fishing air pollution to the top off the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights have even been grained it's the storms are common at this time of year and the government is reforesting areas around the capital to limits their impacts they're calling it the great green wall. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines gunmen have kidnapped children and teachers at a school in nigeria it happened at a primary school in rama be an inquiry council area in northwestern couldn't a state. has more from a butcher. story we're getting reports we're getting i spoke to. a resident and also.

blocks a shipment of covert shots meant for australia and what some are calling vaccine nationalism canberra is now demanding the e.u. commission reconsider the move. texans lash out at joe biden after he labels the decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in the state as quote a neanderthal thinking.

part of the quote grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory metcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the in depressive fix why china won't map the future progress on that gulf welcome now given each of the quote nations is significant differences with china is this grouping mainly to ensure china want to map the future in the into pacific thanks for having me on the program the grouping the quartet is not purely some kind of and he china club but what it basically is is rallying strength in numbers to ensure that china does not dominate the future of the indo-pacific but instead i hope to build a relationship of mutual respect with china but one which i respect the boundaries of others now this grouping is actually more than 13 years all and it's only last week that we have the 1st summit level conference between the leaders what exactly is it offering to the in depressive figure region now. so the group the quote it's much more than talk we have to reme

earlier this year citing supply problems they were gauges in canberra and she says the hold up is it expected to have much of an impact on the strain is vaccine rollout. these showing government has been quick to try to alight public concerns about what this decision a coup to maine for its back saying roll out of course if we tried to have the block reversed but it does rise wider questions about the issue of astra zeneca failing to meet some of its back same targets the telly in government has said the reason behind this decision is because if that shortage of astra zeneca doses in europe and the close it doesn't see a strike me as i vulnerable nation because of the lawyer number of quoted montane cases here about this all came about because of the shortage of doses in europe whereby european based vaccine manufacturers need to seek approval from national governments if it wants to export vials outside of europe we understand that the italian government did inform the european commission office decision to block the shipment to a strata it could have skipped gene but it didn't none

the focal point of the protests is a rally outside parliament house, in the capital, canberra. despite record numbers of coronavirus deaths, supporters of the brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have been protesting across the country against lockdown measures imposed by local authorities, to control a new wave of the virus. in recent weeks brazil has reported its high number of covid—19 cases and deaths. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament — a week when borisjohnson found himself under pressure. i'd take the prime minister a little bit more seriously if he hadn't spent £2.6 million of taxpayers money on a downing street tv studio. but the prime minister hit back. we're increasing pay for nurses, we're massively increasing our investment in the nhs. he wasn't the only leader under pressure. this week has shown, again, that sexual harassment - complainants cannot. trust the ruling to deal with a complaint properly. and the problems could be mounting at the palace a major asbestos leak, sewage failure, or in

separately in weeks after that, another explosive moment here in canberra when the attorney general publiclyns he had raped a 16—year—old girl in 1988, long before he came to politics. it's been a very bruising few weeks for the scott morrison government and the prime minister has come under heavy criticism for the way he has handled this controversy and today, thousands of women are coming out on the streets protesting what they see as a government that is out of touch with their struggles. let's bring injanine hendry. janine bring in janine hendry. janine hendry, bring injanine hendry. janine hendry, you are the spokeswoman for the march fourjustice rallies. ~ , ., , , rallies. why now, why this moment? _ rallies. why now, why this moment? i think as - rallies. why now, why this l moment? i think as you said rallies. why now, why this - moment? i think as you said in your introduction, the women of australia have seen this build—up over a long period of time in the last few weeks we have seen our government's woeful inaction to these alleged sexual assaults which have in our house of parli

demanding an end to violence against women one of the largest rallies right outside parliament house in canberra. well syria is entering a 2nd decade of its relentless conflict that has devastated the country's still no political settlement and while the cease fire is largely holding many fear further military assaults so hard on looks back now what began as a peaceful uprising descended into war. this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces. during forever. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the capital of the revolut

constellation of satellites will be part of the solution to connecting the globe gauge al-jazeera canberra. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera pressure is building on myanmar's military joined as global condemnation goes over its crackdown on demonstrators in the latest reaction military chiefs from the u.s. and nearly a dozen allies denounced myanmar security forces after they killed more than 100 people on saturday new attempts are being made to move the ship blocking the suez canal in egypt as for 5 days now the dutch salvage for and working to free the ever given says it could be successful by the start of next week the stern of the vessel is now free and they're hoping higher tides and the arrival of 2 more tug boats on sunday will help their operation chile has begun its strictest coronavirus down so far as it tries to curb a spike in cases where the 80000 of the population is under mandatory isolation the president says it's necessary to east pressure on the health care system it will retreat to a level view that we have restricted transit through dr