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the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport lawyers for the former south african president jacob zuma say he will not attend an inquiry investigating corruption during his time in office the commission has been hearing allegations their wealthy gupta family used its friendship with zuma to win government contracts and influence policy as many as 36 affidavits have implicated the former president in what's known as the state capture scandal both zuma and the gupta family deny the allegations from a to miller is joining us from johannesburg where that inquiry is taking place so what happens next now that the former president has decided to skip this inquiry. well at the moment the commission is addressing that but ultimately dealing with the fact that zuma the former president hasn't appeared despite a summons issued by the commission and also a constitutional court order that city would have to abide by the law and anything else would be undermining it just to give you a better idea of why zuma has no

and paul brennan at london's heathrow airport has a policy of hotel quarantine comes into force. and turkey summons the us ambassador with accusations of support for kurdish fighters. follows meanwhile as military intensifies its crackdown on protesters against the february 1st through the u.n. special envoy has told the army the world is watching and a heavy handed response will have severe consequences a curfew is now in place there as well as a near total internet shutdown for the 2nd consecutive night. on monday there were reports that soldiers opened fire with rubber bullets on demonstrators in mandalay myanmar's 2nd largest city and tanks have appeared on streets across the country the army of one but just as they could face up to 20 years in jail if they obstruct soldiers or incite what they call hatred or contempt towards kool-aid is an deposed leader and son says she is to spend a further 2 days under house arrest if you go pilar reports from hong kong. a show of force to break up a protest outside a state bank in the city of mandalay around a 1000 people at a peaceful r

strains of the 19 but the policy is attracting criticism for the way that it's been organized paul brennan reports now from london's heathrow airport. this was the 1st group of quarantine travelers being escorted from london's heathrow terminal 5 under way into isolation ahead of them 10 days and 11 nights of enforced hotel quarantine a prospect now facing all arrivals who've passed through one of the 33 countries on the u.k. government's red list in aviation terms the u. case hotel quarantine plan has been on final approach in any 3 weeks now the policy was 1st announced in mid january but london's heathrow airport has expressed concerns about what it said were significant gaps in the implementation plan and the union representing some of the security staff is equally concerned about the transfer process from airport to hotel what is not quite well p.p. is going to be a writer very well. what are. they going on once they get the hi how are you have to bear in mind the problem is that not. the u.k. government says it's hotel quarantine plan amounts to decisive action against curve at 19 bu

the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport. the world health organization is planning a rapid response to the ebola outbreak in guinea after the 1st outbreak of the disease there in 5 years 7 people have tested positive and 3 have died during an epidemic in west africa between 20132016 at least 11000 people died guinea and the w.h.o. say they are better prepared this time because of progress on vaccines dr you know is with the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he says health off already these are on high alert. teams response to team up with padded to go do it be signs of the outbreak from today and a lot of part in this government gluttonous and you. give according to the profile and. specific lutie. provided and supported tools in minutes that. include. 2 i 5 c. c d c c and these all departments in countries that are supporting the government had to do to provide support and to do to stop resists out to brett in a short time liberia's health authorities are now on hi

to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport. the international red cross is calling for a swift response to a new a bull outbreak in guinea which has killed 5 people nicholas hocked reports from dakar in senegal. is back here the virus is spreading to the capital and i would say. i feel really surprised given the current situation guinea weekend names are struggling with the 19 pandemic and now with the polar it will be a real disaster the country's land borders are sealed an emergency team made up of the world health organization doctors without borders and government health workers were dispatched to the region of corrie after nurse died of the virus in late january. disaster in fact and we need our. approach to take into account of perceptions and the cultural sensitivities. of the several people attending the infected nurses funeral contracted the virus some have since died with more than $200.00 close contacts health authorities fear many more could be unknowingly carrying a bulla the virus spre

paul brennan at london's heathrow airport where the government's new hotel quarantine policy is already drawing criticism from passengers scientists and politicians. in india after a 22 year old climate activist is a arrested for editing and sharing a social media guide to support protesting farmers. and i'm piece of all the day's sport 20 time grand slam champion the rafa. has won his way into the australian open quarter finals better more coming up later this news hour. welcome to the news hour we begin in myanmar where the military has intensified its . crackdown on protesters who want the generals to give up power local media are reporting soldiers opened fire on protesters in mandalay that's me and 2nd largest city the coup leaders have warned demonstrators dissent against them could lead to 20 years in prison and for the 1st time since the coup the military has deployed tanks and soldiers deposed leader and son suchi is to spend more days under house arrest after her detention was extended in a moment we'll speak to al-jazeera is davitt a pilot in hong kong but 1st here's scott hy

i'm paul brennan at london's heathrow airport has a policy of hotel florentine comes into force. in india after a 22 year old climate activist is arrested for education sharing a social media guide to support protesting. the u.s. is golden girl with a 6 title at the world ski championships that's coming up with gemma in sport to stay with us. now the world health organization has approved the oxford astra zeneca kovac 90 vaccine for emergency use the decision will allow some of the world's poorest people to be immunized against the virus the products will be distributed through with a quibble access program it comes as the number of cases globally dropped for the 5th consecutive week. vaccinations also because they have mexico's capital health officials aiming to inoculate 50000000000 elderly people with 2. doses of the astra zeneca job so for health workers the relatively few people to be vaccinated. will republic joins me now live from a city where these vaccinations are beginning and it's been a pretty busy morning where you are. a very busy morning and this is exactly what th

paul brennan, al jazeera. anchor: still ahead here on al jazeera. argentina speed industry feels the heat. while the pandemic is being blamed for a drop in consumption. ♪ >> it's time for the perfect journey. the weather. sponsored by qatar airways. meteorologist: it is about to snow heavily once again in japan, the conditions will be described as a blizzard. the snow will fall throughout the korean peninsula and the cold will be felt in shanghai. high temperature about 12 degrees, down to seven by wednesday. the snow is quite widespread, though not as heavy as wednesday. the cold w't necessarily last. if anything, the sun will do its job, wind direction will change. shanghai would go up to about 15 by the time we get to friday. there are that many showers. we have some in the philippines. quite a few in indonesia. malaysia is largely dry. thailand is largely dry as well. in india, of course is largely dry. not as dry as it was one week ago. a shower moving slowly east. temperatures are slowly rising, the north indian plane is seeing a rise in tempe

on the economy the government is resisting the idea of releasing the current lockdown too soon paul brennan there in london for us outside a vaccination center thanks so much paul. despite how well that vaccine route is going in the u.k. there are concerns about why few at black and minority health care workers are getting the vaccine compared to their colleagues and some british hospitals only a quarter of black staff members have gotten the job and have back or reports now from london. there's something wrong with britain's vaccine rollout the country's way ahead of the rest of europe vaccine has to see could be rail government plans to give every adult in the country a dose by september. the hesitancy is down racial lines in a country where black women are 5 times more likely to die during pregnancy and covert death rates for most ethnic minorities are higher compared to white people longstanding health inequalities say leading doctors have eroded confidence in the vaccine in a recent survey 72 percent of black respondents said they were unlikely to have the job despite being most at ris

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to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport. independent media has been one of biggest achievements since 2001 but it's come at a price of can join us especially women have been threatened intimidated and even killed especially the only all female station video contra fury reports of in kabul . in the media the basement over houses not where is john t.v. had ever hope to be but the pandemic and financial problems forced the founder of the all female station to reduce the staff and cut costs and when the targeted killings of journalists began some women left and others were told by their families to stop working so hard some are ask the government for help this is the muscles of the government for all the t.v. station by the weapons where somebody will give you the license but even with the license the report that the weapons but even with the license we need to just wait for the government when the issue it is the promote. the permit for the workers the license. is on t.v. went on there in 2017 with

to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport as a breaking news here rocky media is reporting a series of explosions near to the app port and then all the city of bill 3 blasts will head with smoke seen at the airports perimeter on local t.v. networks as mortar rounds with a cause and it's understood that the. base also hosts u.s. led troops according to security sources reported the wires but bring in more on that story just as soon as we get it. turkey's president has accused the us of supporting kurdish fighters who he says about the execution of 13 turkish hostages the bodies of the group including soldiers and policemen were found last week in a cave in northern iraq turkey says they were executed by the kurdistan workers party which it brands a terrorist organization and has banned but ship tire powder one described the u.s. statement condemning the killing as a joke he called on the u.s. to either stand with turkey or against it. if we are together with the u.n. nato if we are to continue our u

the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport zimbabwe says it will begin its covert 1000 an occupation dr next week after receiving its 1st shipment of vaccines 200000 doses of china's cinna farm vaccine donated by beijing have arrived in harare another batch is expected this week frontline health workers will get 1st priority infections of more than doubled in the last 2 months with confirmed cases reaching 35000. and lebanon's nationwide kovan $1000.00 vaccination program is underway bringing with it a sense of hope for the crisis hit country but with a vaccine has its own sea running high and uncertainty over the supply for migrants it's feared immunization could take a long time zain i heard reports from beirut and you know it's a start to end the coronavirus pandemic but the battle is far from over the elderly and health care workers have been on the front lines of this fight are the 1st in line to get the vaccine lebannon has seen some of the region's highest cases and deaths and now in january

percent at the end of the year which means that britain averse had a so-called double dip recession paul brennan reports in the bank of england has been forecasting a recovery for next year but the office for national statistics data that has been released today certainly shows just how big a roller coaster ride it was during 2020 as the pandemic hits and those 3 lock downs that were experienced here in the u.k. took that toll the overall contraction in g.d.p. gross domestic product was 9.9 percent and as you say that's more than double the previous worst recorded annual statistic it did go up and down though in the 3rd quarter of 2020 the economy grew by 16 percent it grew by one percent in the 4th quarter as well but the overall impact of minus 9.9 percent just shows how grim it was in that 1st part of the year when everything essentially was shut down the bank of england is as i say forecasting a some degree of recovery based on the power of vaccinations in 2021 but there's a lot of pressure given the economic impact of 2020 for the government here in the u.k. to start relaxing lockdowns poli

to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport but gerry a former finance minister. has been confirmed as the new director general of the world trade organization dr it is both the 1st african and the 1st female to lead the global trading body she says addressing the economic and health consequences of the kovac 19 pandemic will be her 1st priority. demonstrators in india who are calling for the release of a young activist who's been detained accused of helping to write a protest guide or thought he say the shirt r.v. helped to develop a tool kit used to spread awareness of widespread farmer protests the guide was shared online by environmental activism gratitude burke who's voiced his support for the farmers they've been protesting for bubs against government reforms of the agricultural sector. at least 4 people have big killed when a landslide caused by a heavy rain hit their community and it did rescue workers are searching for 14 others buried in the bud easter jar for rain overnight also cause more

and paul brennan at london's heathrow airport has a policy of hotel quarantine comes into force. a no show south africa's former president jacob zuma skips a judicial hearing to face charges of corruption we're live in johannesburg. hello thanks for joining us me and mars' deposed leader and sons to choose the tension has been extended 2 weeks after the army seized power in a coup there is heavy military presence in yangon as nationwide protests calling for a suit she's release and they are 10th day tens of thousands have been on the streets denouncing the coup. has been criminally charged in a lawyer says she is set to appear in court on wednesday scot heiler is monitoring the situation for us from bangkok in neighboring thailand so what do we expect to happen on wednesday then. that in right now we don't really know exactly you know this is something that her attorneys expected there to be some kind of movement on her case possibly her release today on monday they got to the court and that wasn't the case and as you said it's going to be wednesday now so yes this is a charge ag

the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport former south african president jacob zuma could face a prison sentence this after he failed to appear before an inquiry investigating corruption during his time in office a commission has been hearing allegations that the wealthy family used its friendship with zoomer to win government contracts and influence policy both zuma and the gupta family deny the allegations made the miller has more on this from johannesburg. and then the greatest significance of what's happened today is just how it reflects on the african national congress the governing party in south africa and how it views what the former president has done we do know that the top 6 leadership of the a.n.c. had planned to see the former president to compel him to appear at the commission but this really is symbolic of the divisions within that party and its fight against corruption if the former president says that he's rights are being impeded on that he's been vilified that this is propaganda

to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport. still ahead here on al-jazeera argentina's beef industry feels the heat by the pandemic is being blamed for a drop in consumption. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways it's about to snow heavily once again in japan the conditions will be described as a blizzard in her car during tuesday the stay will fall throughout the korean peninsula and the cold will be felt in shanghai a high temperature and about 12 degrees then down to 7 by wednesday and there's the snow it's quite widespread though not as heavy brought home to get to wednesday but the cold weren't necessarily justified it certainly won't last if anything the sun will do its job wind direction will change and take shanghai for example 7 we've got about 15 more time we get to friday and sun so that is quite quite to the wrong that many showers around in the end of the read rainy season we got some in the philippines quite a few in indonesia malaysia is largely

shrank nearly 10 percent in 2020 that's the largest decline among the g. 7 countries paul brennan has more. the bank of england has been forecasting a recovery for next year but the office for national statistics data that has been released today certainly shows just how big a roller coaster ride it was during 2020 as the pandemic hits and those 3 lock downs that were experienced here in the u.k. took that toll the overall contraction in g.d.p. gross domestic product was 9.9 percent and as you say that's more than double the previous worst recorded and you will statistic it did go up and down though in the 3rd quarter of 2020 the economy grew by 16 percent it grew by one percent in the 4th quarter as well but the overall impact of minus 9.9 percent just shows how grim it was in that 1st part of the year when everything essentially was shut down not the bank of england is as i say forecasting a some degree of recovery based on the power of vaccinations in 2021 but there's a lot of pressure given the economic impact of 2020 for the government here in the u.k. to start relaxing lockdowns

i'm paul brennan at london's heathrow airport has a policy of hotel quarantine comes into force. in south africa's former president jacob zuma faces possible jail time for skipping a hearing into charges of corruption will be live in johannesburg and he descendant of all the day's news 20 time grand slam tennis champion rafael nadal as well one is way into the australian open quarter finals in melbourne that and more coming up later in the program. so that military has opened fire as protesters gathered in the city of mandalay that's according to local media earlier in the day deposed leader and sent to chief detention was extended she was arrested 2 weeks ago when the army seized power in a coup scott heidi reports now on the demonstrations which are in the 2nd week. there were soldiers and armored vehicles on the streets another tense night in myanmar but despite the security patrols and an internet blackout protesters gathered for a 10th straight day one group of the civil disobedience movement c.d.n. for short stood in front of the central bank in yangon and continued with th

however grow one percent at the end of the year which means that britain about another recession paul brennan has more now from epsom and sorry. the bank of england has been forecasting a recovery for next year but the office for national statistics data that has been released today suddenly shows just how big a roller coaster ride it was during 2020 as the pandemic hits and those 3 lock downs that were experienced here in the u.k. took that toll the overall contraction in g.d.p. gross domestic product was 9.9 percent and as you say that's more than double the previous worst recorded and you will statistic it did go up and down though in the 3rd quarter of 2020 the economy grew by 16 percent it grew by one percent in the 4th quarter as well but the overall impact of minus 9.9 percent just shows how grim it was in that 1st part of the year when everything essentially was shut down not the bank of england is as i say forecasting a some degree of recovery based on the power of vaccinations in 2021 but there's a lot of pressure given the economic impact of 2020 for the government here in the u.k.

nations will have to isolate at an airport hotel for 10 days at their own cost of course live to paul brennan who is at london's heathrow airport and pull so new rules in full splits no doubt presenting challenges. indeed challenges all of the organizational type you know exactly how are you going to process these passengers from the airport through the airport and away to the hotels where they're going to spend their time and also for session procedural challenges as to how you separate out those passengers who need to go to the hotel quarantine and those who are permitted by law to go home and self isolates in their own homes that has been some confusion there has been some teething problems over this passengers are supposed to pre-book the hotel quarantine accommodation on the website actually crashed when it was 1st launched and the other thing was that the queues at passport control anything up to 5 hours last week now my understanding is from speaking to staff this morning that they've come down considerably since then but there were issues about whether or not people from these 33 red

today his a fellow at the brennan center for justice. he wrote about paulhinking like a terrorist -- he wrote a book called thinking like a terrorist. she conservative talk show radio host. in case you are wondering, the movie is not based in the confederate south, but up there in the northeast of the country. thanks so much for being with us. let me start out with you, michael. i read your book in 2007. this is 2021. we saw the insurrection on january 6. as part of the flavor of the moment, white supremacists are out there. i would ask you, is it still a clear and present danger? >> it's been a persistent threat all along. now that the media and some government entities are starting to look at it, it looks like it is increasing, but this has always been there. when people asked me about the threat moving forward, i state it is exactly what it was on january 5, 2021, and january 5, 2011, 1999, this has been a persistent part of our culture. violence has been not exactly ignored, but not addressed in a systematic way. steve: thank you for that. when i so you