adrian brown is monitoring developments and joins us from hong kong adrian this is a developing situation what's the latest. well kim this accident happened just after 9 am local time so what about 8 hours ago and ever since then a frantic rescue operation has been taking place the focus of that operation the tunnel where at least 4 carriages folded into one another after the train struck an object as it entered the tunnel now it's very difficult for emergency workers because the tunnel is very narrow it's just a single track railway line in that part of taiwan so it's been very hard for them to actually just move around now some passengers managed to get out by basically smashing the carriage windows others managed to get out through access points in the roof now that we know according to taiwan's central news agency that some 232 people were able to walk away from the train after it became derailed and according to the agency 48 people are now confirmed dead and a 118 injured this is without doubt taiwan's worst rail accident the last really bad one was back in 1981 when 30 people were

brown is monitoring developments from hong kong. we see there are pretty frantic because.

brown who joins us from hong kong adrian just take us through what we're expecting to happen. for peter what's happening now inside west how the magistrate's court is that defense lawyers are putting forward mitigating please try and get a more lenient sentence for those 9 activists who are now on trial now of course this court has become a familiar sight to our viewers around the world with this case is somewhat different because 7 of those now on trial represent in many ways the veterans of hong kong's pro-democracy movement martin lee as you mentioned in your introduction help too. no war for hong kong's mini constitution the basic glories 82 years old he was trained in britain i remember interviewing martin lee when i 1st came to hong kong in 1988 when democracy barely existed then but nevertheless he was at the start of a campaign to try to spread democracy in hong kong helped locals along by one of the other defendants here margaret moon also a prominent legal figure here in hong kong and as you mentioned they also include those on trial today jimmy di now he's currently

brown has more. on the rescue teams scramble to reach passengers trapped in the funtown ridges carriages that folded into each other.

brown is monitoring developments from hong kong he's on the line now adrian what more do we know. well i've been looking at some pictures that have come in just in the last few minutes they show images of the crash scene and it appears to see you can see carriages inside the tunnel that have have crumbled and been ripped apart from the impact you can see passengers trying to gather their suitcases trying to get out of the tunnel the scenes they are pretty frantic because the 1st 4 carriages of the train appear to be ok it's the reason for carriages that appear to have been badly damaged and i was carriages are now inside the tunnel now this train adrian was traveling from katonah in the far south of taiwan to the northern port city ok long it was traveling along the railway line which runs along the eastern part of taiwan now the train confound the speed of anything up to 120 to 150 kilometers an hour what we don't know of course is why this train came off the tracks inside the tunnel some reports say that it it appeared to have hit some sort of obstacle that was inside the tunnel

brown al jazeera hong kong. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera desperately needed medical supplies are arriving in india as it struggles to contain covered 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital and predatory m.c.i. at breaking point presell senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic.

brown. the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out $350.00 passengers paid for seats with more than $100.00 others reportedly standing. for double duty here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped i didn't know nothing sentimental we are fine but some of the passengers in the compartment were injured . inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the enjoy feeling there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wreck

brown has more. on the rescue teams scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yells carriage full carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing and i was able to hear or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped and i didn't doubt the next unsentimental we're fine but some of the passengers not compartment were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the engine or killed there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the track. the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the

brown reports from hong kong. overwhelmed by the coby pandemic it's easy to forget that india is also one of the biggest manufacturers and exporters of vaccines that have been protecting people from the virus. but is a covert crisis worsens the. those exports are being curbed creating a void that experts say is now being filled by china india's arch rival patter video conference this week china's foreign minister wang ye told his south asian counterparts that beijing was ready to help in any way it could a spokesman making clear this was a long term commitment drop out you don't enter this includes opening our door for the participation of south asian countries including india we will also make positive efforts to help the relevant regional countries in their fight against the pandemic for the region india though was not represented at the virtual conference a reflection of recent violent border skirmishes between chinese and indian troops john burns wrote a case study for a new book called coronavirus politics an

brown. the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yos carriage full carriage for has everyone come out. 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing in line for double duty here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped to download it into the next unsentimental we're fine but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the isles side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck. the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wrecka

brown al-jazeera hong kong. united states is ordering its non-essential embassy staff out of afghanistan as it steps up the withdrawal of its troops and the u.s. special representative for afghanistan. has been testifying before a senate committee about the pullout the world has changed since 2001 the terrorist threat including from al qaeda is now geographically dispersed in africa the middle east and asia we now face new urgent challenges as the president has said we must fight the battles for the next 20 years not the last 20. a magnitude 6 earthquake hit india's northeastern us on state it damaged buildings and sent many people running from their homes there are no immediate reports of casualties. iraq's bedouins are under threat from climate change hot summers and erratic rain patterns of forcing many of them to abandon their traditional way of life so manifold scene reports from the remote deserts are more thana province. spring has arrived in the deserts of iraq southernmost on the province april is a tim

brown al jazeera hong kong. this is all to 0 these are the top stories india has seen its worst days so far from the. coronavirus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official told past 200000 but the actual number is thought to be much higher hospitals are running out of beds medical supplies and oxygen elizabeth put on and has the latest from new delhi the situation in iraq in delhi.

brown al-jazeera hong kong. palestinians are due to hold their 1st elections and 15 years next month but al-jazeera has learned that president mahmoud abbas will delay the long awaited vote citing israel restrictions in occupied east jerusalem that's despite israel saying it's not interfering with their ballots and as harry faso reports candidates have been struggling to counter a skepticism from voters. in occupied east jerusalem this is defined as palestinian political activity the kind that can result in a wrecked and in recent days has put on this day there are no israeli security forces to be seen no crowd either just 10 prospective candidates for the palestinian legislative council trying to infuse a population that hasn't voted for 15 years and doesn't expect to now it's up to convince them and to be with them to bring him. to a new hole for a new is that. actions of this research i hope so yes i hope so. but if residents of occupied east jerusalem have a shared such hope it's been fast evaporating what e

brown al jazeera hong kong. where again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera and much needed medical supplies have began arriving in india which is struggling to stop the spread of call the 1900 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes and predatory and sought breaking point brazil's senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 brazilians have died from coverage 19 the world's 2nd highest death toll somalia's frezza dent mammadov to life are magill has agreed not to extend his term and domestic and international pressure. he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against of all those 2 year extension. of the federal government of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. finally i urge all security agencies to maintain the stability of the capital and the safety of innocent civilians

brown is monitoring developments from hong kong. the scenes there are pretty frantic because the 1st 4 carriages of the train appear to be ok it's the rear 4 carriages that appear to have been badly damaged and i was carriages and now inside the tunnel now this train agent was traveling from cape towing in the far south of taiwan to the northern port city ok long it was traveling along the railway line which runs along the eastern part of taiwan now the train confound the speed of anything up to 120 to 150 kilometers an hour what we don't know is why this train came off the tracks inside the tunnel some reports say that it appeared to have hit some sort of obstacle that was inside the tunnel we're not quite sure what that obstacle is or was an investigation of course will eventually establish that the iraqi the moment is to try to get passengers in carriages 5 to 8 but you know fire crews can only enter the time the the tunnel in sort of single file that they're calling out to people it's dark in there they're trying to get extra li

adrian brown reports. reporter: what do you think for the future of hong kong martin lee helped found hong kong's pro-democracy movement and cowrote the city's constitution which is why he is often called the father of hong kong's democracy. now 82, the lawyer arrived in urt saying "whatever happens, i can take it." in his case, an 11 month sentence. another one receives ready for jail, referencing the words of a familiar anthems for troubled times. >> we will work together! even in darkness, we will walk. reporter: he was jailed for 12 months. the founder of hong kong's most popular newspaper was jailed for 14 months and did his legal journey has barely begun. jimmy lai is a ready in jail, having been denied bail after being charged under the new security law police. based charges against him including another under that law. if convicted, he faces the prospect of the rest of his life in jail the nine activists were convicted for taking part in large, unauthorized but peaceful protest in august of 2019 th

i was is adrian brown reporting live from hong kong for the moment adrian many thanks indeed. police in the united sates of facing more furious protests this time over the fatal shooting of a 13 year old latino boy it happened last month but video of the incident has any just been released the distressing pictures appear to show adam toledo turn to offices hands raised before being shot at his jocasta reports the video you're about to see is incredibly disturbing it's 2 30 am and an officer wearing a body camera arrives at a black and latino neighborhood of chicago a police are valences some had detected gunshots nearby and the investigating officer runs after a person down an alley way. but . that person was 13 year old adam 2 lido she called the police had at 1st called this an armed confrontation with the police claiming the boy had been holding a gun the video released 17 days later appears to tell a different story as to lead allays crumpled his empty hands still raised in the hands of position fall next to his body with an earth they would face they waste their way. at h

brown so adrian in theory what kind of sentences might these people be handed down. peter this is a magistrate's court which means the maximum sentence that the magistrate can hand out for a single conviction is 2 years with 3 years for multiple sentences but it's possible that the prosecution could appeal against that and have the case moved to a district court where they could then face the possibility of up to 5 years now the court has just adjourned. for lunch after the magistrate heard mitigating pleas from defense lawyers in the hope that their clients can get a more lenient sentence the 7 defendants all of them former lawmakers all of them veterans of hong kong's pro-democracy movement arrived at the court in fairly upbeat mood they were philosophical they said they were prepared to accept whatever sentence was given to them today they've been accused of taking part or rather convicted of taking part in the north arised assembly in august 2019 the charges that they participated in organize that demonstration which drew more than 1700000 people now in the past

brown now reports. it was a rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yos carriage for carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing in line for the journey here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't divulge the names unsentimental and we're fine but some of the passengers in the compartment were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the enjoy there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the track the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be

brown is across developments from hong kong a frantic rescue operation has been taking place the focus of that operation the tunnel where at least 4 carriages folded into one another after the train struck an object as it entered the tunnel now it's very difficult for emergency workers because the tunnel is very narrow it's just a single track road to a line in that part of taiwan so it's been very hard for them to actually just move around now some passengers managed to get out by basically smashing the carriage windows others managed to get out through access points in the roof 3 people are confirmed to have been killed in a fire or refugee camp in bangladesh it's happened less than 2 weeks after a huge fire nearby which destroyed thousands of tents and killed at least 15 people . there are reports 3 suspected rebels have been killed in a gunfight in indian administered kashmir locals say indian security forces raided a village. told ford's going to have his testified about the couple struggles with opioid addiction she spoke on the 4th day of the trial of a former police officer acc

brown reports from hong kong. overwhelmed by the covert pandemic it's easy to forget that india's also one of the biggest manufacturers and exporters of vaccines that have been protecting people from the virus elsewhere but as a covert crisis worsens those exports are being curbed creating a void that experts say is now being filled by china india's arch rival that of video conference this week china's foreign minister wang ye told his south asian counterparts that beijing was ready to help in any way it could host spokesman making clear this was a long term commitment party don't be injured and this includes opening our door for the participation of south asian countries including india we will also make positive efforts to help the relevant regional countries in their fight against the pandemic for the region india though was not represented at the virtual conference a reflection of recent violent border skirmishes between chinese and indian troops john burns wrote a case study for a new book called coronavirus

who is monitoring developments from hong kong adrian what more do we know about what happened. well frantic rescue efforts are going on at the moment for carriages are still stuck inside that tunnel it is a very narrow tunnel making it very difficult for rescue teams to get inside the train those carriages are resting on one side leaning against the wall we know that some passengers actually had to smash the windows of the carriages in order to get out now many people have been led away uninjured but many others more than 70 have been seriously injured and of course we know that the death toll is now approaching 40 certainly 36 confirmed deaths according to the reuters news agency as to what caused this accidents well a number of theories are going about but the one that is dominating local media is this it seems that above the crash site there is a service road which is very close to a construction site and it seems that a vehicle possibly a truck fell or dropped from that service road either just as the train was passing or it fell onto the track before the train reached that

brown live for us outside the court in hong kong. japanese prime minister here she has arrived in washington to meet with the u.s. president joe biden it's the 1st time biden has met with a world leader in person since taking office in january china is expected to dominate the talks both nations have condemned military exercises near taiwan and human rights abuses and hong kong. the global economy is now the focus of the talks between biden and silva the 2 leaders are concerned about a while the wide shortage of semiconductor chips on penalty. semiconductors are at the heart of the devices many of us use every day from phones to game console household electronics and medical diagnostics to name just a few but now there are a shortage of the vital silicon chips in my 30 year career i've never seen a. demand exceeding supply to the extent that we have supplies were tight before the pandemic hit but during the global lockdowns demand for more networking and more devices has skyrocketed now we're in a multi-year cycle where the demand is

adrian brown al jazeera. well want to continue with our coverage of developments in the u.s. capital this hour a vehicle has rammed into 2 police offices just outside to the heart of congress one police officer has died so we have confirmation that one police officer succumbed to his injuries the other is being treated in hospital the suspect also died after being shot by other offices at the scene the lockdown in the u.s. capitol has been lifted but nonetheless there are heavy restrictions on movement in traffic around the crime scene itself as the forensic teams are there on the scene in the investigation continues or brian gerber is the co-director of the center for emergency management and homeland security are zona state university joins me live now from phoenix and obviously people will be thinking about the event a couple of months ago less than 3 months ago when insurrectionist stormed the capitol building on january 6th and obviously since then there's been a great deal of focus on preventing any threat or any sort of penetration of the building itself but as we've s

unlikely to be repeated on other fronts adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera desperately needed medical supplies are arriving in india as it struggles to contain covered 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital and predatory i'm saw at breaking point brazil's senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 brazilians have died from cold 19 investigation could be damaging for present shy abbas nat'l as he prepares to seek reelection next year somalia's president mohammed abdul life on my show has agreed not to extend his term and domestic and international pressure he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension. i'm a. marker for the federal government of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. are finally all security agencies to maintain th

a bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china it was shelved adrian brown reports now from outside the court. 7 for receipt suspended sentences but 5 others have been jailed for terms rating from 8 to 18 months and at the moment actually their trial and think some of the slogans you heard during those protests in 2019 that technically of course break the new national security law at the moment the police are standing back they haven't moved in yet but i would imagine if the supporters carry on chanting their way they are the police may well be forced to take action but the real story today has i think been what happened to jimmy lie he has been jailed for 12 months but then he received an additional 2 months for taking part in a protest in july the main protest the focus of today's sentencing happened of course in august and we've also learned today that jimmy lie is going to face additional charges under the new national security law remember he's already in jail having been arrested under that legislation now he's going to be trod once more so he fa

brown al-jazeera hong kong. well again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera desperately needed medical supplies are arriving in india as it struggles to contain coverage 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital and predatory arms are breaking points for sale senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 people have died there from culver 19 investigation could be damaging for president abbas and narrow as if their past to seek reelection next year somalia's president mohammed up to life on my show has agreed not to extend this time amid domestic and international pressure he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension and the could go to the one of the federal government of somalia has always believed in still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. are finally all secur

unlikely to be repeated on other fronts adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. this is all just 0 these are the top stories india has seen its worst days so far from the coronavirus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official told past 200000 but the actual number is thought to be much higher hospitals are running out of beds medical supplies and oxygen elizabeth has the latest from new delhi the situation is such. that people. from hospital to hospital to have. from predatory into. the burial ground to hold funerals in a country. soon as possible not just because of custom but because of the very hot temperatures because of a shortage of mortuary facilities and as the situation unfolds we have international aid that's been arriving in the country. a lot of different oxygen supply factors concentrated. brazil sentence opened an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic which could damage president jabil so now it was better to be reelected next year brazil has the world's 2nd highest death toll millions of people in chile will soon be able

brown has more from outside calls. for received suspended sentences but 5 others have been jailed for terms rating from 8.

brown al-jazeera hong kong the home kong immigration officials will soon be able to stop residents and visitors from leaving the territory without a court warrant the local legislature which is not a voice of opposition but has done the changes and so-called exit bans have been used in mainland china to prevent foreigners from leaving the country for years in some cases the hong kong government says the rules are necessary to tackle illegal immigration and the backlog of asylum claims. the u.n. says the worsening conflict in africa's hell region is leading to what it calls an unparalleled humanitarian crisis a record 29000000 people are in need of aid that's 5000000 more than last year 6 countries cameroon chad mali and nigeria requires $3700000000.00 attacks by armed groups military operations and kidnappings are forcing millions to flee this is also led to the closure of thousands of schools $1600000.00 children are now risk of severe acute malnutrition the region plunged into conflict in 2012 after abc roups took over in northern mali and violence spread to neighboring countries geo

brown reports. it was the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front are accused carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train into a tunnel. this woman yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out $350.00.

brown reports monk when senior u.s. and chinese officials met in alaska last month their encounter matched the freezing temperatures outside the u.s. was in no position to lecture china top diplomat young. the united states does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to china from a position of strength u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has been equally blunt our relationship with china will be competitive what should be. collaborative wanted candy and adversarial when it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the relationship would be less confrontational that it had become under his pete assessor biden and chinese president xi jinping met many times when the 2 vice presidents analysts say that biden's china strategy is based on a stronger alliance with allies i think he's done a very good job at messaging. which is to say to the chinese that the the old rules of the past were apply anymore. and and they've been very tactically astute economic diplomatic and even military te

while travelling from taipei to thai tongue adrian brown reports. it was the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing with them up for double duty here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't i felt the make sense and sometimes you don't know we're fine but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. on the inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra feeling that there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. the spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck the fire department

brown is monitoring developments from hong kong frantic rescue efforts are going on at the moment for carriages are still stuck inside the tunnel it is a very narrow tunnel making it very difficult for rescue teams to get inside the train those carriages are resting on one side leaning against the wall we know that some passengers actually had to smash the windows of the carriages in order to get out now many people have been led away on injured but many others more than 70 have been seriously injured and of course we know that the death toll is now approaching 40. 3 people are confirmed to have been killed by a fire near a camp and bangladesh it happened less than 2 weeks after a huge fire nearby which destroyed thousands of tents and killed at least 15 people . george floyd's girlfriend has testified about the couple struggles with addiction she spoke on day 4 of the trial of the former police officer accused of his murder the u.s. has warned russia against intimidating its neighbors on their 5 social media video appears to show russian forces moving toward areas bordering ukraine i

adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. 3 suspected rebels have been killed in a gunfight in indian administered kashmir indian security forces raided a village near poor mamma they were confrontations with residents after police destroyed a house during the operation in recent years they've been accusations that forces have blown up or set fire to residential buildings where rebels are taking shelter . now $100000000.00 people in the u.s. have now received at least one dose of a coded 19 vaccine that's roughly 30 percent of the population more than half of people aged over $65.00 are fully vaccinated in occupations began in december but the number of infections is rising according to johns hopkins university the u.s. is counting about 66000 new cases every day and the u.s. centers for disease control says fully vaccinated people can travel within the united states without getting tested or having to quarantine but while the c.d.c. now considers them low risk is still advising against travel. germany reported $21000.00 infections on friday that india has a 3rd wave that was going to be a strict

brown al jazeera hong kong the u.k.'s prime minister has denied any wrongdoing in the dining street flats make over scandal boris johnson says he covered the cost of the affair pursuant of the property himself didn't clarify who initially paid the u.k. political watchdog launched a full investigation into johnson and a possible violation of finance rules a former adviser says the prime minister trying to get conservative party donors to secretly pay for the renovations i have powered the costs and by that most people will find it absolutely bizarre and of course as an electoral commission investigating this now i can tell you that i conformed in full with the code of conduct with. ministers. code and officials who have been kept. vising me throughout this whole thing but i think people will think it absolutely bizarre that he is focusing on these issues. appropriate and has more now from london political commentators here in london where unanimous in saying that the prime minister looked angry and rattled red faced and r

brown al jazeera hong kong while tony chang is monitoring the story from bangkok in thailand tony so we know that accidents are rare on taiwan's impressive rail network so what investigators now be looking for. to be focusing on the driver of this truck it was a crane truck very substantial it was supposed to be parked by the side of the rail tracks but it appears to have rolled back onto the tracks in the pile into the path of the oncoming train the driver says that he had engaged the handbrake on the truck and put a stone behind it but i think that that version of events is going to be questioned considerably by the investigators who seem to think that that is now the main cause of this accident they wrapped up their search and rescue operations last night at about 10 pm local time the they confirmed that there are no survivors left in the tongue to confirm the death toll at the moment it is 50 people but this is expected that will rise as of yesterday evening only about 20 people had been identified in the in the fate teletubbies so it is going to be a grim day in one of the in to

adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. for united nations peacekeepers have been killed in northern mali 7 others were injured in an attack on their base in the northern town of eagle hawk the u.n. says the attackers also suffered heavy losses nobody has yet claimed responsibility but a number of groups operate in the area some of them affiliated to eisele. now $100000000.00 people in the u.s. have received at least one dose of a coded 19 vaccine that's roughly 30 percent of the population more than half of people aged over $65.00 are fully vaccinated inoculations began in december but the number of infections is still rising according to the johns hopkins university the u.s. is counting about 66000 new cases every day and the u.s. centers for disease control says fully vaccinated people can travel within the united states without getting tested to having to quarantine it while the c.d.c. now considers them low risk it still advising against travel. germany has reported $21000.00 infections on friday as it endures a 3rd wa

adrian brown now reports. adrian: rescue teams scrambled to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yells, carriage four, carriage four, has everyone come out? 350 passengers paid for seats, with more than 100 others reportedly standing. >> i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train shook and stopped. >> we are fine, but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. adrian: inside the narrow tunnel, emergency workers struggled to reach the injured. >> there was no other way for us to get out, it's so we had to climb to the top of the train. i was thrown to the floor. adrian: a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the track. the fire department later released pictures of what is believed to be the wreckage of the truck decide the derailed train. -- beside the derailed train. this is taiwan's worst

brown has more from outside cool off. 4 received suspended sentences but 5 others have been jailed for terms rating from 8 to 18 months and at the moment actually that chanting some of the slogans you heard during those protests in 2090 that technically of course break the new national security law at the moment the police are standing back they haven't moved in yet but i would imagine if the supporters carry on chanting their way they are the police may well be forced to take action but the real story today has i think been what happened to jimmy lie he has been jailed for 12 months but then he received an additional 2 months for taking part in a protest in july the main protest the focus of today's sentencing happened of course in august and we've also learned today that jimmy lie is going to face additional charges under the new national security lol remember he's already in jail having been arrested under that legislation and now he's going to be tried for once more so he faces 3 charges under the new national security law which means of course that he's if convicted going to spend

let's cross over to adrian brown our correspondent who's monitoring developments in taiwan from hong kong and they drain really the death toll is increasing the sun is setting which only makes rescue efforts even harder so what are the authorities saying about the situation right now. well the authorities have been saying in the last few minutes so that the death toll has now risen to 50 full with 156 people injured but local media is also reporting that all those people who had been trapped have now been reached in other words there are noble people trapped inside those 4 carriages inside the tunnel the accident we know happened just after 9 am local time so just over what 9 hours ago and it happened in a tunnel in one of the most mountainous areas of taiwan and throughout the day there's been a frantic rescue operation going on inside that tunnel it's been very hard for rescuers to reach the injured because the tunnel was very narrow and the 4 carriages were basically lying to one side against the wall of the tunnel some passengers had to smash their way out smashing windows to get

one of more than 50 countries says china's government who've received their vaccines for free adrian brown al jazeera hong kong well let's move on to brazil which is marking another bleak milestone in the pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of those fatalities were recorded this month there's also been creasing deaths of babies and children under the age of 10 as monica reports now from rio de janeiro. behind a store a haven for children there's no school and a huge patio with new when unusual toys this abandoned factory at the entrance of real's old islam has become their playground during the pandemic its walls shield them from the traffic and violence outside but offer little protection from covert 19 or you know since the pandemic began in march of 2020 until last february 47000 babies and children under the age of 10 have been hospitalized with the virus and 2100 have died vital strategies and in shows specialized in public health has released data showing an explosion of deaths among children and babies in brazil. as against the near brazilian variant is p

brown al jazeera hong kong. catherine why is a taiwan correspondent for the straits times newspaper she says standing on the tickets add to the issue of safety. it was more difficult for the ambulances and the firefighters to reach the site of the crash because there are only 2 main highways reaching quality and from the bigger cities like taipei and new take the city and that proved to be a little more difficult i think right now. the injured have been rushed to 6 different hospitals in the region and so far no more people chopped this takes us facts back to 2 years ago when the taiwan railway and ministration announced that for these newer model trains traveling down taiwan's east coast which is no more. heavily mountainous areas in taiwan there will be standing tickets available and i think it is approximately $120.00 standing tickets for each train so that would be about a quarter of people if the train fills up a quarter of people would be standing up and people had objected in 2018 then they said it was an

brown al-jazeera hong kong or brazil is marking another bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of those fatalities were recorded just this month there's also been an alarming increase in the deaths of babies and children under the age of 10 monica young arche have has more now from copacabana copacabana beach in rio de janeiro where a coronavirus awareness campaign is underway. it has been filled with these body bags 400 body * bags and they represent the 400000 brazilians that have died just so you can imagine how fast this is spreading one 4th of the of these people 100000 died in the past 36 days only and this person that standing there his name is for b.p. he's a lawyer and he's a voluntary with the send geo that is staging this awareness campaign he has been digging a grave every hour a symbolic grave and as you can see there in the body tags the body bags instead of tags they have flags of brazil and anyway so basically this is just an awareness campaign they are asking who is responsible for this and who are the accomplice

brown reports. what do you think but it's not only helped found hong kong's pro-democracy movement and co-wrote the city's mini constitution which is why he's often called the father of hong kong's democracy now $82.00 the lawyer arrived at court saying whatever happens i can take it in his case an 11 month sentence suspended for 24 months. leach akiane arrives ready for jail referencing the words of a familiar anthem for troubled times you will never walk alone. or want to get out for a 3rd even and there we were. there for you know where he was jailed for 12 months jimmy lie the founder of hong kong's most popular newspaper was jailed for 14 months his legal journey has barely begun. jimmy lie is already in jail having been denied bail after being charged under the new national security law on friday police late additional charges against him including another under that law if convicted he faces the prospect of the rest of his life in jail the 9 activists were convicted of organizing and taking p

brown reports now from outside the court. 4 received suspended sentences but 5 others have been jailed for terms rating from 8 to 18 months and at the moment actually they're chanting some of the slogans you heard during those protests in 2019 that technically of course break the new national security law at the moment the police are standing back they haven't moved in yet but i would imagine if the supporters carry on chanting their way they are the police may well be forced to take action but the real story today has i think been what happened to jimmy lie he has been jailed for 12 months but then he received an additional 2 months for taking part in a protest in july the main protest the focus of today's sentencing happened of course in august and we've also learned today that jimmy lie is going to face additional charges under the new national security law remember he's already in jail having been arrested under that legislation now he's going to be charged once more so he faces 3 charges under the new national security law which means of course that he's if convicted going to spen