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she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist she is innocent and denies any wrong doing. well, let's be to gay with alexander. he is in new york watching that child for us, gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? well, to get an idea of how significant it is, i can tell you it's a little after $8.00 to 8 am here. local time in new york, and there were dozens of people lined up outside this court room behind me more than 2 hours before even sunrise here. so it's, this is a trial, it's getting quite a lot of attention. the significance is, is that prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial, but when he committed suicide in a jail here in new york city 2 years ago, prosecutors had to go to plan b essentially and are now putting glean maxwell on trial for 6 trafficking charges the significance is, is that prosecutors say that she was the enabler, that groomed and recruited young women for epstein and that his crimes are alleg

she is accused of enabling the crimes of light sex offender jeffrey epstein took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell insist she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. opening statements have begun in a closed courtroom. gabriel elizondo is covering the case for us and is live from new york. gabriel. what's the background to this strong well, the background is that prosecutors wanted to have jeffrey epstein on trial today. that's what was planned a, but when he committed suicide in a new york prison, they had to go to plan b and plan b was to look at his alleged co conspirators in his lead crimes and front and center of that was elaine maxwell, who is a long time girlfriend and associate of jeffrey epstein and prosecutors say that she helped enable him to commit the alleged crimes that he did. this is a trial that is just getting underway here in new york. and the trial of maxwell is expected to have a lot of drama create a. so how much did the lane maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question. in the

she's accused of enabling the crimes of sex offender jeffrey epstein. you took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting his trial. maxwell insist that she's innocent and denies any wrong doing. let's speak to gabriel. as under he's following that trial for us in new york. gabriel, after epstein's death, can you talk us through the significance of maxwell's trial now? yeah, it's very significant for multiple reasons. and just to give you an idea of how much interest there is in this trial, it's a little after 9 am. were expecting opening statements momentarily. but people started lining up to get a seat in the court room more than 3 hours ago. about 5 am. well, before sunrise here, journalist observers just interested people in the case, there won't be enough seats in the court room, so there's an overflow room for any extra people that want to want to try to monitor the trial as it goes on. it's significant because prosecutors had hoped to put jeffrey epstein on trial for his alleged crimes. but since he committed suicide 2 years ago in new york jail, th

so she like elaine maxwell is accused of praying on young girls for jeffrey epstein as her trial gets underway in new york. and barbados prepared to cut ties with the british monarchy, become the world's newest republic. ah . hello, the newest cove. 19 variance on the corner poses a very high risk of a search in infections. that is the latest warning from the world health organization. the un chief says he is concerned about southern africa's isolation. tony gutierrez says the region cannot be blamed for its lack of vaccines. a countries from japan to israel are focusing on restrictions as on the current infections are being reported across europe. the u. k. is offering a boosted jobs to stop the spread in the u. s. president joe biden is urging vigilance, but it's asking people not to panic. biden says no new measures or locked downs are needed to tackle the new variant. this period is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists, and we're learning more every single day, if needed. my team is already worki

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no matter where they're from. nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr, a jeffrey epstein and hugh lane maxwell were once among the world's wealthiest and best connected people. but if there glamorous lives k crashing down when epstein killed himself while in jail and 2019 facing federal sex trafficking charges. and on monday maxwell will go on trial for her alleged involvement. busy gabriel elizondo reports from new york create a how much did elaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know. what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. o

she's accused of helping convicted peter fall. jeffrey epstein abuse under age girls on the front line in eastern ukraine, where the russian forces have been gathering at the border and just hours to go until history is made in the caribbean. as barbados prepares, the cut ties with the british monarchy and becomes the war and become the world's us that republic. i'm devin ash, with sports at lino massey has in the last few minutes. one a record, a 7th of volunteer reward is the best of football in the world. and as a new man in charge at manchester and i say that they've hired a german coach. rafa run into the end of the season. ah, more countries around the world are shutting down their borders to keep the new corona virus variant out even more cases emergent scientists race to figure out just how dangerous it actually is. meanwhile, anger is growing in southern africa where the army on variant was 1st detected, several countries of band, the travellers from that region. although there have been no deaths linked to on the cross. so far, the world health organization has warned that po

the 59 year old is accused of enabling the crimes of convicted peter found jeffrey epstein, who died 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell insist says she is innocent and denies any one doing talks to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal have restarted in vienna, representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. are sitting down with iranian officials. iran stock negotiators said he was optimistic of them after mondays meetings. iran wants all us sanctions dropped before agreeing any deal. activists in lebanon have been blocking roads in protest against deteriorating living conditions caused by the economic crisis. the local currency is in free fall, and the government has failed to provide a social safety net for the poor. after scrapping subsidies on essential goods. the crisis is not new, but critics say the situation is worsening. the pacific island nation of fiji has deployed 50 soldiers to the solomon islands. the health contain anti government riots. protests over poverty and high unemployment of turned violent with 4 people killed. australia has already sent a

she accused of enabling the crimes of late sex offender jeffrey epstein, who authorities say, took his own life while awaiting trial. maxwell insist she's innocent and claims. she too was a victim. gabriel, alexander reports from new york create a. how much did elaine maxwell know about geoffrey epstein to alleged sexual abuse of under age girls? that will be the central question in the trial of the 59 year old british socialite, facing charges of sex trafficking and other crimes. and he is going to be the invisible presence hanging over this. and that is why i think that she is going to have to explain something that everybody really wants to know . what was his hold over her? what was that relationship? a big unknown on the trial is how far the judge will allow the prosecutors to probe and epstein and maxwell's high profile social circles that included many household names from politics, industry, and entertainment. one being britain's prince andrew and his accuser, virginia roberts, who says she was trafficked by maxwell to the prince per sex. when she was a teenager is likely not g

epstein. she denies any won't doing the car be an island nation of barbados, will become a republic on tuesday when it cuts ties with the british monarchy. barbados gaines, independence from britain in 1900. 66 were retained to queen elizabeth as its head of state. the country will remain a member of the commonwealth group of nations. several towns in nor the spain had been flooded after 2 rivers burst. their banks, rivers spilled over following heavy rain and snow broad by storm. i went across the weekend in a city a bill bow. dozens of cars were submerged in flood water bows. all the headlines were back in half an hour right now on al jazeera. it's inside story. ah, ah ah, the race to contain a new code with 1900 variance countries are closing their borders, re imposing travel restrictions and warranty measures a clear sign the pandemic is far from over. but are governments for parents to deal would be ever changing the virus? this is inside story. ah, ah hello and welcome to the program. i'

epstein. she denies any wrongdoing. those are the headlines on al jazeera up next is inside story. thanks for watching. in less than a year castle high in the middle east. well, in preparation, the country is a major test for the 16 nations going head to head in 6 built stadiums to 2020. okay. we'll keep you across the action as capital prepared for the regions. the biggest event, the fee for our cup on our era the race to contain a new cove with 1900 variance countries are closing their borders of re imposing travel restrictions and warranty measures a clear sign. the pandemic is far from over. but our government for parents to deal would be ever changing the virus. this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm daddy navigate though. so just as countries around the world, we're starting to reopen their borders and lift cove in 1900 restrictions. a new variance is now threatening to derail the progress of the past few months. several nations have already imposed travel restric