part of the viewfinder asia series al-jazeera. india girls as young. as. one woman is traveling to the villages where parents still live under age during the day. on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm sorry say than this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes india the country with the 2nd highest number of covert cases a step closer to approving its 1st banksy. and the new variant of covert 19 1st discovered last month in the u.k.

now in more than 30 countries. the official results are in and there's no winner in the presidential election there will now be a runoff plus. they will witness severe revenge what has come so far has only been plump says he is retribution one year after the assassination of the iranian general hossam so. i'm down an ass and i'll have all the sports is finally official friends champions and paris confirmed. as the new head k. . now india's drug regulator is a step closer to approving the country's 1st coronavirus vaccines for emergency use the world's 2nd most populous nation has the highest number of cases behind the united states. reports. gearing up for the world's largest

immunization campaign these health care workers are taking part in a nationwide drill to test the delivery of vaccines 300000000 indians are due to receive injections in the 1st half of this year that. we've begun this far. right here. we're not worried to get rid of this pandemic we have to get injected i've been working in public health for the past year and i want an injection and to motivate others to do the same india's drug regulator has received a recommendation for approval for the oscars anika oxford university vaccine for merchants to use it can be stored and transported under standard refrigeration that gives it an edge over those that need to be stored at extremely low temperatures it's also cheaper than the alternatives tens of millions of doses have been stockpiled and will be given for free to health care and front line workers in the 1st phase and more are being acquired fast others bought up india is one obs the

only country where 4 vaccines are getting ready are one time. and those others include copaxone a locally developed vaccine from behind a biotech that has been recommended for emergency use by a panel of experts but many are asking whether the vaccines will be effective or reach the right people. we don't know yet. we don't know when they reach people late. or for example. there's. an auction of the great will. probably. did all of those odds as. you believe. i'm not really. the sarah minster today of india has partnered with the u.k. based drug maker astra zeneca to produce 1000000000 doses for low and middle income

countries but the anti-poverty charity oxfam says 9 out of 10 people in the world's poorest places may miss out on a vaccine this year. al-jazeera. hospitals in the u.k. are receiving their 1st boxes of the oxford astra zeneca vaccines that solid day the country recorded more than 57000 new corona virus infections the highest since the pandemic began the u.k. has been reporting over 50000 cases for a 5th straight day the higher numbers are being driven by the mutated more infectious variant of covert 19 or viruses mutate all the time and there are multiple variants of this particular corona virus coded 19 circulating the globe what's unusual about the strain that was identified in the u.k. is how quickly it appears to be spreading it's being called be 117 the u.k. identified it last month but it's believed to have 1st emerged in september it's

now been detected in at least $33.00 countries and taiwan simon clark is an associate professor of salem microbiology at the university of reading in england he says the main concern about this variant is its ability to spread quickly. it is unlikely that the v. taishan will effect the sensitivity of the virus to the vaccine ok but even if it is even if a strain does come along in the future where that happens it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the vaccine scientists to to tinker with it to reengineer it so that vaccine so that it fights any new version that should be a big problem the problem is its ability to spread rather than its susceptibility to the vaccine. the problem such as they are are not because of their anted unicity of the new strain it's been it's a general question about whether the new dosing regime will work toward or work as

well as it would have done previously the data for the ox that seneca vaccine we are told exists but i don't think we've seen it yet certainly when journalists are story the press conference the other day they were treated in a rather dismissive manner and pfizer have said they do not recommend. extending the dosing regime for their vaccine either there is no data of that no candidate has won a majority in the 1st round of these as a presidential election well that means the 2 leading contenders mohammed bazooms and nominee was money will face off each other in a runoff next month assume $1.00 just under 40 percent of the vote that's more than twice than that of was money i former president and address has been following those results from the capital niamey. whether or not more people will come out to

vote because of voter fatigue in february it depends on how well they pass their message let's listen just to but this campaign has been characterized by petty issues of tribalism of racism but it largely went without any major incident despite the threat of attacks by armed groups boko haram from nigeria inside and then i'll tell you that i still and the others on the board cannot agree and mali and border things are looking up good for this country however the ruling parties failed to do what it promised to do to win this election in the 1st trial it would have been the 1st time a presidential candidate won an election in this year for the 1st time without going into a 2nd round which means of course with this development now the ruling party always have a party that ends up winning in tripoli will need to form a coalition of parties to govern very well african union and un peacekeepers will

begin withdrawing from sudan's darfur region their joint mission to protect displaced people there ended on new year's eve troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months to the morgan reports from outside the camp in the allies in south darfur. people here in south therefore are not accepting the fact that the mission of the united nations african union peacekeeping force in the sadar for region has come to an end they have been staging protests for the mind for a day in a row saying that they're worried about their safety and security and what comes next with the end of this peacekeeping mission and they say that's because that the force that has been created by the government which is tasked to take care of them and their security and till they are able to return home is comprised of the rapid support forces the police and the military and say these are and they say these are the forces that were responsible for displacing them in the 1st place especially the rapid support forces those are forces those are paramilitary forces that were

created in 2013 but were in existence even prior to that and which rights groups have accused of committing atrocities in the darfur region so people here are quite concerned and for them the camps. is the place or rather they are the places where they've been living for more than 17 years since the conflict started this is been their homes and for many of them it's the homes of the generations to come. this little space is a leader and his family's home in my camp in south dar for clues says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflict reached his village he started his family here his children no nowhere else i would go on will. i know my home village and to recognize it but my kids were all born in this camp this is the only home they know they don't know their ancestral home if you ask them which village they come from they say coma if you ask them which county they say karma is not just a displacement camp for them. has set up

a pharmacy in the camp it's one of the structures that gives the camp a sense of a small village there's also a market a school and a health center was established after fighting started in darfur in 2003 between mainly non arab rebel groups and the government more than 300000 were killed and more than 2000000 displaced the camp is the largest in the region more than 150000 families live here and until the end of last year it was secured by united nations and an african union peacekeeping mission known as the thing come up may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many of the planes of income other similar to survive with the end of the dance government has promised to continue securing camps for those this place until they return to their villages but for many this camp has become a permanent home. a peace deal was signed between the armed groups and sudan's transitional government last october it allows for the return of those displaced

and gives them back their farms and properties but camp leaders here don't trust the deal and don't think it's safe to leave. our homes have been taken over by foreigners there's no security backing or religious and with gone we don't know what will become of the count's the government is saying that there will be a joint force to protect the camps on to leave but we can't leave because we don't trickle signed the government says it won't force anyone out of the camps but that providing for them will become increasingly hard. yeah i think it had a service when there were plans to make the camp a town but how do you do that when people don't want any government force or official to into the camp we can't provide services we can't provide protection we can't implement law and order inside the camps because the people are unwilling to leave our son and the location and the layout of the camps do not allow for it to be a town and with the implementation of the peace deal people should return home. that's

easier said than done for the people living here whether they were forced from their homes or whether they know nothing else they see danger and insecurity outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat people morgan al jazeera camp south are for. dozens of ethiopian refugees have arrived in the border region with sudan bank loued families and farmers fleeing the conflict in ethiopia more than $1700.00 refugees are now in areas under the control of the sudanese military some have reported seeing fighting between the sudanese army and farmers in the area. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including where in argentina's i bear a wetlands where conservation groups are fighting to save one of the world's most biodiverse region's transport a healthy update on this indian cricket legend. the hospital earlier on saturday.

tensions between the u.s. and iran remain high on the eve of the one year anniversary of iranian general hossam soloman is assassination people in iran have been paying their respects at his burial place in quetta man city so the man he was killed in a u.s. drone strike near the baghdad airport last year washington and tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions iran's revolutionary guards is vowing to retaliate if provoked. we would respond with a reciprocal decisive and strong blurry to whatever action the enemy would take against us and this has been proven time and again. one year on the also jabari takes a look back at the assassination in the early hours of january 3rd 2020 shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport major general asked himself

was killed in a u.s. drone strike his close ally the deputy head of iraq's popular mobilisation forces. mohandas also died along with 8 others missiles from the us drone hit their convoy as it left the airport. so the money was the commander of the courts force a unit of iran's revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations and he was also considered to be the 2nd most powerful man in iran behind the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many of whom i know you know all i know in the news of his death made official by iran's state t.v. . a 3 day mourning period was announced and iran vowed revenge as u.s. president donald trump stood by his decision with this claim last night at my direction the united states military executed a flawless strike that terminated the jurors ringleader responsible for gravely

would be unburdening thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds at least of americans. shola money has been kill and his bloody rampage is now for ever on a law for ayatollah khomeini so in mind he was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and a friend for more than 30 years almost 12 months on the commander in chief of iran's armed forces says he's not done avenging silliman his death. you know and built woman as a politician whenever it's possible we will take revenge we will take revenge on those who ordered so him on his assassination and the ones who carried out that assassination just hours after saw him on his body was laid to rest in his hometown of care mon on january 7th the revolutionary guard launched 13 missiles at the u.s.

space assad in iraq no americans were killed attentions increased iran was on high alert and accidently shut down the ukrainian airline passenger plane killing all 176 people on board while the united states said they were not seeking regime change in iran trump's decision to kill himself in money had far reaching repercussions feared by his enemies inside iran so the money had for years been one of the most popular national figures in the country the international face of iranian resistance to american pressure he remained largely untouched by the diminishing popularity of the country's elected government. his death prompted calls for the expulsion of u.s. troops from the middle east by iranian officials as well as a rein in back groups in iraq and it's a demand which still stands a year later officials here called so the money is assassination and you tapper in

the history of the middle east while many countries condemn the acts no one has actually been held accountable the spite efforts by iran to prosecute u.s. president donald trump threw in support solem on his role was quickly filled by his deputy because the legacy is now entrenched in iran's history. north of the bari al-jazeera tower on. we get reaction from the u.s. when we talk to gabriel as on the washington d.c. in a moment of let's go live to charles stratford he's in the rocky capital baghdad so how are protests shaping up there charlie. well certainly the saving sami what we're expecting is what's being described as a sort of a commemoration ceremony that is being organized by these pro iran backed these iran backed groups close to the airport at the site in fact where soleimani was assassinated last year were expecting some sort of ceremony we're

hearing about poetry readings and possibly a statue that is being unveiled certainly the situation the atmosphere here in baghdad at certain in the last couple of days has been increasingly tense we've heard rhetoric increasingly strong rhetoric from both the americans and the iranians in the build up to this anniversary we had those rocket attacks on the american embassy seemingly targeting the american embassy on december the 20 s those rocket attacks that pro iran groups here denied being responsible for but then indeed when the arrests made by security forces here members of those pro iran groups were accusing the prime minister of kowtow into american wishes too much. we've had accusations from president donald trump threatening serious repercussions if indeed there was any kind of escalations by the iranians him

blaming the those probably around back groups and the iranians for those attacks and meanwhile on the streets the situation is. very tense amongst the people here who of course suffered years of political instability and violence are absolutely terrified about any kind of escalation especially when they're suffering such dire economic circumstances as iraq is going through during the covert pandemic how is the assassination a cause and so many in pantheon the popularity of some of these iran bank groups in iraq. if you speak to iraqis they will all say that they are deeply grateful to the iran bank groups and the impact of iran had in the fight against i so just to put some context on it let's not forget that these groups were formed in 2014 after

a fatwa was announced by the iraq the grand ayatollah ali sistani and they were very effective in that battle acting with iraqi security forces and coalition forces in getting a victory over i saw however as time has gone all in and as these groups have become more institutionalized if you like in 2018 under the former prime minister iraqi prime minister they were made formally part of the iraqi military many iraqis here are questioning just how much influence these these groups have they say many will tell you that they think that iran is having too much influence politically influence militarily and economically on this country and these groups are represented very heavily on the political stage as well they did very well in the last parliamentary elections so by no means do they have the full support of iraqis who are very concerned about notions of sovereignty and independence but

one thing you can say is one thing that does actually unite most iraqis is this notion that america's presence here america's military presence here has to end so that is something that they certainly do agree with these pro iran backed groups and iran on all right thanks so much chance transfer there has go now to gabriel alexander who joins us live from washington d.c. take us through the posture that washington is taking particularly militarily in the region right now. yeah there is always a lot of posturing when it comes to tehran and washington but more now more so than ever we're seeing very much mixed messages coming out of washington after weeks of escalating the situation with iran now at the last minute on the eve of the one year anniversary of the assassination of solo monny now the u.s.

apparently decides to quickly deescalate by calling back the u.s.s. nimitz set a huge aircraft carrier in the battle group back to the u.s. they were there in the gulf and it's a sign that aircraft carrier of course is a sign of the u.s. military power and strength but now because it was is being called back it's being seen as somewhat of perhaps a deescalation now this was a move that was called by the acting defense secretary christopher miller he was the one that initiated this it's unclear how much of a role president donald trump played in this decision but we it has been reported here in the united states that general kenneth mckenzie who's the top commander of u.s. forces in the middle east was against it that he allegedly wanted to keep the aircraft carrier there now this all comes as the u.s. had been escalating the situation with iran over the over previous days and months

just in the previous days the u.s. it sent on 3 different occasions b. 52 bombers to buzz off the coast of iran they've also sent a navy submarine to the gulf submarine that has tomahawk cruise missiles capable of reaching iran so on one side you have the u.s. escalating the situation but on the other side now appearing to try to deescalate all right thanks so much. well mohammed monday is a professor at the university of to her on he joins us live by skype from there good to have you with us so looking back on it a year off of the assassination of general so the money how has it changed the dynamics of the whole region. well i think it has destroyed it american soft power in iran and these the iranians despise the united states in a way in which they didn't in the past the polls indicate that not only has trump himself become more disliked among iranians but the united states itself as

a result of his actions but more importantly i think for your viewers is the fact that it has destroyed american soft power in iraq americans up to last year were saying that the iraqis iran and that iraqis despise iran and all the arabic channels that were affiliated to the united states or its allies were constantly demonizing iran but when general stolen money and of whom the on one hand this is iraqi counterpart in the fight against isis when they were murdered by the americans we saw are the huge funerals in iraqi cities just very are identical to iran and and i think that that shows the solidarity that exists between iranians in iraq it's. the united states has hurt itself more than anyone else and the notion that the americans think you know for them to think that by killing a gentle soul in money no matter how. competent he was and no matter how much of

a hero he was he ryan's that that was somehow we can iran i think is very oriental is iran is a very sophisticated country it has a sophisticated political order it has competent military commanders and politicians and by murdering a person nothing changes it's like saying that in the united states or in europe if someone is killed that country will somehow be weakened that's that's nonsense and so the money was associated with a number of conflicts in the region syria i think the government the international economic government in yemen welcomed his assassination in a statement a year ago he was associated with groups in iraq. does his assassination has it impacted iran's influence in some of these conflict zones. why i think we are no where yemeni sentiments lie this so-called internationally

recognized government is in riyadh and the only reason why it's internationally recognized is because of saudi arabia otherwise despite the genocidal attacks and the seats on the people in yemen they have failed to capture the capital of the country's capital the country is under the control of forces that are hostile towards the so the regime so obviously the sentiments in yemen are as they are in the case of syria i think by now we have the serial killers have another side to that conflict which which is opposed obviously to who theories but without getting too much into that i mean my question really is iran's ability to extend its influence into these theaters has it lost something by the departure of some sort of man who is seen as a very key figure. well just before i respond to that i just want to point out that it's just recently come out through we queue leaks thank suit assigned to

us of course a political prisoner in the u.k. now that jake sullivan who is the incoming national security adviser of the united states on february 12th 2012 said that in syria is syria i. as an art is on our side and of course isis came out about it so what iran was saying all along in syria is coming out gradually all of the so-called claims that the iranians were making in the western media was calling these conspiracy theories iranian intelligence was right we now see the evidence coming out of washington but no i think that iran is its position has actually been enhanced ironically because as i said while general sonthi money was a very effective commander a very popular commander in iran his his popularity was really had gone through the roof but i think the anger that the united states has created among iranians and among allies of iran has increased

a great deal and we've seen as iran's and agonists in the region are struggling because of the global economic crisis and because of covert 19 the iranians ironically because of the sanctions that we've been experiencing for the last few years that damage the at 19 and the global economic crisis on iran has been much less it's been difficult but much less so on the whole i would say that the iranian position today is much stronger than it was a year ago ironically all right we'll leave it there for now thanks so much mohamed and the. thank you and still ahead on al-jazeera a shelter at last for hundreds of refugees stranded in the cold winter of bosnia-herzegovina. why indonesia's farmers are struggling to make a living along one of the world's longest coastlines and kick off 2021 in style the latest from the english premier league coming up in.

hello the weather remains lossie ciara if a little on the cool side across the arabian peninsula further north where we have got some base and places of cloud into the eastern side of turkey but nothing too much to speak of law she joins us at around the arabian peninsula but you might just catch maybe they ought shout across northern parts of saudi arabia they will be few and far between in this because for sundays you can see it is lousy dry 24 celsius here and falling back to around 22 as we go on into monday to south of that generally lots of hazy sunshine coming through that extends across the whole of africa dry here as well the majority of the showers where they should be it to the heart of africa into those central areas those things are very heavy rain just around the rift valley pushing across. still seeing some very heavy rain actually

from the remnants of our old tropical sideway across a good parts of that west the weather will just slide a little further southwards as we go on into where monday says some cloud of dry coming into central parts of south africa pushing a little further east which we have still got the show as they stand in their way up into mozambique all the parts of mozambique turning a little wetter as we go on through cheese day with a chance of showers too on the other side of the channel for madagascar. and a territory that's been under constant siege for 12 years. and in a state to perpetual conflict with its neighbor. and women are swimming against the tide and challenging stereotypes in that isolated society. ringback al-jazeera wild fun is 5 palestinians making

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rocking back and watching out let's recap those headlines now india's government says a panel of experts have recommended the emergency use of the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine and a locally manufactured one that puts the world's 2nd worst affected country a step closer to having its 1st vaccine. presidential election will be decided in a runoff next month ruling party candidate mohamed bazooms one just under 40 percent of the vote in the 1st round former president mohamed. got 17 percent. african union and u.n. peacekeepers about to begin withdrawing from sudan's darfur region their joint mission to protect this place people where ended on new year's eve troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months. and bosnia is military is set up tents for hundreds of refugees stranded in freezing conditions they were left without

shelter for several days after a fire burned down their old camp authorities tried to relocate the refugees but local residents rejected the move catalogers arianne reports. a sign of relief and of new shelter this will be home for hundreds of migrants and refugees stranded in bosnia-herzegovina sleep a camp near its northwest border with croatia the military set up tents to shield hundreds of migrants from the winter's freezing weather after days of sleeping out in the cold the nation faced mounting criticism for leaving the migrants without proper. shelter heat or facility it's good it will stay right here ok we don't mind we're going to gesture and we can drink of water that's enough for us but the problem is man problem for us we need to contain this ok. for days there were cries for help earlier this week migrants and refugees once on

a hunger strike i am 'd 7 it reports of frostbite and hypothermia they held a protest to bring attention to their poor living conditions when i see all these nor the despite the problems caused when these people were abandoned by un organizations and by local authorities we must show solidarity we're here today with the red cross we're trying to help them as much as possible. most of the camp was destroyed in late december when police say occupants deliberately set a fire to protest the schedule closure and lack of alternatives plans to move them to another facility fell through rejected by politicians and people living nearby aid groups have warned of a potential humanitarian crisis is a problem of more humanity just food is not enough combinations bad madness mostly but disease most of the people here are from south asia and the middle east they are among thousands hoping to make it to western europe to start

a new life we don't have beyond gates we don't have jack up to you can see this i don't have shoes the new camp will be run by the international organization for migration it's not a long term solution but it is a way to help people with nothing to survive the winter katia llopis of the young al-jazeera ok the vendor or is the international organization for migration is representative for balls their heads above ina he blames what's happening in the cab of the government's lack of action. well i think that's fair to even you terry and suffering that you are not seeing clearly the responsibility lies with the ability of the authorities in particular it's going to come to a consensus as to how to move forward in terms of providing a communication for the markets and refugees that. give you 2 examples i count was always intended to be an emergency response recovery 19 the only thing that you have toward it is the local authority ceded to do what to kony if you do if you can

use the water so it could be heat and that containers could be pointed at the proposed containers there are no he's not workable as the local authorities know because that he still exists the it will typically these containers still and that would also lead to people being in the coal secret element is the issue there was an attempt to relook at the migrants to the u.s. but also to a new location but i think which is in another part of the country are also there are local politicians and local people who are patient with mike and so we need the national support international assistance is available 'd and can be activated immediately but we need to local authorities to take a decision as to where you like my concert going to be locate that then accommodate the inappropriate human manner and does he still has the nice and as a final point you know he says we have been warning together with others you know dorothy's for months some are actually saying we need about 2000 places additional accommodation in both the it's a government we have $8000.00 migrants in the country it's

a country of 3500000 people 6000 are in interest in the war and getting access to military says it shouldn't be too complicated for a country of 3500000 to find accommodation for 2000 people especially if you can national or national sport and tinker assistance. available. indonesia has one of the world's longest coastlines but its salt farming industry has long failed to meet the needs of its domestic market so millions of tonnes are imported each year and that threatens the livelihoods of salt farmers but as jessica washington reports from interim are you on the island of java the government hopes investing in technology can save jobs. in indonesia is west timor this is the process behind harvesting one of the world's most common minerals these men have farmed felt this way for years it's low tech and low cost the salt they

farm can be used for consumption or industrial use. but not all of indonesia's salt is this quality indonesia has the 2nd longest coastline in the world but despite being surrounded by salt water the country still imports millions of tons of salt each year. we have got we need to improve the quality of our indonesian salt we need it to be the best quality so that we don't need to buy from abroad the government said a quota of around 3000000 tonnes for industrial salt imports an increase from previous years scientists working with the government's research and technology ministry say they're trying to improve the quality of locally produced salt by using technology to increase sodium chloride contents finally be made not the. bed i believe we need. because we want to make the farmers become more what's very important but common say they don't receive enough support there are more than

800 cells farmers an injury my you on the island of java. one farmer showed us inside a warehouse with thousands of kilograms of unsold salt. across this area there are many similar warehouses with bags of salt going to waste. the government isn't on our side salt imports are always open and the amount the importing creases every year family say the techniques used by the government in the past to improve the quality of their self haven't worked and they're struggling to sell their harvest this salt has been farmed and processed by local farmers here in injure my you it will be packaged and sold for consumption across indonesia but farmers here say it's increasingly difficult to on a living they say imports are to blame the farmer said they're feeling the impact of low salt prices because of imports from a strain in india and china. the government says it's not possible for indonesia to

stop importing solve it across community. where hundreds rely on the mineral pharma say more should be done to train them in modern farming techniques so they can match the quality if imported it doesn't pan out there now we have experts from the government they should come here and tell us what kind of production they need so we can compete with the imported salt if their prospects don't improve these men fear for the future of their farms and their livelihoods jessica washington al-jazeera interim my. antigovernment protests in nepal are demanding the return of a constitutional monarchy to help in the deepening political crisis thousands of people joined the rallies in katmandu on friday calling for prime minister k.p. sharma loyally to step down his decision to dissolve parliament last month divided the ruling communist party of the also announced a general election which will be held in april or may more than a year ahead of schedule post briggs's freight traffic between the u.k.

and france is so far move smoothly despite earlier concerns about potential bank logs the 1st ferry from britain to dock in the french port of kalar arrived several hours after the officially left the e.u. customs union and passengers arriving by train in the u.k. from mainland europe face no delays either some of the 1st people to cross the channel on the star train on january the 1st say little has changed in terms of paperwork needed to enter britain they say those greater scrutiny of documents related to covert 19 the u.s. is entering the new year with few signs it's rampant corona virus outbreak can be contained it's reported more than $20000000.00 coronavirus cases and faces the threat of a more infectious strain and as infections rise facts and nations are being carried out more slowly than expected rob reynolds reports from los angeles. it was

nobody's idea of a good way to ring in the new year on friday johns hopkins university reported the u.s. had surpassed 20000000 cases of covert 19 with more than 346000 deaths the number of infections has doubled since november 9th less than 2 months ago the u.s. accounts for nearly one quarter of all coated deaths worldwide in places like southern california hospitals and their staff are increasingly overwhelmed forcing doctors and nurses to ration care one california public health epidemiologist likened the situation to a viral tsunami florida became the 3rd state after colorado and california to report a patient with the relatively new more transmissible kovac variant 1st identified in the u.k. the man had not traveled recently at least 33 countries have now reported cases of

the mutant strain a u.s. genetic testing company says its research suggests the variant has been circulating in the u.s. since october on the vaccine front fewer than 3000000 americans have received their doses of figure far short of the trump administration's goal of 20000000 vaccinations before the end of 2020 i think the rollout very haphazard there's almost no coordination from the federal government the federal government basically delivered to the states but then the states were not funded for the rollout program adequately and furthermore basically the state senate here the here and go hospitals you guys will without senator mitt romney a prominent us republican political figure called for stepped up efforts including the enlistment of medical students. ns and emergency medical workers to administer

vaccines he said schools and other facilities that are closed due to the pandemic should be converted to mass vaccination centers president donald trump spent friday tweeting about various political grievances but mentioned the full 3 vaccine effort only once and then to shift blame to state officials president elect joe biden says he will use emergency wartime powers to boost vaccine production and speed up the lifesaving injections across the country rob reynolds al-jazeera and dr bruce lee is from the city university of new york school of public health he explains why the states is struggling to distribute vaccines. there's been several issues though one is if you look at this d.d. covert 1000 backing track are only 12400000 doses have been distributed it is a state that's well below the actual number that you need to state the target goal

you know 20000000 people yeah i think that there's trouble is there's not in the facts and plus the whole row has not been organized at a national level and it hasn't really been transparent but a lot of states were told get ready for the vaccine in advance of the approval but they weren't told like what are the plans and how are they going to get the resources in case they don't have enough refrigerators or coalface and things like that these these happy just the sole responsibly of the states because the virus as well as people cross the line so you really need to figure out like which states don't have the resources where the supply chain needs to be stored up and there were months before the vaccine rollout really get this in order and it really has so they have to tell all the states you know where the vaccines are you know like how many being produced and when to expect them and to is there needs to be

analysis of you know which states and which locations have adequate supply chains which states don't know what types of resources that they need where the weak point which places the more bridge raters more transport devices more personnel this has to be organized from a national and a very strategic orientation and that's not really very right now thailand has doubled its old for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine to 52000000 doses the 1st shipments and expected to arrive by next month the capital bangkok has ended a posh along down to control a new wave of infections a ban on bottles nightclubs and alcohol sales in restaurants has come into force times and managed to keep infections low during the initial outbreak last year but the scene the spike since mid december. argentina's lions are one of the most diverse regions in the world but over the last few decades they've been severely impacted by human activity and industrial farming conservation groups are

now working to reverse that damage to raise a bow reports from my barrow national park in korea and. even our means in the local indigenous what any language water the chinese and here in the province of korea in this in with eastern argentina there is plenty of it. but in the past few decades the wildlife in the event and national park that covers more than a 1000000 hectares of land began disappearing because of human activity. and that's what people like my long trying to change the decimal condoleezza that i mean that we are working to really wild argentina this means reintroducing crucial species that disappeared from the ecosystem in this case we're working with the jaguars the main objective is to generate a sustainable population and. these jaguars

now will and i.c.'s are kept here so their cubs can one day repopulate the area jaguars are seen as a threat to agriculture of settlements in the area and that's why their numbers have plummeted in the past years in fact in the province of korea because they have been extended for over 70 years now and that's why projects like this one are crucial to reintroduce this kind of species into the eco system. a little but there are 7 other jaguars who have almost no contact with the humans and i ready to be released they are kept in 30 hector corel's. it's extremely difficult to see them but using our stay one of them might be what needed a g.p.s. color changed. he's. going to be set free this is likely the last contact we will have with him so we are digging all the possible

samples that how she sees them biome and in the area. with. the project is part of rewilding argentina more than 20 years ago american philanthropist douglas tomkins and his wife kristen began buying up land in argentina and she led to protected and then donated to a national park sorry world in argentina has now given thousands of hectares of land to at least 6 national parks. and. it's very strange in argentina that a private owner donates to the state but when we do it old prejudices crumble we start to see the projects because the animals start to appear like the giant pompous to do tourist out to come and communities get involved this is a model of producing nature because it leaves resources to communities it's an economic alternative. the rewilding foundation says it's about

helping nature heal and local species are crucial to that process. the giant and eater bear had disappeared from even a mainly because of hunting but thanks to rewilding their beers they brought here have started to reproduce. but it is here where we found medicine and her cub. data was born in the region and says attitudes in this rural area are slowly changing and i. know. there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that it was a natural reserve sometimes i get messages when they let me know they saw a bear they're starting to become aware that it's not ok to hunt you. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by the coronavirus pandemic which is why preserving nature is

a major challenge but it's not just about protecting the wildlife it's the wildlife that would generate outearn and the work opportunities that would convince locals to protect the natural wealth they already have. already in this argentina well still ahead on al-jazeera in sports one of the world's top coaches makes his return on the latest football news coming up in just a moment. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow their treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. borneo.

on al-jazeera. i pursued a new series exposed the imperial origins of the drug trade commerce. fire which the city's thank you very much when i took its passage from the far east to europe and the united states. congress the money money money in these mountains. drug trafficking politics and the air and empire it's just.

time to catch up with all the sports news his jama exam a former. you know has been officially confirmed as the new head coach of paris well this is for just you know arriving at the p.s.g. training ground he signed a deal until june 2026 with the option for an extra year the argentinian played for the french team in the early 2000 he replaces thomas 2 he was fired just 4 months off to say p.s.g. to the champions league final point as you know it was in charge of spurs for 5 years before leaving the club at the end of $29.00 saying quote to see his former club saw them have moved up to 30 in the english premier league after beating these united 3 nil harry kane human sauna tavi out of their old scoring that goals the focus off the spurs a statement criticizing 3 of their players erik lamela jesani myself so would such a regular for breaching coronavirus rules by attending a party none of them made it on to the pitch for the game. of course we're.

disappointed because. we give the players all the. education we give the players all the conditions and of course we are not we are not happy because it was a negative surprise for us former india cricket captain seraph ganguly is in a stable condition after having a heart attack can get he developed chest pains whilst exercising his home gym i was then admitted to a hospital in kolkata on saturday where he had a procedure to unblock one of his arteries the 48 year old who is president of the indian cricket board is said to be responding well to treatment india's current squad is touring australia at the moment and 5 players from the same to be placed in isolation of a potential breach of bio secure protocols a video was posted on social media appearing to show you schama pant shipment gillet pretty sure and that's deep saini eating indoors at a melbourne restaurant according to the guidelines set out by cricket australia

players are allowed to leave the team hotel and sit outside but they're not permitted to dine inside restaurants teams are investigating and the players are allowed to continue training but not with the rest of the great while india levelled the series at 10 by winning the 2nd test and they did it without caps and regularly he returned home on paternity leave i think that's been david warne is back for australia following injury and he expects india to be tough opposition again in the 3rd test in sydney which starts next week you know you look at where we are it's one hole in the came back i think everyone thought that the more notably with the captain leaving but like any occasion you know you form that spirit in yourselves to get up when. i want that leaves the environment and leisure quite to be whole you saw the beloved you know they're not going to get that far off the stroller that's for sure come to sydney sun you know we we know what we're going to be up against and we're going to be well into that. arguably the world's

toughest rowdy race is about to get underway as a rally is being held in saudi arabia for the 2nd time the offside event will start and finish in jeddah over the next 2 weeks competitors will take on a course that stretches 7 to the hof a 1000 kilometers there are 5 different vehicle traffic race to race in most bikes quads cars trucks and utility terrain vehicles 1st run in 1979 and back then the reach began in paris and finished in the seventy's capital of dhaka security concerns so the race moved to south america in 2009 and is now in the middle east event is inherently dangerous to bike riders died last year at access which automatically inflate enjoying a crash as they made compulsory for bike quad ride this the reigning ca champion is college science and at $58.00 the spaniard is playing down any talk of retirement but i think i've been able to you know go through my routine i more or less know

myself and i always prepare in the same way the race before you start at the base the base is to respect the race on the ground by the person of course i believe we can have a chance of winning again i know it is going to read well if i become 15 i think i can do 15 more about. god's a demo and concentrate the next year. the right way i feel physically strong enough. and important i feel weak enough to fight even if i don't win then i probably will come back but this is how i always wait and see after the next one. and that is all you'll sport for now sammy i'll be back with a little bit later thanks so much to my well that's it for me sam is

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