those in power if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and that's what people expect from us they want the questions answered. that this will be the way so that's what we will continue to do. for the. presidential election goes to a runoff as the 2 main contenders fail to win a majority. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up iraq marks the assassination of iranian general custom sulaimani amidst heightened tensions between the united states and iran that india is on the brink of authorizing its 1st corona virus vaccine for emergency use it will be one of the biggest rollouts

in the world. is a problem of more humanity just is not enough. and a temporary shelter is set up for us 1000 refugees and migrants involves the herzegovina but many say it's nowhere near adequate. we begin the program with some breaking news out of nice share of reports are coming in of civil tamia such attacks on 2 villages in the west of the country now the attacks are said to have happened in one guise they are highly unstable region known as the 3 borders area because of its proximity to mali burkina faso and beneath. well i'm ready to receive is in the capital of. a and joins us now ahmed what do we know about these attacks. well the attacks happen saturday early

saturday morning and officially confirming to us that in one of the villages more than 50 people civilians actually y. killed he said there was also an attack on a 2nd village but he cannot confirm the number of casualties in that particular village and they believe here is that the attackers came in across the border from mali and that is one of the most porous areas of nisha the border with mali and bricking apostle have seen numerous attacks in the past one year and there are but there is there is not feeling that this will continue to mullins and the official in practice telling us that there is no a military or security personnel killed in that attack what you saying is that they are sending a high powered delegation expected to reach that border town of border villages by early morning tomorrow to assess the situation that's when he can give us the

details of what happened exactly as specially in the 2nd village but there are reports suggesting that as many as 70 people have been killed in both villages and of course we'll be monitoring all developments for state to get bring us more information as it comes to light now these attacks on they'd come straight after the 1st round of presidential elections. which were actually held to be true and fair do you think it's going to have any impact on the 2nd stage and actually what is the next stage give us more details. i doubt if it's going to have any effect on the outcome of the elections i think the voters here have already made up their mind and both candidates have some experience in government. mohamed by sume is what was once a mill the minister of foreign affairs and minister of interior and his opponent used to be or was once a head of state in new jersey here how about people are watching closely to see

what is happening we spoke to a lot of people in town immediately after the announcement by the election commission and they are telling us that they are going to participate in the coming elections after tensed 5 day wait election commission came to a verdict that no political party was able to pass the few 50 percent threshold enough votes to avoid a runoff. this is. all representatives of the political qualities the declaration to the constitutional court which has the powers to. analysts say the $1000000.00 vote difference between the frontrunner and the run up out of $5000000.00 votes cast was both expected and deserved. the results show that frontrunner. campaigned hard to all nukes on the corners of

new jersey and while the opposition was wasting its time on the courts seeking to disqualify him claiming his citizenship is suspect in the opposition went to court 3 times to try and barbers who mohammad from the presidential election by the courts dismissed the cases the governing party was looking to win the election outright this year presidential election may have failed to produce a winner in the 1st problem but a country is on course to mark i supported my store in february there are no obvious expected to lead to the 1st transition of power from one civilian government to another and a peaceful one across the capital many voters say they will still come out february 21 to vote in the runoff others may not. others will not it's only one candidate who is going to win in the end they need to finish the process the constitutional court has 2 weeks to validate or reject the

declaration of the election commission but most here believe the results will be ratified comedy agrees. the army. i am i ought to iraq now were events are underway to mark the anniversary of the assassination of iranian general kasim sulaimani he was killed alongside several top iraqi figures in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad airport last year washington and tehran have been accusing each other of escalating military tensions as the anniversary approached earlier this week the u.s. conducted b. 52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the gulf and the iranian leaders including the head of the revolutionary guards are vowing to act if provoked strafford has more now from the iraqi capital baghdad were silly when his desk is being remembered. well certainly

at the moment there is what's being described as a commemoration ceremony at the site where that assassination took place close to baghdad airport see pictures of thousands of people that have gathered there we understand that this was for one of a better description some sort of memorial we are expecting launch protests in the capital tomorrow a call out has been given to people in various cities across the country to come and join those protests those protests very much focused on demanding that you know government pressure on the americans to withdraw the remaining soldiers and military personnel from the country and meanwhile every day people on the streets are very concerned about any potential escalation because as we've been reporting for months the protests that have dominated the streets of baghdad and other cities protesters demanding jobs better economic conditions wholesale political change in

an end to corruption or all during a coded pandemic these people oversea very concerned about any kind of escalation any kind of deterioration in the security of this country. so that was the view from baghdad let's go to washington d.c. and speak to she can see who joins us now she had how would you define the u.s. attitude in the lead up to the sound of our story. very difficult to read i suppose now off to weeks off of escalatory provocative military maneuvers by the u.s. and its allies in the region we have the us as us is acting defense secretary ordering home the u.s.s. nimitz the aircraft carrier in the region which is seen as i would is reported as being specifically meant to be a deescalate tree signal to iran in fact the u.s. secretary defense overruled the commander in the region who wanted to keep the

nimitz in the area so a concerted effort that apparently by the troubled ministration to calm things down in the last few days or last few weeks of the trump presidency but this contrasts with what we've seen over the last few weeks which is added to all that tension because of that uncertainty about what trump intends because of what are reported to be immense lobbying efforts by israel and saudi arabia on trying to make some sort of have some sort of attack on iran and in an effort to stop by and he detente that may be on the cards with the biden administration and the various flybys by b. 52 bombers taking off from north dakota flying 36 hours to 96 kilometers off the iranian coast in a show of force that's happened 3 times over the last several weeks but now now we don't really know what the trouble been instruction plan is if there was a plan because now the word was we have to go deescalate tree but who knows what the next movement of the from the top of ministration will be yet i can see with

the latest there from washington she have thank you. it's going to india now with the drug regulator has recommended the country's 1st coated 19 vaccine for approval it hopes to get the green light for a rollout of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine with a population of more than a 1000000000 people the indian rollout represents a huge and will just tickle challenge and with points. 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 by year. 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 in a go oxford university vaccine for merchants to use it can be stored and

transported understander group which ration 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. india is one of the only country where 4 vaccines are getting ready are one time. and those others include kovacs and 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. you don't know me. they don't know when they reach people like me to be. on exam and on and. on and i mean. that is. an option the development would. probably be that we did all of that is on.

the job. i'm not really going to do. mission with. the sarah minster to give 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 and al-jazeera thailand has just doubled its order for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine to 52000000 the 1st shipments are expected to arrive by february the capital bangkok has entered a partial lockdown to control the growing kovac 1000 infections a ban on far as nightclubs and alcohol sales in restaurants has come into force with health authorities recommending even more restrictions thailand managed to keep cases low in the initial outbreak but assume a spike in the past 2 weeks. and police in northwestern france have

finally shut down any legal new year's eve rave after 36 hours of partying about 2 and a half 1000 people attended the warehouse event close to the city of red it was held in defiance of the notions strict kovac laws including an 8 pm curfew police had been met by violence from the initially attended the party but they were able to break it up peacefully when they arrived with reinforcements about $800.00 people have been charged with the rest urged to self isolate for 7 days. still to come on al-jazeera with the un peacekeeping mission in sudan store for region coming to an end thousands of refugees are facing an uncertain future. and trying to keep their heads out of water and the only growing efforts to protect argentina's natural.

hello once again we've got some rather nasty weather across northern parts of australia at the moment we've got this developing tropical low which has brought some very heavy rain into the gulf of carpentaria and it sets up a very wet week cross northern parts of queensland so that's going to swirl away here run across towards can some very heavy rainfall coming through for the south some rather lively showers into new south wales could see some localized flooding as results of that and even into the eastern half of victoria some showers coming through the quotes of weather is further west where we have an interior wind through bring those temperatures up to around 3334 celsius in perth over the next day or 2 the wet weather will continue to the country more heavy downpours more flooding issues i suspect across northern parts of queensland as we go on through

monday what's of weather. way down towards president was a gold coast and wet weather that you can see across the eastern side of new south wales and victoria basin places of cloud and rain into new zealand but largely fine and dry law she fought in try to across a good part of china but we have got all snow in the forecast because northern parts of japan that wintry mix or rolling its way across northern parts of honshu where the pharaoh dusting of snow for her. for many young adults a coming of age brings greater responsibility. for this young man the responsibility of 800 years of family tradition weighs heavy on his shoulders. the choice. but the decision must be made. by blood part of the viewfinder series on al-jazeera.

provided out of the top stories on al-jazeera reports are coming in of attacks on 2 villages in the west of the share at least 70 people are feared dead in mind guys they are highly unstable region known as the 3 borders area because of its proximity to mali burkina faso and. commemorations are being held in the iraqi capital baghdad to mark the 1st anniversary of the assassination of the arabian general in the money which has led heightened tensions between iran and the u.s.

and india is on the brink of approving its 1st coronavirus vaccine a panel of experts recommending the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for emergency. african union and u.n. peacekeepers are to begin withdrawing from sudan store for region their joint mission to protect this place people there and dead on new year's eve troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months. or more getting reports now from calamine south are for this place people fear of returning home but they don't know if the camps they live in are still safe. this little space is his family's home in a camp in south dar for colin says he was forced to abandon his actual home when regional conflicts reached his village he started his family here his children. i. want to 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 karma if you ask them which county they say karma it's not just a displacement camp for them. hollywood is so settled 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 daraa 4 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 you know mad how much may seem like a small village or town but it lacks basic infrastructure like running water and power lines and while many folks at the pains of income other similar to survive with the end of the animators advance 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 a promise there's no security back in or diligences and with gone we don't know what will become of the camps the government is saying that there will be a joint force to protect the camps on to relieve what we can't leave because we don't recall denies that they are signed the government says it won't force anyone out of the camps but that providing for them will become increasingly hard. yeah if you could have had a server 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 security outside the camp now life inside the camp is also under threat to the morgue and al-jazeera camp south of there for. both his military has set up tents for hundreds of people stranded in freezing weather after the refugee camp burned down in a protest they've been left without shelter for more than a week now an attempt to relocate them has been blocked because of objections from people living nearby kathy 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 back 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 to face mounting criticism for leaving the migrants without proper shelter heat or facilities to do it will stay 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 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. bad madness mostly but diseases 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 belong to it we don't have jack up to look and 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 survive the winter katia locus of the ground 0.

feature of and they are where it is the international organization for migration is representative for bosnia and herzegovina he blames the government for the situation. well i think that's fair to even you terry and suffering that you are not seeing clearly the responsibility lies with the reality of the authorities in bosnia and herzegovina 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 only thing that you have toward it is the local tourism see to do what if you do it if you steal water so it could be heat and that containers could be pointed to propose 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 really get the migrants to the u.s. but also to a new location but i think it reaches into another part of the country but also their local politicians and local people who are patient with mike and so are the international support international assistance is available and can be activated immediately but we need to local authorities to take a decision as to where you might 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 toward these for months some are actually saying we need about 2000 places additional accommodation in those years a government we have 8000 migrants in the country it's a country of 3500000 people 6000 are in official centers in the war and getting access through a unitary existence it shouldn't be too complicated for a country of 3500000 to find accommodation for 2000 people especially if you can get national or international support and tinker assistance is that they are

available. an artillery strike has killed at least 5 people during a wedding ceremony in the yemeni city of her data the shell landed in front of a wedding hall in the western port city many civilians were also injured the saudi coalition and who the rebels are blaming each other for the attack palestinian president mahmoud abbas says rival political faction hamas has written to him about said hamas as political chief israel honey a wrote him a letter about ending their long standing feud it's a sign the rival factions could be closer to reconciliation and possibly coming to an agreement on future elections have masses yet to comb and to on the bass statement argentina is losing one of its national treasures the better wetlands it's among the most biodiverse regions of the world with

a bounty of natural wealth both beneath and around the water but industrial farming is cloying away of the environment that i suppose with the conservationists in korea and this or trying to protect the species under threat. even to means in the local indigenous what and language water the chimes and here in the province of korea in this in with eastern argentina they're resplendent 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 trying to change one of us the macondo well known as les that i mean the hell 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 and this past years in fact in the province of korea because they have been extend 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 said for this is

likely the last contact we will have with him so we are digging all the possible samples that they love how she sees them biome and in the area. 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 service rewilding argentina has now given thousands of hectares of land to at least 6 national parks. it's very strange in argentina that a private owner donates to the state but when we do it all the prejudices crumble we start to see the projects because the animals start to appear like the giant anteater the pampas to the tourist start 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. there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that it was a natural reserve sometimes they 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're. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by

the corona virus 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 place argentina. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera reports are coming in of attacks on 2 villages in the west of me share at least 70 people are feared dead in one guy's it which is a highly unstable region it's known as the 3 borders area before because of its proximity to mali burkina faso and binny was staying in the share no candidate has won a majority in the 1st round.