india approves 2 vaccines for emergency use one made by oxford astra zeneca the other locally produced. hello i'm adrian forgive this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraqis mark a year since the assassination of the iranian general custom solemn audient baghdad on iran of the u.s. trade warnings. as they prepares for a presidential runoff vote attackers raid 2 villages killing at least 50 people plus. i'm rob mcbride in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice

festival that have plenty of ice and no festival. india has all the rise to vaccines for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca of the other was developed in india the nationwide drills to prepare for the large scale rollout the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months it'll be one of the biggest and most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world from mr modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines a manufactured inside the country. meanwhile the u.s. of supposed more than 350000 covert 19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic a further 270000 people tested positive for the virus that's

a new daily record it takes the total number of cases in the united states to more than 20000000 the u.k. government is facing a backlash and legal action from teachers of the plans to reopen schools lawyers for a head teachers' union have written to the government demanding proof that it's safe to resume classes during the pandemic that calling for remote learning to resume as a more contagious corona virus variant spreads across the u.k. schools in parts of the country due to reopen in the coming weeks the teachers' unions say that's putting public health at risk this comes as the u.k. has had yet another record jump in new infections announcing more than 57700 on saturday it's urging it's adding rather to the urgent need for widespread vaccinations hospitals have been getting their 1st doses of the one developed by oxford university in astra zeneca that's the 2nd to be approved along with the one from pfizer b o

n tek. zimbabwe is in its 2nd national lockdown for the next 30 days only essential locations like hospitals pharmacies and supermarkets will be open at an overnight curfew is in force has put a huge spike in infections over the holiday season in a country already struggling with a deepening economic crisis soaring inflation and high unemployment. at least 50 people are feared to been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia it happened in the tele betty region stable area of mali kenya faso and been in faces from armed groups linked to al qaida and eisel cross in and out of the poorest border our correspondent ahmed address is in the capital now may and says that the attack happened on the same day as election results were announced. and officials said the gunman who targeted the 2 villages have crossed in tunisia from the border with mali and that is not the only problematic area. the border

with brooke you know faso is porous and has seen attacks from armed men on groups loyal to al qaida and islamic state and on the border with nigeria we've seen increased activity in both attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed to all jazeera that in one of the villages more than 50 people have been killed but it's not sutton the number of people killed in the 2nd village he said a government delegation is on its way to the village to assess the situation and. help to the victims as well as properly secure that particular location and this is all coming at a time when the country is preparing to head into another election i don't know if election result of last sunday's outcome of the presidential vote no but no one was able to score the necessary 50 percent vote to avoid a runoff now the 2 contenders full of the senate for the pursuit of president in

the. a former head of state in this country as well as a one time minister of foreign affairs as well as interior minister missourians are putting their hopes that with their experience in government they will build on the successes and also introduce measures that will help the country overcome its security challenges but in the is from the university of aberdeen he says the regional security challenge is a toss of a structural problem. these all many different things that are causing the security situation in our. growing population or climate change this islam is problem as well as the problem with this it's in this region is the ticklish state chad but kenya faso more have a fundamental structural problems where over so many years many parts of this dates gone down and now now incapable practically incapable of

providing security so that they been main problems with konami get all of that have been compounded by it is a problem that is deeds simply cannot wear that individual or collaborate he cannot provide security does the fact that we we need to deal with and accept and start thinking about how his deeds could be fundamentally reform to meet the tactic challenges that they are facing in the 21st century to french soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb in mali that happened during an operation and they were not coverage and just days after 3 others died in a similar attack more than 50 french soldiers have been killed in mali and other countries in the celebrations since 2013 around 5000 the deployed as part of the fight against of groups. vigils and protests have been held to mock one year since

the u.s. assassinated iran's top military general custom so the money he was killed by a drone strike near baghdad airport mourners gathered at the size of the attack on saturday teheran and washington have accused each other of escalating tension in the run up to the anniversary earlier this week the u.s. flew b. 52 oma fly over us in the gulf intending to caution against any attack or a spokesman of an iraqi militia with close ties to iran has demanded the removal of american troops. but the presence of these american horses who kill the leaders of victory is illegal in iraq they are not welcomed in iraq god willing the investigative committee and the iraqi judiciary will continue to investigate this crime and will work hard to prosecute everyone who helped. well here's a closer look at solomon his legacy he joined the revolutionary guard in the 1980 s. and 4 from the frontlines of the iran iraq war in the late 1990 s.

he was appointed head of the could force running iran's foreign military and clandestine operations after $911.00 he delegated iranian and american diplomats to meets they briefly worked together against the taliban before the relationship deteriorated iraq samani helped iran backed faces cheering the fight against eisel so many iraqis are also angered by iran's influence and blame to iran for political instability and sectarian divisions during the iraq war the u.s. says that iran through the woods force and sheer militias killed more than 600 american soldiers in syria some of money lead fighters backing president bashar assad and was instrumental to that government survival throughout the civil war he survived many attempts on his life both inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where he was assassinated at the age of $62.00 let's go live now to al-jazeera is there such a body is there for us tell us how this anniversary is being marked there in tehran

a year since some of these assassination. yes we've seen a series of events that have been leading up to today on friday there was a number of speakers at tehran university who mark the occasion there was a representative from the iraqi. group as well as hezbollah and palestinian islamic jihad we heard from the head of the country's judiciary as well as the head of the revolutionary guards who said that his blood will be avenged this is the rhetoric that this kind of sentiment we've been hearing over the past few weeks leading up to the anniversary of saw him on his assassination and we also on saturday saw the head of the revolutionary guards major general visit it's a strategic island with a large base for the revolutionary guards at the eastern entrance of the strait of hormuz he did a walkabout to see the defensive powers that iran has in that island this was seen

as a way to show the united states that iran is ready to respond to any kind of aggression we've also been hearing from the country's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif he had a warning for president trump late last night on twitter he said that they have intelligence from iraq indicating that the israelis are going to attempt and some kind of an attack against u.s. forces there and make it look like iran is to blame and that the u.s. president should not fall for such traps so there has been a series of events to mark this anniversary but there's also been a lot of rhetoric and tensions that have increased over the past few days. reporting live from toronto so many thanks. police in pakistan have arrested one of the alleged masterminds of the 200858 tax hike or likely was detained in the eastern city of lahore on saturday on charges of financing

terrorism in a separate case he's long been suspected of planning the mumbai siege in which 166 people were killed like 3 was detained days after would spit a pakistani court released him on bail in 2015. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then try to keep their heads above or so the efforts to protect argentina's wildlife. and more on the french our situation in presidential elections are heading to a runoff after the 2 main contenders failed to secure a majority. there we got some proper winter weather across europe at the moment because some really nasty stolz swirling away for central parts of the mediterranean this deep

area of low pressure here we're dragging up relatively mild air from the south sweeping across safely pushing up across the balkans where we got that model red is where we see the heaviest downpours as it bumps into the cold air is readily turning to snow so fair old mix of rain sleet and snow coming through central areas pushing a little further north but you can see the western parts of potent seeing some snow some snow there coming into germany this nazi brits across the british isles as well just for a 5 celsius there for london paris that 40 degrees cool enough here and even further south madrid at around 7 celsius there be some snow over the peyronie's too as we go on into monday and notice by on monday madrid will see temperatures no higher than around 4 degrees 5 degrees celsius here so take the cold when she makes continues to swirl its way across so central parts heavy rain there pushing across greece and into that western side of the wets weather that we do have in the med

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but again this is our service for much of the main news this hour india's drug regulator has approved 2 corona virus vaccine for emergency use the oxford astra zeneca jab at another produced by the indian drug maker biotech have been given the green light. at least 50 people have been killed in 2 attacks on 2 villages in western this year it happened in an unstable border region the papers mali bakita faso and panini. vigils and protests are being held a year since the us assassinated the iranian general custom so the mahdi iran of the us have accused each other of escalating tensions in the run up to the adversity. let's go back to our top story and bring in dr rajan sharma who is the former president of the indian medical association good to have you with us there's a lot of information in the public domain about the oxford university astra zeneca

vaccine and how it works we don't know so much about how this 2nd indian produced vaccine works can you tell us more about it. hello dr can you hear me. yes can you tell us more about this the indian produced vaccine similarly was the miliband on the front legal movement in the murky volatile of the word and i'll know more than a host of like that one of those that were. then this is our number those who are stuck there. are stunned that there aren't that in the end of the old standard and . immediately stop and so does underscore the brutal murder of the other for the 1st time of the mass. and for the governors of all who

is also the government all for the benefit of america. this is what we're. about a lot about it and. it's the 1st indigenous in that seat is this exhibit good artist i'm gonna there you were there doing good deeds and then he did his duty and. dates but really we were initially one who would love us and that as well along with us doesn't offload stages alluded pharma a lot as everybody knows from sometimes these accounts would be is on the you know pumping the liver the digital that teams have been bombed. it's a massive undertaking for india to vaccinate its entire population and in a short period of time can it be done c.m.

when they're needed particulars and let me ask you who are that's in the element he starts india has brought a very very to us at a good image just don't like it particularly in the by richard was and you will be glad to know and i have a very good last year and we saw promising to the end of the accident i have got the i believe that i'm used to that and the other people who this national duty 3 of us prefer to look back to and it has been the most the last group of those operatives. 3 tickets to see so many thanks indeed dr raj and sharma that no can that a tenacious historic presidential election won a majority of votes in the 1st round which means that they'll be a runoff next month the election is set to bring the country's 1st peaceful transition of power but as understeer as i would address reports from the capital beyond may many voters may stay away 2nd time around after tense 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 parties the declaration will be to the constitutional court which has the power to validate it analysts say the $1000000.00 vote difference between the on the run up out of $5000000.00 votes cast was both expected and deserved. and while the opposition was wasting its time of the courts seeking to disqualify him his citizenship is suspect and the opposition went to court 3 times to try and buy mohammad from the presidential election but the courts dismissed the cases the

governing party was looking to win the election outright the presidential election to produce a winner in the fall by the country. in february there are no obvious expected to lead to the fall. from one civilian government to another and a peaceful one across the many voters say they will still come out february 21 to vote in the runoff others may not. only want. the constitutional court has 2 weeks to validate or reject the declaration of the election commission but most believe the results will be ratified comedy greece. israeli police have arrested a group of people at a protest at the prime minister's residence and west thousands of people have been

holding weekly protests for the 6 months now the mounting benjamin netanyahu steps down of a corruption charges that now has charged with fraud breach of trust but accepting bribes in 3 separate cases he denies wrongdoing israel is headed for a 4th general election in 2 years next month the devaluation of libya's currency has taken effect a move that's hoped will help the economy exchange rates there it across the country because of the conflicts the black markets and bank notes printed a brought to serious not trying to report stuff misrata libya's economic hub a new unified exchange rate comes into effect in libya on sunday the central bank has agreed to a devalued exchange rate of $4.00 enormous $2.00 while the official rate was $1.00 dinars a lack of availability of u.s. dollars in beings created a black market which it currently trades at $5.00 dinners the bank's board members

held a full meeting for the 1st time in 5 years on wednesday since libya split between warring factions in the west and east the central bank of libya is based in the libyan capital of tripoli also the seat of the internationally recognized government of national of court the eastern branch is based in benghazi stronghold warlords lifo have 2 years libyan national army who had printed alternative banknotes in moscow the us government called them counterfeit libyan currency printed by a russian state owned company and ordered by an illegitimate parallel entity analysts say the alternative bank notes increased inflation in an already struggling economy. here in this market people tell us prices for goods are going up. there are long lines at the banks they give you $500.00 that's not enough to feed a family for one week. at the moment business is

a cave but i think it will slow down salaries of 1000 dinars that's not enough for people to provide for their families the political divisions in the gap between the official and black market rates has distorted libya's oil dependent economy the move to unify the central bank and the exchange rate has been welcomed by some business leaders or residents here fear that the price of everyday goods may increase as a result abdulhamid is a professor of the economy he says although prices may increase in the short term the devaluation was the right choice to make in the long term. the central bank didn't have any other choice but to take its decision otherwise we would have seen a devastating rate of inflation the closure of oil fields by have tar in january 2020 meant libya wasn't getting dollars from exports i believe it will see the rate stabilize after the 1st quarter for libyans the next few months will likely get harder before they get better training 0 misrata. a rising

number of coronavirus cases in south korea is forcing many communities to cancel economically viable tourist events. brightest travel to watch on county in the mountains near the border with north korea to see how it's stealing with the loss of its annual ice festival. it's a special event to promote a particular type of river trout known as the sunshine how to package it how to prepare it in every way imaginable and staged in a town that finds it has a lot of it $77.00 tons to be exact question counties annualize festival is its biggest event and ice fishing on the frozen river the biggest draw for which it starts breeding fish a year in advance but this year there is to be no festival and the town is left to figure out what to do with its fish. we have been putting our heads together to

research and develop ways that we can't sell our feast and deceased the result we're taking a crisis situation and turning it into an opportunity. realizing months ago the festival was unlikely to go ahead the county did cancel more than half the fish it all did from farms across the country. if we had a regular festival they would have made money on all that fish so i expect they took a considerable hit this year. the town itself is hurting to the harsh winter in these mountains normally produces ice that is solid enough to support crowds of visitors beneath it pristine waters that can stay in massive fish but this year no sign of any festival close to the border with north korea the town was already suffering from a ban on military personnel leaving nearby bases jewelry in the pandemic and

restaurant owners like legion soon were counting on the influx of ice 1st. visitors who won't now becoming. packing the double push him and it's been difficult for everyone small businesses and employees no one has been spared it's also hurting the other towns around here who supplies with produce. everyone here is hoping that by the time the ice breaks up and melts away they'll also be seeing an end to the pandemic rob mcbride al-jazeera watching county south korea argentina's better wetlands one of the worst biodiverse regions in the world but over the last few decades they've been severely impacted by industrial farming conservation groups and are working to reverse that damage. reports from a better national park in korea enters. the reader means in the local indigenous quote any language water that chimes and here in the province of korean

these in northeastern argentina there is splendid. but in the past few decades the wild life in the 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 all of us have a 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 agricultural 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

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 color 30 that are. going to be set free this is likely the last contact we will have with her so we are taking all the possible samples that how she sees and then buy a mint in the area along. 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 all the prejudices crumble we start to see the projects because the animals start to appear like the giant the pompous dia 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. balliol coward ada was born in the region and says attitudes in this rural area are slowly changing and i. think there's lots of people that have never been here they did not know that if there was a natural reserve sometimes they get missed is when they let me know the sorra bear is starting to become aware that it's not ok to hunt here. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by the coronavirus been demick 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 the work opportunities that would convince locals to protect the natural wealth they already have. already in place argentina rescuers in norway continue to search for 6 more people including

children after a village was buried in a landslide on wednesday the things for people in the diet only helicopter rescue operations possible because the ground is unstable more than a 1000 people have evacuated from their homes around and around the village of ask 25 kilometers northeast of the capital. that is kids having with us however a dream to get here a doha the headlines from al jazeera india's drug regulator has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use one is made by oxford astra zeneca the other is produced by the indian drug maker about a biotech india is hoping to vaccinate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months the us is a pasta more than 350000 covert 19 deaths since the beginning of the panda.