is preparing for battle and their opponents or anyone who is different. prejudice and pride in hungary on al-jazeera. india approves 2 vaccines for emergency use one made by oxford astra zeneca the other locally produced. hello i'm a very unforgiving this is aus era live from doha also coming up iraqis marcie years since the assassination of the iranian general custom solid money in baghdad while iran and the us trade warnings. as prepares for a presidential runoff those attackers raid 2 villages killing at least 50 people plus. right in south korea at the mountain town famous for its ice

festival that has plenty of ice and no festival. the world health organization has welcomed an important breakthrough in the fight against covert 19 in india 2 vaccines have been approved for emergency distribution one was developed by oxford astra zeneca the other was developed in india that been nationwide drills to prepare for a large scale rollout the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months it will be one of the biggest of most ambitious vaccination campaigns in the world prime minister narendra modi welcomed the approvals he called it a sign of self-reliance praising the fact that both vaccines are manufactured inside the country joining us now from new delhi is dr rajiv he's a professor of public health of the chairperson at the center of social medicine

and community health joel never university good to have you with us so to vaccines are approved for emergency use how long before people start to become to get inoculated. well as you are aware the dry runs have been conducted in most of the key states and it will continue to be evaluated the results of the trade on that is and corrections made based on what we are learning from this trail runs i understand that shipments would soon begin to move today's approval that comes. by the drug controller general of india which is the approval which is the final approval after this subject expert committee which are viewed the data from these 2 trials so this was a formality that we were waiting for and now shipments should begin to move the states districts downwards to the subdistrict level are supposed to be ready with

their micro plans and it should be rolling out so and there is a lot of information in the public domain about the astra zeneca oxford university vaccine and how it works we don't know that much about the india and the locally produced vaccine how does that work well the indian vaccine is is it is an inactivated vaccine it's co-developed along with the the indian consulate medical research and about it but it which is based it had about for the production. it's in its history trial which is nearing completion the data has been reviewed for safety and that's why this emergency approval has been given by direct control of general of india however it's likely that in the initial stages the india minister of india vaccine would be available in larger quantities than they've added by dick vaccine however both these are approved and both would go

into a program of. you know he lazing 300000000 people in a short space of time is going to be an enormous undertaking can india do it and how do you overcome a vaccine suspicion about about the vaccines well the 1st part of the answer is that we are certainly optimistic india's immunization fundamentals are strong there has been a period of preparation but to put this campaign in terms of logistics training and so on however this is a very big country very diverse conditions multicultural and therefore we do expect that there could be problems with aids logistics but it's deliberate whether it's communications related and therefore await set of measures are also being taken to address vaccine concerns concerns around vaccine confidence and safety but we

expect that vaccine demand will continue to be high and whatever teething troubles we may face in the initial rollout stages should hopefully be tackled real time we do have confidence on the resilience mechanisms that denies it and program to has been really good to talk to many thanks indeed for being with us thank you the us are supposed more than 350000 covert 19 deaths since the pandemic began a further 270000 people tested positive for the virus a new daily record takes the total number of cases in the united states to more than 20000000. the u.k. government is facing backlash and legal action from teachers over plans to reopen schools lawyers for head teachers unions have written to the government demanding proof that it's safe to resume classes during the pandemic they're calling for remote learning to resume is a more contagious corona virus variant continues to spread across the u.k.

schools in parts of the country are due to reopen in the coming weeks the teachers union say that's putting public health at risk it comes as the u.k. has had yet another record jump in new infections announcing more than 57700 on saturday it's adding to the urgent need for widespread vaccinations hospitals have been getting the 1st doses of the one developed by oxford university in astra zeneca it's the 2nd to be approved along with the one from pfizer beyond tech zimbabwe has entered its 2nd national lockdown for the next 30 days only essential locations like hospitals pharmacies supermarkets will be open at an overnight curfew is in force there's been a huge spike in infections over the holiday season in a country already struggling with a deepening deepening economic crisis soaring inflation and high unemployment

at least 50 people are feared to have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in western asia it happened in the till a very region an unstable area of the papers mali at the kid afonso and been in fighters from armed groups linked to al qaeda and i saw crossed in and out by the porous borders or corresponded i would address is in the capital now may and says 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 attacks targeting not only c.v.s. but also military personnel a senior security official confirmed 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 jail here a former head of state in this country as well as a one time minister of foreign affairs as well as the interior minister the syrians are putting their hopes that we've been experiencing the government there will build on the successes and also introduce measures that will help the country overcome its security challenges. from the university of aberdeen says that the regional security challenge is a part of a structural problem. this all many different things that are causing the security

situation in this. growing population climate change this islam is a problem as well as the problem with mystique's in this region is particular state chad but kenya faso. have a fundamental structural problems where over so many years many parts of the states run down and are now incapable practically incapable of providing security so that they've been main problems whether the economic and all of that have been compounded by this 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're facing in the 21st century. 2 french soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb in mali it happened during an operation in the monocular region just days after 3 others died in a similar attack while the 50 french soldiers have been killed in mali and other countries in the cell region since 2013 around 5000 deployed there as part of the fight against on groups. vigils and protests are being held to mark a year since the us assassinated iran's top military general custom solomonic crowds are marching through baghdad where some of money was killed near the international airport in a drone strike in washington accuse each other and escalating tensions in the run up to the saree earlier this week the u.s. flew b. $52.00 bombers over the gulf intending to caution against any retaliate attack while 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 judicial area will continue to investigate this crime and will work hard to prosecute everyone who helped. well here's a closer look at solomon is the legacy he joined the revolutionary guard in the 1980 s. and 4 from the front lines of the iran iraq war in the late ninety's he was appointed head of the force running iran's foreign military and clandestine operations after $911.00 he delegated iranian and american diplomats to meet they briefly works together against the taliban before the relationship deteriorated in iraq so the money helped iran backed fighters during the fight against eisel many iraqis will so angered by iran's influence the blame teheran for political instability and sectarian divisions. during the iraq war the u.s.

says that iran through the could force and shia militias killed more than 600 american soldiers in syria some of money lead fighters backing president bashar al assad who was instrumental in that government survival throughout the civil war he survived many attempts on his life inside iran and the bold but it would be in iraq where he was assassinated at the age of 62 let's go live to tell us dorsetshire barry is there for us tell us how it's been in the country since saddam on his assassination one year ago and what's happening to mark the anniversary today. well there's been a series of ceremonies held since friday began at tehran university with a number of high ranking officials paying tribute to the man they credit with making iran as secure as it is today there is also a lot of rhetoric about revenge that we've been hearing that over the past few

weeks leading up to the anniversary there's also been a series of ceremonies in his hometown of his gravesite in come on in iran but since his death the year began for a news with the assassination of so the money and it ended with another assassination of a high ranking official in the country's nuclear and defense program that was most and factories out there who was assassinated just outside of the capital in the end of november so it's been a very very difficult to mulch us year for the country and that's not even including the pandemic there's been a series of events that have really increased tensions between iran and specifically the united states the issue has been the nuclear deal of 2015 there's been a series of setbacks with that agreement says the u.s. left it in 2013 and imposed sanctions on iran so there's been a lot of rhetoric from tehran about the fact they will eventually moneys that and that they don't see a point in saying within this nuclear agreement any longer but since the u.s.

elections in november iranian government is now slightly more optimistic that the incoming administration will be more open to the idea of returning to the nuclear deal so the tensions could deescalate a little bit once president like joe biden comes into the white house on january 20th of 0 is to was reporting live from tehran door so many thanks. we'll get a weather update next here i'll just 0 then try to keep their heads above water the efforts to protect argentina's wildlife. at a new currency exchange rate comes into force in libya. raising hopes of reviving an economy that's been battered by violence. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways

however got more warnings in force across central parts of the med it's ready for some really nasty storms rolling away his big area of low pressure we have rain sleet and snow in the mix just around italy pushing across into the balkans and a fair bit of snow to coming in over the outside beyond will see some snowy weather stretching across a good part of germany western possibly seeing some of that snow as well but this is where the really story weather will continue right through the central parts of the but it's rainy wherever you are it is looking pretty cold just 3 degrees in paris the 5 there for london and even madrid struggling to get to around 6 or 7 over the next couple of days will be some snow to see just around the peyronie's as we go on into monday well that's a wetter weather that wintry weather over towards the dinner a couch that'll push a little further east was so good part of creasing some very heavy rain face and pieces of snow too into northern parts of the country pushing up into bowl garia and eventually some of that western weather also extending into the western side of

the of course some of that's a stormy weather around the med will lap home to the coastal fringes of algeria maybe into chimneys here as well as some rather wet weather too for the canaries further south of this generate dry and fine but we have got a few shall is just around the gulf of guinea. support qatar airways talked to al jazeera we heard scott realistically how can you do with institutionalized corruption and in this country we listen if this breaks up until conflict between august on and india this has implications for the rest of the world we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter is there are we understand the differences and the semantics of cultures across the line and that's what you see with the news and kind of facts that matter to you.

hello again this is al jazeera the main news this hour india's drug regulator has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use the oxford astra zeneca jab and another produced by indian drug makeup on a biotech been given the green light. at least 50 people have been killed in attacks on 2 villages in western this year it happened in an unstable border region neighbors mali became a fast so the need. vigils and protests are being held a year since the us assassinated the iranian general custom solomonic iran of the us of accuse each other of escalating tension in the run up to the anniversary. police in pakistan have arrested one of the alleged mastermind of the 2008 mumbai attacks zacky or ratman lockley 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 she was detained days after would spot a pakistani court released him on bail in 2015 israeli police have arrested a group of people at a protest to the prime minister's residence in west jerusalem thousands of people have been holding weekly protests for over 6 months now demanding that benjamin netanyahu steps down over corruption charges netanyahu is charged with fraud breach of trust but accepting bribes in 3 separate cases he denies any wrongdoing israel is headed for a 4th general election in 2 years next month. kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty almost 20 years off the executions were suspended president seemed to have signed the legislation on saturday the central asian country joined the un

international covenant on civil and political rights last year it allows only executions in times of war particularly serious crimes 11 republican senators say they refused to certify joe biden's election victory the group led by senator ted cruz plans to object when electoral college results are tallied in congress on january 6th but they need about george c. in both chambers to uphold the objection president on old trump has refused to concede defeat repeating baseless claims of electoral fraud the homes of 2 of the most senior politicians in the u.s. mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi been targeted by vandals graffiti expressed anger about congress's failure to increase funding to help people struggling during the pandemic the senate majority leader's home in kentucky was covered in spray paints with explosives and messages like where's my money overseas home in san francisco was also spray painted with graffiti and

a pig's head and fake blood left at her front door. the devaluation of libya's currency has taken effect a move that it's hoped will help the economy exchange rates a very to cross the country because of conflicts the black markets and bank notes printed have brought out a serious manic trade a report stuff from the straw to 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 dinars $2.00 while the official rate was $1.00 do you know ours a lack of availability of u.s. dollars in banks created a black market on which it currently trades at $5.00 dinars 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 of warlords lifo house tours 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 knows 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 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 and 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. abdul hamid is a professor of economy he says although prices may increase in the short term the devaluation was the right choice to make in the long term and. 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 we'll see the rate stabilize after the 1st quarter for libyans the next few months will likely get harder before they get better traina 0 misrata. yemen's prime minister says that an attack on wednesday at 8 and since national airport was an attempt to eliminate the new unity government it happened as a plane landed with members of the government on board $25.00 people were killed

and more than 100 others injured who things deny any involvement but prime minister by an octal not excited insists that they are responsible. a rising number of coronavirus cases in south korea is forcing many communities to cancel economically vital tourist events. the brightest travel to watch on county in the mountains near the border with north korea to see how it 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 sun channel on 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 county's 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 fish and deceased a 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 5th day in a 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 lee jones soon were counting on the influx of ice festival visitors who won't now becoming. the passion they babble 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 a year who supplies with produce. everyone here is hoping that by the time the ice breaks up and melts away their loss so be seeing an end to the pandemic rob mcbride al-jazeera watch on county south korea in norway rescuers continue to search for 6 people including children after a village was buried in a landslide on wednesday at least 4 people have known to have died and a helicopter rescue operations are possible the ground is too unstable more than a 1000 people have been evacuated from their homes in and around the village of osc

25 kilometers northeast of the capital. argentina's a better weapons one of the worst biodiverse regions in the ward but over the last few decades they've been severely impacted by industrial farming conservation groups and are working to reverse that damage as a bow reports from the broader national park in korea. the reader means in the local indigenous what any language water the chimes 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. trying to change in a sort of noticeable 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. at least 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 fact 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 of. 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. needed a g.p.s. color changed our 30 that are. going to be set free this is likely the last contact we will have with her so we are digging all the possible samples that how she sees them biome and 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 was rewilding 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

anteater the pompous to do to a 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 missed is when they let me know they saw

a bear they're 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 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. it's good to have you with us hello adrian figure here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera india's drug regulator has approved 2 coronavirus vaccines for emergency use one made by oxford astra zeneca the other by indian drug make up by a biotech india is hoping to vaccinate 3.