if this breaks up a little conflict between buggiest 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 just 0. india approves 2 vaccines for emergency use one made by oxford astra zeneca the other locally produced. hello i'm adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a large crowd gathers in baghdad's capital to mark a year since the u.s. assassinated the arabian general custom sum of money will get a live update. as they share prepares for a presidential runoff those attackers raid 2 villages killing more than 70 people plus. i'm rob mcbride in south korea at the mountain town famous for its

ice festival that has plenty of ice and go faster. 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 of the other was developed in india the been nationwide drills to prepare for the large scale rollout the government wants monocular 8300000000 people in the next 6 to 8 months that will be one of the biggest and 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 a manufactured inside the country dr rajiv does gupta is a professor of public health

a job yet never university he says that there will be inevitable hitches rolling out the vaccines across india the indian vaccine is. it is an inactivated vaccine it's co-developed along with. the indian consulate medical research and about it but it which is based it had about for the production. its in its face straight 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 the general offended however it's likely that in the initial stages. in the sarah minister of india a vaccine would be available in larger quantities than they've had by the vaccine we are certainly optimistic india's immunization fundamentals are strong there has been a period of preparation particularly for 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 whether it's logistics whether it's delivery whether it's communications related and therefore a white 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. the u.s. has a fast more than 350000 covert 19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic for the 270000 people tested positive for the virus that's a new daily record and takes the total number of cases in the united states to more than $20000000.00. or than 70 people have been killed in 2 attacks on villages in

western asia it happened in the tele barre region unstable area neighboring mali akina faso and been in fighters from armed groups linked to al qaida and eisel cross in and out of the poor us border and we'll get the latest from our correspondent in the arm a little later in this bulletin 2 french soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in mali it happened during an operation in the medical region just days after 3 others died in a similar attack or than 50 french soldiers have been killed in mali and other countries in the cell region since 20 the scene around 5000 of the ploy as part of the fight against all groups. vigils and protests are being held to mark one year since the u.s. assassinated iran's top military general custom samani crowds are marching through baghdad where salomone was killed near the international airport in

a drone strike terror on in washington have accused each other of escalating tension in the run up to the saree earlier this week the u.s. flew be $52.00 bombers over the gulf intending to caution against any retaliatory attack well a spokesman for the iraqi militia with close ties to iran has to mounted the removal of american troops. but the presence of these american forces 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 some of moneys legacy he joined the revolutionary guard of the 1980. and force on the front lines 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 he delegated iranian and american diplomats to meet they briefly worked together against the taliban before the relationship

deteriorated in iraq so the money helped iran backed faces during the fight against eisel though many iraqis are angered by iran the continuing influence and 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 faces backing president bashar assad and was instrumental to that government's survival throughout the civil war he survived many attempts on his life inside iran and abroad but it would be in iraq where he was assassinated at the age of 62 we have 2 correspondents with us this hour dorsett jabari standing by for us in teheran but 1st let's go to charles struck foot is in tahrir square in baghdad where people have gathered what's happening where you are charles. but right now we're in tahrir square

a square that of course for more than a year received anti-government protests demanding jobs and political change an end to corruption day it's a very different message seemingly cold for very specific group and powerful group of people here in iraq this protest was called for by iran the part groups over describe this militias here and they are demanding that the government. act immediately all the promises that it's made as a result of a resolution was passed in parliament last january following the assassination of so lemony that wants an immediate withdrawal or with rule of u.s. full seize from this country. the people here are demanding that that resolution be implemented immediately and they're also demanding full revenge revenge that we've heard being called full since these assassination

a year ago but it seems as if those kind of cry out for revenge are increasing indeed there was a statement made by the spokes person from a very powerful. group a group called hezbollah. and i'll just read what he said he said the revenge will come soon blood is still boiling we will not enter the devil's embassy i will not trouble the government today that's a reference to the american embassy but he said we still have more time so very much an indication of the kind of fiery rhetoric that continues here from these powerful iran backed groups i don't need to cation at the kind of pressure that is being put on the government here in iraq jones how realistic are these demands to have the u.s. troops leave iraq. well what we do know is

that the prime minister. went to washington last year in this and was told by u.s. officials that they would be indeed a troop withdrawal troop withdrawal of those u.s. full seize but that could take up to 3 years as president donald trump has already promised that there will be a drooler down of u.s. will see sperm around 30022500 boy made to john you. certainly the people here who have organized these protests from the thousands that have gathered in the square say that that is nowhere near fallston of their demanding a far more immediate response they accuse call them a the prime minister here of listening too much to the americans and have made it not really vital threats towards him quite direct threats to wilton as we heard in that statement from the spokesperson of. interestingly looking just quickly what we

expect from president biden the incoming u.s. president that he's made statements in the polls that he seems to be sympathetic to the being. u.s. troop contingent remaining in iraq there are concerns about ongoing training of iraqi full scenes in the fight against despite not being declared victory but it remains still unclear just how a new american administration led by president biden will respond to these demands here in iraq i don't see the kind of pressures that he will be on the military officials in washington. stratford reporting live from tahrir square in baghdad charles many thanks let's go live now to test run as it is still such a body is also took us through what's happened in iran since saudi's assassination of what's happening there today to mark the anniversary. well for the commemoration services they began on friday at town university where

a number of high ranking officials including the head of the revolutionary guard to mark the occasion and they raided iran's position that is revenge what we also heard from charles the sentiments in baghdad from those groups that have come out the feeling here is that the assassination is not been fully events by the iranians and that at the right time they will do so in terms of what's happened. the assassination of us and so many there's been a series of events that have unfolded that have really put a strain on iran's already fragile relationship with the western countries including the assassination of a high ranking nuclear scientist and defense official in november some factories out there was assassinated just outside of the capital in broad daylight and iran blames israel for that assassination there's also a series of sabotage events that took place over the summer at various nuclear

sites that have not been. answered about what actually took place the iranians haven't come forth with exactly what unfolded including an explosion at that tense nuclear facility in early july there's also been a lot of calls for iran to abandon the nuclear agreement of 2015 that is one of the main reasons they're on the government is still adamant that the incoming u.s. administration of president like joe biden will return to that agreement then this sanctions that iran has been under that have really crippled the country's economy will be lifted so there is some hope that the new administration there will be some relief for iranians and one of the main reasons analysts who believe there hasn't been a harsher response from the iranians they haven't reacted to these assassinations and these events is because there is hope that the incoming u.s. administration will return to the nuclear deal so iran is biding its time open for

that to happen before they take any further action al-jazeera still says you've already lived in turkey but it. we're going to weather update next here and i was there and then a new currency exchange rate comes into force in libya raising hopes of reviving economy battered by violence and trying to keep their heads above water the efforts to protect argentina's wildlife. how i once again we got more very heavy rain in the forecast for the south of thailand just around the malaysia peninsula seats of very heavy rain into singapore as around hoffa generally average in 24 hours but part of indonesia even wetter still of a 200 millimeters of rain i think over the next couple of days away the weather will be just around the south of vietnam this little system just pushes through the

south china sea and just back toward southern thailand towards the malaysia peninsula usual scattering a shower some very active storms there rumbling across much of malaysia and it dates into indonesia joining up with a wet weather that we have across northern parts of australia you see this little area of cloud here and this circulation mehlis is one we've been talking about for a couple of days now that tropical low looks likely to develop into a tropical side phone and if it does so this will be called image and and affecting northern parts of queensland with some very heavy rain flooding is likely and you can see how that west weather just extends this way up towards cannes further south see some showers continuing across the eastern side of the new south wales eastern parts of it to we also see a somewhat weather wet weather grassy making its way towards new zealand back over towards the west it stays hot dry and sunny in perth with a high of 36. but.

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approved 2 coronavirus fax ins for emergency use the oxford astra zeneca jab at another produced by indian drugmaker biotech have been given the green light. more than 70 people have been killed in attacks on to fill it isn't western digital it happened in an unstable border region neighboring mali the kenya faso and the need . of thousands of people gathering in baghdad a year since the u.s. assassinated the iranian general custom solomonic many of the protesters are demanding that the u.s. withdraw its forces from iraq. which leads to the coronavirus pandemic the u.k. government is facing a backlash and legal action from teachers after plans to reopen schools lawyers for head teachers union have written to the government demanding proof that it's safe to resume classes during the pandemic they're calling for a moat learning's resume as a more contagious coronavirus variant continues to spread across the u.k. schools in parts of the country abuse are reopening in the reopened in the coming

weeks the teachers union say that that's putting public health at risk will you case have 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 and astra zeneca it's the 2nd to be approved along with the pfizer b.-o. undertake. zimbabwe has entered its 2nd bashed a lockdown for the next 30 days only essential locations like hospitals pharmacies and supermarkets will be open as an overnight curfew is in force there's been a huge spike in infections over the holiday season in a country that's already struggling with a deepening economic crisis soaring inflation and high unemployment. the devaluation of libya's currency has taken effect a move that it's hoped will help the economy exchange rates are varied across the country because of conflicts the black market and bank notes printed aboard on

a train a report stuff from 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 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 relief i have to say 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 you know 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. 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 this 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 will see the rate stabilize after the 1st quarter for libyans the next few months will likely get harder before they get better training. yemen's port is reopening on monday following the attack on wednesday which killed 25 people it happened as a plane landed carrying members of a new unity government who think rebels deny being involved but prime minister. insists that they are responsible who. it was a major terrorist attack that meant to eliminate government local authorities municipal appointees all those waiting at the airport it was

a horrific attack thank god it didn't come to that but the planning and techniques of this attack are ones that who have used before with the same guided missiles the preliminary evidence and investigation points to the who these being behind this returning now to more than 70 people have been killed in attacks on 2 villages in spring in a series of address in the capital they are what more do we know about these attacks. well the situation yesterday. 2 villages attacked near the border with mali officials say they suspect the attackers crossed in tunisia from neighboring mali but also there that area has seen some inter communal violence between different communities and that area so a government delegation is now on the way to that area where they have a military base and the attack took place by the way 20 kilometers away from that

military base the devastation according to local sources is huge homes were burned down apart from the dozens that were killed in one of the villages and now the government yesterday confirmed to us that yes more than 50 people were killed in one village but they don't know exactly how many people were killed in the village but what we hear is that the number of people killed in both villages is more than 70 it could be more and several dozens others have been injured and have been taken to hospital so far that's what we know now as there was an address there reporting live from there on the capital of michel a rising number of coronavirus cases in south korea is forcing many communities there to cancel economically vital tourist events the brightest travel to watch on county in the mountains to the border with both 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 sunshine or 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 annual ice 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 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 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 lee jones soon we're counting on the influx of ice festival visitors who won't now becoming. passion push him and it's been difficult for everyone small businesses an employee 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 their loss so be seeing an end to the

pandemic rob mcbride al-jazeera watch on county south korea. rescuers in norway continue to search for 6 people including children after a village was buried by a landslide on wednesday at least 4 people have died only helicopter rescue operations are possible because the ground is unstable all that a 1000 people a bit of a curated from the homes in and around the village of oskar which is 25 kilometers northeast of the capital oslo argentina's a better weapons a one of the most biodiverse regions in the world but over the last few decades they've been severely impacted by industrial farming conservation groups are now working to reverse that damage so there is a bow reports from about a national park inquiry into this. event i means in the local indigenous quote any language water the chinese and here in the province of quality in these in northeastern argentina they respond. 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. 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. that 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 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. 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. and then buy a mint 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. 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 anteater the pumpers to do to a start to come and communities get involved this is a model of producing nature because at least 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 the bears 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. 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. argentina has tough economic problems to deal with and that's not being helped by the corona virus 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 one of portugal's most renowned singers as died at the age of 81 colace

to carmel was known as the sinatra father music because. when you. come portugal's to play a monday on national day of mourning in 2014 the comma is the 1st portuguese artist received a lesson from a lifetime achievement award he died of heart complications on new year's day all being treated at the hospital in this book. it's good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines of al-jazeera india's drug regulator has approved to corona virus vaccine for emergency use the oxford astra zeneca jab at another produced by the indian drug maker bot a biotech of both been given the green lives in the us a possible than 300.