and professional expertise make them see eye to eye. my fire back my mother part of the viewfinder asian series on al-jazeera. a cry for help hospitals in brazil's amazon the states are running out of oxygen and struggling to cope as they try to contain covert 19. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. refuses to reverse its decision to label yemen's who thiis as a terrorist group despite a warning it will be a death sentence for yemenis. the u.s. vice president assures americans he's committed to

a safe and old aeration as the f.b.i. raises concerns about potential for violence across the country. counting votes in uganda's general election the incumbent president is seeking a 6th term and his main rival is a musician turned politician. well the health system of the brazilian state of i'm assuming this is at the point of collapse because of a surge in corona virus infections hospitals are running out of beds and the reports of patients dying because there's not enough oxygen to treat them now doctors and nurses have put messages on social media pleading for more supplies such as fear and you variant of the virus detected in brazil is likely to be more contagious that's prompted the u.k. to ban travel from every country in south america as well as portugal because of its strong links with brazil several other governments are introducing tighter

restrictions to try to stop the spread of the virus lebanon's announced an 11 day round the clock curfew after a dramatic surge in cases while france has extended its nighttime stay at home order or monica yant caves in rio de janeiro monica tell us more about the situation in manassas wellman as has been the situation is very critical it escalated from one day to the worst already no room at the hospitals there is no room in the cemeteries to various people but now today there was no oxygen and health workers were so desperate that they were asking for help trying to juggle around these oxygen cylinders and asking people just to give whatever they could to the hospitals and here is pretty much what they had to say. god. have mercy

on us we are in a deplorable situation we have simply run out of oxygen in an entire health care unit we have no. there are a lot of people dying if anyone has any oxygen available please send it to us at the redemption clinic piece in this video to everyone please they are many people dying please put the love of god. this is chaos we were seeing just small stock of oxygen but it will only last 2 hours. this is so. we need oxygen we have one cylinder for 5 people in one room doctors amazing patients take turns breathing for the love of god doctors don't know what else to do this is a calamity. well the situation now in brazil is that the health minister had a meeting they are today and he said that. he finally said he would set

a date for the vaccination campaign and that would be the next. january 29th the problem is that there's no health of regulatory agency and will only meet on saturday to decide which vaccines it will or will be allowed to be distributed in the country it still has not given give their children why but and people are very skeptical here because there's been a lot of political infighting the president has downplayed the virus and vaccines from the beginning meanwhile governors have been taking their stand governor of some ball which is brazil rich of state has said he would not wait for the federal government to take a decision and he would start vaccinating people in sao paulo with the chinese vaccine put on my back on january 25 but he also needs the approval from the state regulatory agency which he does not have and today. the government the federal

government has sent a plane to india to fetch 2000000 doses of the after zeneca vaccine which brazil is also working to produce here but still has not enough apparently monica thank you very much indeed have bring us up to date foam over the additional. well that vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical firms son of the monica mentioned is coming under scrutiny from regulators it's being tried in brazil and scientists there now say the lasers data shows it's only 50 percent effective that's far below the 78 percent the brazilian researchers announced last week they say the original figures did not include all the data from the clinical trials but the vaccine known as corona vikas deemed to be effective the world health organization a set the benchmark rate at 50 percent said of ag has defended its vaccine saying it is still safe for use and unlike the pfizer vaccine it doesn't need to be frozen

the job's been ordered by at least 10 countries including turkey and indonesia where turkey's president of egypt has received that chinese made sign about corona virus vaccine ahead of a mass inoculation drive shots were given to more than 250000 health care workers on the 1st day of the national vaccine rollout the country's reported more than 2300000 cases of the virus and more than 23000 deaths the u.s. is being urged to reverse its decision to designate yemen's hoofy rebels a terrorist group the u.n. warns that could tip the country into a large scale famine secretary of state might pump aoe says the who things must be held accountable for what he's calling terrorist acts and soon reports from the united nations. it was a brutal attack on eden's airport just as newly appointed yemeni government

officials arrived killing more than 20 people including civilians and aid workers but what the u.s. has done since blaming iran back to the separatists and designating them a terrorist organization will have more deadly and far reaching consequences that according to martin gryphus the united nations special envoy who recently visited the country we fear my mission there will be inevitably a chilling effect of my efforts to bring the parties together even worse according to the u.n. and aid agencies the move is likely to push yemen over the brink and into widespread famine after 6 years of civil war 16000000 people more than half of the population already rely on humanitarian assistance to buy food 90 percent of which is imported aid agencies say the terrorism designation will disrupt the supply chain increase prices and possibly cause suppliers to pull out of the country altogether david beasley has the nobel prize winning the world food program. with

the designation. it's going to be catastrophic it literally is going to be added up senates hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocent people in yemen and quite frankly it needs to be reversed the united states has promised to work with aid agencies but says the move is needed as years of peace talks have yielded little in the way of results i want to ensure that everyone in this council and our briefers their views their concerns are informing how we approach the designation implementation and we are listening. we do believe that this step is the right move forward the designation of iranian back to these as terrorists is the final salvo in the united states' so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran and it's due to go into effect on january 19th one day before

president trump leaves office already there are calls on president elect joe biden to reverse the decision along with the warning that by that time damage will already have been done christine salumi al jazeera the united nations security is being stepped up in the u.s. capitol and as the f.b.i. reports extensive online chatter about threats to president elect joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. director says the security service is concerned about the potential for violence at the january 20th event $20000.00 national guard troops are expected in washington d.c. in the lead up to the inauguration to secure the city mike hanna is joining us now from washington d.c. mike understand that vice president mike pence has been holding a roundtable with security chiefs just talk us through what's been happening there . here's the vice president went to the federal emergency

management agency for discussions with security chiefs who will be guiding security throughout the sin organization period he was also accompanied by the director of the f.b.i. christopher ray speaking in public for the 1st time since those events last wednesday and christopher ray warned off a great deal of online chatter as he put it saying that there is a real threat of armed action by individuals over the inauguration period he says that part of the problem in actually ascertaining who these individuals are or what they intend doing is the difference between what he called the aspirational or the intentional what he's talking about those who just talk about doing something and those who are actually planning and intend to do it so great concern on the part of the f.b.i. mike pence himself says that america deserves a peaceful inauguration and pledges himself to do everything to walk to work towards that now there's a man security in washington come inauguration day there could be upwards of

$20000.00 soldiers in the district that's more than arbiter ploy in any base overseas just a sign of how seriously the situation is being viewed outside agencies as well out taking action airlines for example banning alcohol on any flights that come into d.c. they were also warned that there will be an absolutely stringent mask wearing policy enforced on all the flights b. and b. for example has canceled all bookings of the inauguration period so there is a massive crackdown within the district one that is totally unprecedented marty thanks very much indeed that's my kind of talking to us from washington d.c. a want to talk to cameron greenberg she's director of the fordham university school of laws center on national security she's joining us live from new york via skype it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera one would imagine that every inauguration there is a number of perceived threats that are. acted one would expect that would you

assume that that's the same case with this one i want to ask about something slightly different when we saw the raid that they attacked that was happening on capitol hill there were a number of former and current military personnel involved in that and police officers as well how great do you think the threat is from inside on the day of the inauguration you know i think it's a tremendous concern about what they're concerned about as he said inside the guard national guard inside the capitol police but we know it's had problems with racial issues in the past inside the police forces so there is tremendous concern about it on the other hand we are it is a sense even as they express this concern that they know who these individuals are and can send a message about this so there's no question as puts people makes people nervous that it's a reality but they're aware of it which is much better than denying doesn't exist

so taking that into consideration what are the differences in security threats at this inauguration as opposed to previous inaugurations then. yeah you know if it's a completely different kind of inauguration 1st of all the national mall will be completely closed down it already is completely closed down and i believe the amount of public that will be able to observe you know this is an outdoor inauguration that we'll be able to observe it will be relatively nonexistent compared to the crowds that are usually allowed to observe this will be very much a not a public event as we understand public events to be and then you can't underestimate just the sense of fear that i think everybody involved in the inauguration will be coming to the inauguration with it whether it's the people surrounding the. present on the biden or others so they are there's a heightened sense of what this is all about starting now i mean look we the ramp

up to the inauguration and the protection that started yesterday and it's been a continual interview no gration on wednesday and thank you a sense of the seriousness of which they're taking it so it will be small in terms of the observers almost nonexistent in terms of public and the amount of troops that are now and will be in in d.c. and around the capitol where this is as you said unprecedented in american history there were countless out of the fight of course we're talking about the inauguration but there is concern that there may well be attacks of various parts of the of the u.s. how great do you think that threat is. no it's really hard to say i think that there are there probably is as they say chatter about it it's one thing to have chatter and another thing to be able to ramp up the kind of violence 1st but you have to have people that are willing to do that at the risk of being arrested now that people are on alert this is not something that he brushed on do that well

actually and we sense of urgency be ability to paul and come after the forces and to be you know aware and vigilant is pronounced and you know look this is what law enforcement and intelligence services are supposed to do they're supposed to protect people and they're supposed to particularly protect them in public events particularly those that will involve the essence of american democracy at an election and they need to be able to do this and i think they were looking at the way to get to get your thoughts on this congress about we appreciate your time on thank you very much indeed thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera underpaid and overlooked medical workers in peru go on strike over working conditions in a country severely affected by the corona virus pandemic. she has earmarked 10 years since an uprising demanding better living conditions but many people say their lives haven't gotten any better.

the wind has just broken a record in montana yes i know said windy place where it's been even windy and that screaming cold wind is just the plain states on friday comes up again so it's part of wrapped around the systems of some snow involved in that not a huge amount of mr lee but you could probably use the word blizzard for lincoln in the brusca and as the wind dies down it stays cold when the wind picks up again for sunday attempt it looks like for you get out a wind chill of that of course the whole system swirls around and disappears eastwards nothing extreme apart from the wind is like it happened afterwards even down south in the new orleans isn't as cold as it was about 5 days ago the pacific sea both looking nice san francisco's 80 degrees the rain stopped falling in washington state it's gone north of the border for british columbia it's equally

quite quiet pleasant most of the caribbean the wind is in the strong as it was daily showers seem likely briefly heavier ones in the bahamas through florida and cuba because of that car would have it's looking out across the gulf of mexico i think was an increase in the rain in honduras come saturday as well big showers the south of that in the argentine pompous in the southeast of brazil it's that time of year summary and wet. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bind this regime he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines how will a place like it live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting

for an inside story on al-jazeera. ga ga 0 most of our top stories this hour the health system in the brazilian state of amazonas is at the point of collapse because of a surge in corona virus infections hospitals in the state capital announced are running out of beds and oxygen. the u.s. has refused to reverse a decision to designate yemen's hooty rebels a terrorist group the u.n. warns that could tip the country into a large scale famine security's being stepped up in the u.s. capitol as the f.b.i. reports extensive online chatter about threats to president elect joe biden's in

old aeration next week 20000 national guard troops are expected in washington d.c. in the lead up to the event. votes are being counted in uganda's closely contested election with the final results expected by saturday supporters of opposition leader bobby wine gathered at polling stations to watch ballots being cast because of fears of fraud line once and president yoweri museveni is in 35 use in power katherine sawyer reports from kampala. voting in some polling stations started late because of delays in the delivery of materials at this station on the outskirts of kampala people waited patiently for an hour before they could cast their ballots one thing we had disappointed when they were the government has handed to the whole versus the internet is going to working and then rethink is there one presidential where it was 70 voted in western uganda has previously won some opposition politicians and electoral commission officials against what he described as

attempts to rig the election. some opposition leaders including bobby wine the strongest challenger have sent the same message weiner arrived at his polling station to an enthusiastic crowd and later arched them to stay on the polling stations to mourn and to the process and got their votes many voters here say they just want a leadership that is going to provide them with the basics jobs lower taxes for small business owners a reasonable education for their children and this issues have been overshadowed by pre-election violence we've seen in the last few months police crackdown on found opposition leaders and their supporters as well as path anality politics. maureen. south spare parts is disappointed that what matters to her was not well addressed in the election campaigns with the minimum of young people who are not employed many are forced to travel abroad to get jobs that have no dignity they must trace

it but they desperate that needs to change the dynamic of the policing of the elections on political analysts a kind of it's could not properly sell their vision to voters the issues in uganda are not about ideologies the issues in uganda today about. the issues in uganda are about political disagreement. with should we change. their lector or commission says final results will be declared on saturday. the u.s. the european union and civil society groups have already said the process has been tainted and lots transparency and accountability many ugandans fear there could be violence if the results are contested catherine al-jazeera kampala. healthcare workers in peru have gone on strike demanding better working conditions the

country's experiencing a surge of coronavirus cases those in the frontline say they don't have the equipment needed to keep them safe and save lives money in a sanchez reports from lima. putting pressure on an already strained health system peruvian doctors and nurses have gone on strike indefinitely they say until the government increases the budget to help pay for better equipment. we lack infrastructure oxygen human resources equipment we can't go on like this it will be worse than last year and you know last year analysts say nearly 90000 peruvians died of covert 19 a 2nd wave this threatening more lives including health care workers. we are in the line of fire tending to the sick with security measures we are going to die because there are no vaccines here no beds no specialized personnel not enough oxygen.

health officials say i.c.u. wards are at near capacity coronavirus cases have spiked after the end of your holidays and not only impeding. the pan-american health organization says cases are rising in every country in the americas it's only in the last week 2 and a half 1000000 people were infected with the virus. hospitals are overwhelmed with the cases reaching a 6 month high in the mayor of. a strict quarantine this weekend and asked president to stop meeting family members mexico's fast tracking authorization for the russians seem with more than one and a half 1000000 mexicans infected. back in paid to president francis tightened restrictions in many regions imposing early curfews till the end of jan. analysts blame the covert spike in latin america to

a more contagious virus strain and they say the consequences may be devastating but if you don't we go. it seems. to have 90000 dead in our history and you don't understand this doesn't end with a vaccine you must continue everyone is affected we must be strong and this is the government's message. but health care workers have the wrong message to the government do more to help those on the front line of this crisis. identifying to. people. jordan has started vaccinating syrian refugees living in the northern zaatari camp against coronavirus initiative makes it one of the 1st countries to begin inoculating un registered refugees about 2000 in the 78000 refugees at the camp have been registered to receive the vaccine jim is ian's will be marking the 10th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew longtime dictators

in the lab again ben ali and forced him into exile subsequent protests swept across much of the arab world the uprising was sparked in december 2010 luncheon is in the street vendor mohamed boise's set himself on fire people took to the streets over living standards and unemployment the violent response by police led to riots it was dubbed the jasmine revolution in january 20th levon president ben ali resigned after 23 years in power and fled to saudi arabia elections were then held in a tobar and the previously banned in the uk the party won the majority vote the following year ben ali was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for inciting violence and murder then in 2015 the chin is in national dialogue quartet a group of civil society members won the nobel peace prize for its contribution to building a pluralistic democracy. is at its head and chief of the chin is in news and analysis website miss col explains how the country has changed since the uprising

a stance of lake over it was that the reason why the government announced a 4 day lockdown although the state scientific committee has said that 4 days but they wouldn't do anything and we've actually seen and the space where people protested 10 years ago downtown tunis empty today you know that was the place where people really rejected a police state where security forces fired on them in this fight that the revolution succeeded and today they were really prevented from from entering that space so in some ways people people were talking about the big counter-revolutionary atmosphere today on this day 10 years later and that really sums up where it has has come to at this point you know it's difficult to say where the gains of the revolution have been there have been free and fair elections there's been a new constitution which many people are crazed for really securing new rights new personal freedoms but at the same time though we've seen those elections the turnout has gone down every time they've had elections as people really start to

feel disillusioned with whether these elections whether the politics this can actually respond to people's up political economic and social needs we have to remember as well that aside from the current health crisis that we're seeing in tunisia there's also an economic crisis an economic malaise that's been going on for the last several years there's been an i.m.f. program in place the loan program which has included a lot of austerity measures including freezing public sector hiring most crucially today when the health ministry often see doctors who end up going abroad and you see other people really you can even lower cost as well trying to leave saying they don't feel like there's enough economic opportunity here. cambodia has begun a mass trial of dozens of opposition figures at least $120.00 people with links to the forcibly dissolved national rescue party face charges of treason and incitement human rights activists say the trial is a move by longtime leader one son to consolidate his power on the reports. theory

saying a cambodian american human rights activist and lawyer is facing charges of conspiracy to commit treason and incitement to create social disorder she's described the charges as absurd but at the same time hasn't ruled out the possibility that she could be found guilty and sentenced to pretty much the political theater the decision will be made by politicians not judges so this is why we know that it's not a genuine trial i'm being persecuted for my political opinion nearly 130 people mostly former supporters and members of the disbanded opposition party the cambodian national rescue party all c.n.r. pete have been charged with similar crimes their trial was due to begin last november but the court split the cases into 2 with one hearing due to start on thursday the other in march the un has voiced concerns the charges appear to be

politically motivated many defendants are accused of being involved with organizing a failed trip by former opposition leaders sam rainsy to return to cambodia from self-imposed exile branes he had been prime minister who is biggest political rival for years in 2017 a year before the last general election who launched a sweeping crackdown on his opponents. the c. an r.p. was forced by the court to disband its leader kemp soca arrested ahead of the election rights activists say the upcoming trial will help sen who's been prime minister if the 36 to strengthen his grip on power what we're seeing in cambodia today is the consolidation of dictatorship we're seeing the last vestiges of political opposition swept away that means local and provincial councillors of the sea in r.p. various political activists civil society people are all being swept up in these

mass trials the government says the charge is on the judgment and that the trial will proceed like any other florence li al jazeera. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is in hospital in monaco with heart problems the 84 year old says he's in good health and is expected to return home in a few days but as connie had major heart surgery and 2016 and also overcame prostate cancer media mogul no longer holds public office but remains the head of his faults a tally a party and his vocal in national politics. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the health system in the brazilian state of on the sourness is at the point of collapse because of a surge in corona virus infections all spittles in the state capital now so running out of beds and oxygen.