we asked masters lead engineer how her journey as an immigrant has influenced her work creativity and resourceful and it's incredibly important perseverance as well like don't give our aerospace engineer. talks to al-jazeera. the number of people killed by the coronavirus around the world passes 2000000 as brazil's aff or still live as emergency oxygen to amazonas state where hospitals are overwhelmed by a new surge in covert cases. and i know i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program is deployed everywhere. rally.

after claiming victory in thursday's election ugandan opposition leader bobby why and says the military surrounded his house. at least 42 dead and hundreds injured after indonesia was hit by a powerful earthquake which flattened a hospital. and the dutch government resigns over a child care subsidy scandal which still thousands of families are wrongly accused of benefit fraud. hello welcome to the program the world has reached another tragic milestone in the coronavirus pandemic 2000000 people are now known to have died after contracting co that 19 just over a year after the virus 1st began to circulate it was 9 months after china's 1st

warning of the disease at the world reached a 1000000 deaths but it's taken just 3 and a half months for another 1000000 people to die the u.n. secretary general is calling for a joined up approach to save more lives or well that's reached the heart wrenching by as though the government to them because not glades 2000000 lives behind the staggering numbers our names and faces the smile not only of memory the seats whatever you see at the dinner table the room that eccles with the silence of a loved one sadly the deadly impact of the been there because 'd be made worse by the absence of a global or you know you there for us in the memory of those 2000000 souls the world must we try to break that so that 80. it's the situation in brazil is right now causing particular concern with average daily cases up by 44 percent in the past 2 weeks as 2 new variants spread rapidly this in a country that's already already registered more than 200000 deaths. well the

brazilian army is transported desperately needed oxygen supplies amazonas state now off to hospitals treating coronavirus patients started running out scientists say a newly identified variant of the virus could be contributing to the shop rise in cases in the area but brazil's health minister says the situation in mouse the amazon us capital is due to a failure in the failure in the early treatment of patients relatives of deceased patients block the streets in front of mouses largest hospitals demanding on says about the shortage of oxygen which they say has been the cause of the death of their loved ones. but want to chaotic you have joins us live now from rio de janeiro a desperate situation there in the amazon a state what do we know about efforts to try and help hospitals that are struggling to treat patients there. yes so

oxygen has been sent over to not only me but all of the amazon. which is the capital of our is facing this lack of oxygen but that's not enough they're having to fly more than 280 patients from hospitals those that can be flown to other states to be treated including patients that their patients that have nothing to do with colvin 1000 like for example premature babies that are in hospitals are also suffering from this lack of oxygen so it is a very dramatic situation. was enough done the thing is that it just escalated there were a whole series of errors that were committed one of them was brazil like relaxed the measures after what they thought the 1st wave was over but we're still in the 1st wave because that never ended now there's this 2nd strain of virus which is more contagious the president has always minimized the vaccine and also the

virus in itself so that's a problem also and there is no planning there's no national planning like. how once these vaccines start once an occupation start in brazil are there enough syringes are there enough needles those are questions that still have to be answered as a situation that continues to deteriorate has it prompted a shift in the way people are responding to the virus in terms of taking precautions social distancing. well not really but not a not and b. amazon in the now they have now a curfew but like in rio where i am right now the beaches are crowded and although the situation in my mouth extremely dramatic some paulo and rio are the 2 cities in

brazil that are have the most infections so we're at the top of the list here beaches are full bars are full people are still out and about as of nothing is happening even though there was no new year's eve and carnival has been counseled but know people are not taking this more seriously ok from rio de janeiro thank you well elsewhere it's believed that one in 3 people in los angeles county has had the crime of virus and officials say covered $1000.00 is killing one person every 8 minutes southern california county is the worst hit in the u.s. which itself is the worst hit country in the world recording almost 4000 deaths on thursday alone patients are waiting hours for beds to become available in intensive care units and hospitals have delayed non-life threatening surgeries the county is recorded close to a 1000000 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and then e.u.

health ministers have expressed severe concern after pfizer announced its temporarily reducing deliveries of its vaccine across all of europe it said shipments would be affected until early february as it seeks new regulatory approvals for its manufacturing processes the european commission president says pfizer has guaranteed the delivery of all doses ordered for the 1st quarter of this year. and then some developments in china government there is building a quarantine facility that can hold up to 3000 patients in anticipation of a spike in infections ahead of the lunar new year china has largely contained further spread the virus but the resurgence in cases has raised concerns the 1st death in 8 months was reported in had a province where most of the new infections have emerged the health commission says more than 1000 people are currently being treated for cove and 1926 of them are in a serious condition.

ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says his life is in danger after on security forces were deployed to surround his home they arrived soon after the pop star turned politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from thursday's vote show him trailing the incumbent a 70 but we wind has rejected those figures as a sham claiming the widespread irregularities irregularities and votes to interference he says he'll be able to provide evidence once uganda's internet is restored but we whine spoke to al-jazeera over the phone and described the scene at his house. my house has been surrounded by them and they jumped over the fence taken over by compound a ridge that my security guy than any bad. comes will do internally it's completely shut down my phone and my wife's phone and her the

phones over the people that i am afraid been blocked by the telecom company. that is the situation now the real trick is to kill over my house and when i try to ask them they are not answering we even as we speak i can see them outside my compound might accrue to god and also be to my cabin or now my wife and i in. pursuit of we don't know what next is going to happen to our lives we have come into our property uninvited and we've reached out to the people that we believe with 'd the opposition and above the wind speaking earlier about his house being under siege he has claimed now al-jazeera catherine sawyer is in camp on a ship uganda's that she military spokesman about those claims from both the wine. as a presidential candidate is a not a common a person is not a no they're not

a person we have to ensure that we monitor his a security how to make sure we ensure that he's a safe until the declaration because all of them are still kind of it. doing to working with the police we're providing security it's even a one thing i didn't jump the incidents that happened to us talking with the 2 to jumping to his fans it is not a true what's happened to the 3 people who moved from. approaching his compound the 3 people when they reached under they really mean 3 unknown people. they realized that these 3 civilians and not to the security when they realized that they asked security because his home was also along the road and these deployments are longer those are all of their deployments to ensure that as a presidential candidate also is safe they realize some people coming to point to buckle i designed a decided to jump over there were. doing this compound thank you go to by either

vigilance of our security one of them was arrested on the 2 of them were in no way sawyer we have heard or types of allegations unfortunately some from lead us and we are getting used to eat and what is important for us is to make sure we put the fuck syberia the person who jumped over his compound was arrested on these are available he wouldn't tell his story if he was security we would know to be saying that we know this person. well in all the stories of following the u.n. refugee agency is calling for fighting in central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled to 60000 in just the space of a week on wednesday rebels try to attack the capital bunky but were pushed back by security forces a coalition of groups want to overthrow president today the want to 2nd term in office in december and ongoing conflict is also distracting the delivery of food and aid for almost 3000000 people are you when it's your the u.n.

refugee agency is today calling for the immediate and wall buy in the central african republic nearly 60000 people have been forced to seek refuge in neighboring countries of the past month a 2 fold rise in just one week most refugees who fled across to the democratic republic of the congo where the number of arrivals topped 50000 after 10000 such were up with the refugees arrived in a single day on the 30th of january. you're watching al jazeera live from london much more still ahead on the program as more people are charged over the storming of the capitol building the mayor of washington says the city will have to adjust to a new normal. and the pentagon confirms u.s. troop numbers have been cut to 2 and a half 1000 in iraq and afghanistan despite congress trying to block them and.

everywhere in central eastern europe and just beyond in russia is exceeding the color of the moment you may be not surprised to see that moscow is covered in snow but something like 35 cent of visits on the ground at the moment it fell too quickly to clear a way to make the streets quite clear this is got on this video shows that anyway now this cold air has got a lot of cloud it and the dots of low pressure as it's meet as more snow or was stormy weather to come but moscow sits in really cold and minus 14 at best buy they don't to minus $25.00 on sunday not yes these are well below average now it's not going to stay in moscow so it's going to be brought around across the baltic to give 10 pretty pretty poor conditions for poland for the baltic states and that cold weather keep pushing so as to enhance what's already over turkey in the eastern med of she's cold air of a warm or a stormy weather the same time coming if the atlantic behind it's surprising enough

warmer weather 6 degrees in london but on this boundary where you're pushing against the call the significant snow for belgium for the low countries for france eventually spoke and yet more for the northern already covered in snow but the real stormy weather with wind rain and hail is in the eastern med and levant with snow for turkey. he started as a modest man. carry a soldier who'd never imagined he might one day become president of egypt. he had an ambitious wife and son he became an autocrat and was imprisoned for the only lawful killing of protesters. the story of the rise and fall of hosni mubarak the family episode one just.

the all the way. back a look at our main story this hour 2000000 people are now known to have died from covert nighty just over a year after the virus 1st began to circulate in brazil the army has transported desperately needed oxygen supply stam a zone a state after hospitals treating coronavirus patients started running out scientists say 2 newly identified variants of the virus could be contributing to the sharp rise in cases in the area. and our other headline this hour the ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says the military has surrounded his home after he

claimed victory in the presidential election early results from thursday's vote show weiner trailing the incumbent you erema 70 but the pop star politician has rejected the figures as a sham. now the mayor of washington d.c. says the city will have to adjust to a new normal with heightened security measures that go beyond joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. has identified $270.00 suspects in connection with last week's attack on the capital including this man jacob chancellor court papers reveal he wrote a message meant for us vice president mike pence saying it's only a matter of time justice is coming but chance these lawyers say he doesn't feel at fault and as asked for a presidential pardon more than 80 people have already been charged over the violence on capitol hill u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has also spoken of possible charges for any members of congress who aided the seach if in fact it is their own that members of congress.

were accomplices to this insurrection if they aided in advantage the crime there may have to be actions taken beyond the congress and in terms of prosecution . heidi joe castro is in washington now joins us live so nancy pelosi making some very important remarks that there about the possibility of members of congress lawmakers being prosecuted. that's right and that's happening as we are seeing a dramatic ramp up of security surrounding the u.s. capitol where i'm standing now bus after bus of national guard members have been pouring in a ramp of of 20000 members of the military to be on guard here leading up to the inauguration next wednesday and that is just the military personnel as far as

physical barricades well it took 2 layers of credential checking into barricades to get to where i am now before you reach that final barricade of course with the barbed wires with soldiers standing guard many are armed with their m. 16 rifles the rules of engagement for the national guard expected to be delivered to members today likely to say that use of force would be authorized in defense of life of one's own life or others this is coming at a time where the just a week ago it was such a dramatic difference in look where i'm standing now none of these barricades existed in fact those steps leading up to the east side of the capitol were breached by that violent mob who stormed past just the flimsy layers of capitol police barricades that existed at that point we're hearing now from court

filings that those rioters have the intention that evidence of just they have the intention of kidnapping and killing public officials and this was when vice president mike pence was on the senate floor front and center and he was not evacuated until 14 minutes after the capitol itself was breached the washington post reporting that had he been evacuated even seconds later those violent members of the mob would have seen the vice president so how this could have happened those that's a big question. that all are asking including inspectors general for 3 federal agencies homeland security the interior and the department of justice all looking into how the government was caught so flat footed last week and we're seeing this as a result swaying the other direction with heavy fortifications leading up to the inauguration

. thank you very much from washington heidi jo castro. well just as we see the number of american troops being boosted in washington it's the reverse in iraq in afghanistan it's now been cut to its lowest level since seen since the wars in both countries 1st began even though congress blocked the move without a fresh assessment of the risks are now 2 and a half 1000 troops in each country as promised by president donald trump the u.s. had already moved down from $14000.00 service personnel in afghanistan last year after a deal with the taliban at the height of the conflicts there were over 100000 troops in afghanistan to more than 125000 in iraq what has been on certainty of the peace talks and a rise in violence some fear that could that the draw back could further destabilize afghanistan and you contrary reports on that now from kabul. it's america's

longest war longer even than vietnam but it could now be approaching an end for afghanistan however it could just be the beginning of even more uncertain times the pullout of u.s. troops has raised fears that without a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government in place there will be even more violence you already reads he defines there because as we speak there's fighting going on inside kandahar city district 8 or 9 so the taliban are now moving from rural areas to urban warfare and that means that the afghan forces are now fighting the taliban in fact the city is now or the city outskirts the american soldiers who remain in afghanistan are part of a u.s. led nato mission foreign troops from dozens of other nations for the 1st time outnumber the americans nato trains the afghan security forces and relies heavily

on the u.s. military for intelligence and logistics nato says it will decide on its future not gana stand in february a former afghan military chief warns of dire consequences and not only for afghanistan if all countries decide to pull out in 5 years' time if the democracy the iraqi gained newly gained very weak fragile democracy is not supported then it will break it will go into pieces the current 2 will be turned back and towards we had in the ninety's now then what happens you will have explored every day in london and frankfurt and bonn and washington and a role model whatever street you think nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says the alliance may pay a heavy price if there is a haste. and i'm coordinated withdrawal he fears of ghana stand could again become

a place from where international armed groups could organize attacks on the united states and its allies the taliban has welcomed this abrupt drawdown of american troops because it brings it closer to its main goal a complete 4 into a withdrawal security has been rapidly deteriorating across the country and even here in kabul explosions and targeted assassinations have become daily events afghans see their country in a downward spiral and some are more than happy to be rid of us troops. americans must leave us a presence is meaningless the reason is that americans were not able to bring security in afghanistan in 17 years and were not able to bring peace for the afghan people. but others see problems ahead. we're going towards more difficulties and we're getting more concerned and all the

people especially the young are asking the u.s. to continue their support the should keep their troops at least some to stay in afghanistan. now all eyes are on the next u.s. president joe biden who has suggested he wants to keep a small military presence in afghanistan in which case america's longest war will become even longer filioque entre for al jazeera a couple. at least 42 people have been killed and 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island of sin away see thousands of people in 2 cities have been displaced and the authorities are warning of potential off the shocks from jakarta jesica washington reports. on the indonesian island of pseudo a.c a massive search and rescue effort is underway a $6.00 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of friday morning struck at a depth of just 10 kilometers the cities of marginalia mahmoud you have been

hardest hit with many buildings being severely damaged. search teams found this young girl trapped under the debris of a house but she says her name is angel and she isn't sure how many people are still under the rubble and. she's told she will be ok. the earthquake and aftershocks triggered landslides blocking roads and making it difficult for more rescue teams to gain access to the affected cities president djoko dodos says every effort will be made to get to those in need. are in the name of the indonesian government and all the people of indonesia express or condolences to the victims who had passed away i urge the people to stay calm and to follow the instructions given by officials on the ground. these are small communities magine is home to just 150000 people and at least 15000 of them

have now been displaced authorities warn there may be more destruction. the buildings were hit by 2 quakes and at least 28 aftershocks and because the epicenter is near the beach there's a possibility of underwater landslides so that's why the stills and i mean potential. hospital collapsed in the disaster and local media report at least 4 people were trapped beneath the debris the air traffic control tower. at the nearby airport was also damaged communications are being restored and military personnel and additional search and rescue workers are attempting to reach the area just to washington al-jazeera to carter. north korea has unveiled what it says a new submarine launched ballistic missiles they appeared hearing a parade marking the end of the country's largest political convention kempe jong un has vowed to expand his country's nuclear arsenal the display of military strength is seen as a message to the united states and its incoming president joe biden the dutch

government has resigned over a child benefit scandal which drove thousands of families to financial ruin prime minister mark ritter and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections held on march 17th a parliamentary report blame them for mismanaging a child care subsidies scheme which saw around 10000 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on their ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros which i am interested as would we are of one mind that if the whole system has failed we must all take responsibility and that has led to the conclusion that i have just offered the king the resignation of the entire cabinet . to the parents affected by the child care allowance of i would like to say this we will continue to work for prompt compensation and for the improvements that are necessary in the future with friday's decision the government wants to do justice

to those who have been unprecedented lee wronged. well the parliamentary inquiry found families were driven to bankruptcy on employment or divorce janet ramos are was among those wrongfully accused and describes the hardship she endured. you know from i had to pay back 5 years of childcare allowance every year i had to provide data to prove i was really entitle to the money and i did that every time but the texel authorities indicated that i had never provided it the amount of money was almost $40000.00 euros which i had to pay back and that turned out to be unjustified. it was terrible because at a certain point you can't pay me bills you can no longer afford anything you get a wage seizure and you allowances are withheld my bank account was seized i couldn't go shopping or pay regular life costs and even got into more debt. says the prime minister says he will still run for a 4th term during that march election which has angered some families vasant has

the reaction from amsterdam. this so walk of shame so to speak is seen as merely symbolic here by many even including the parents who have become victims of this huge scandal in which prime minister mark curtis sad the government did not protect its citizens many mistakes have been made in many things have gone horribly wrong so he is taking responsibility the cabinet is taking responsibility but they will all stay on except for one minister of economic affairs who has actually resigned but the government will stay on to take care of course of this so serious grown up and make and the next week 9 weeks there will be an election and prime minister marketa will run again and there were many questions about this during the press conference he held after he announced that the cabinet has resigned and many were asking him why are you not taking individual responsibility you were the prime minister for the last 10 years many of these years at this candle happened when the

tax office was hunting down tens of thousands of the trama least wrongly accusing them of fraud racially profiling them discriminating them because of where they're coming from their double nationality so there's a lot of for questions being asked a white is a prime minister rather than a feeling personally responsible and he said that he didn't have the individual responsibility as a minister and he wants the voters to decide in march. look at the headlines this hour 2000000 people are now known to have died after contracting the corona virus just a very year after it 1st began to circulate it was 9 months after china's 1st warning of the disease of the world which the 1000000 deaths the 2nd 1000000 lives were lost in the space of just 3 and

a half months. reached the heart wrenching by the government.