and professional expertise make them see eye to eye. my father my mother part of the viewfinder asian series on al-jazeera 'd. the number of people killed by the corona virus around the world passes 2000000 as emergency oxygen supplies are sent to amazonas state to stop patients suffocating to death brazil's president says there's little he can do about that. low i maryam namazie of watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program soldiers surround the house of ugandan opposition leader bobby why it oftentimes victory in the presidential election and at least 42 people are dead and

hundreds are injured after indonesia was hit by a powerful earthquake which flattened a hospital. the world has reached another tragic milestone in the coronavirus pandemic 2000000 people are now known to have died after contract in covert 19 just over a year after the virus 1st began to circulate according to johns hopkins university it was 9 months after china's 1st warning of the disease that 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 joint off approach to save more lives or wall that's reached the heart wrenching as though the government then because not glades $2000000.00 lives. behind these 30 numbers are names and faces the smile not only of memory the seats whatever at the

dinner table the room that echoes with the silence of a loved one said the devil impact of the pandemic as be made worse by the absence of a global organizing their phones in the memory of those $2000000.00 souls the world must fix we try to great of solidarity is the situation in brazil it's causing particular concern right now average daily cases are up by 44 percent in the past 2 weeks as 2 new variants spread rapidly through the population base in a country that's already registered more than 200000 deaths. where brazilian army has transported desperately needed oxygen supplies to amazonas state after hospitals treating coronavirus patients started running out scientists say a newly identified variant of the virus could be contributing to a sharp rise in cases but results health minister says the situation in men now sit in the the amazonas capital is due to a failure in the early treatment of patients relatives of deceased patients block

the streets in front of the now says largest hospitals demanding answers about the oxygen shortage which they say caused the deaths of their loved ones meanwhile brazil's president has been speaking out saying he can't do much about and he praised his health minister for doing a quote exceptional job as the 3rd father of the for the other problem we are always doing what we have to do the problem with minocin is terrible but we've done our part providing resources and means today the armed forces have launched a field hospital the health minister was there on monday and provided oxygen. there is money can a kid have is in rio de janeiro and has more on the story they're having to fly more than 280 patients from hospitals those that can be flown to other states to be treated including patients their patients that have nothing to do with cold that night you might 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 way 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 the virus in itself so that's a problem also and there is no planning there's no national planning well elsewhere it's believed that one in 3 people in los angeles county has had coronavirus officials a sank of a 1000 is killing one person that every 8 minutes southern california county is the worst hit in the united states which itself is the west country in the world recording almost $4000.00 deaths on thursday alone patients waiting hours for beds

to become available in intensive care units and hospitals have delayed non-life threatening surgeries county has recorded close to a 1000000 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began well the u.s. president elect joe biden has been outlining his vaccination plan which aims to get 100000000 vaccines administered in his 1st 100 days in office all americans over the age of 65 as well as front line workers will be encouraged to take the job the defense production act will also be used to increase the supply of viles syringe is and needles but he warned that there are still difficult times ahead. things will get worse before they get better i told you our always level with. you know the policy changes we're going to be making them take time to show up in the covert statistics not just to 6 is people's lives people get infected

today don't show up in case counts for weeks those who perished in this disease die weeks after exposure so it will take time and i know there are things we can do we can do them. in other developments health ministers have expressive their concern they say after 5 is 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 old doses ordered for the 1st quarter of this year or china says it's building a quarantine facility that can hold up to 3000 patients in anticipation of a spike in infections that ad of the lunar new year china is largely contained a further spread of the virus that has been a resurgence in cases with the 1st death and 8 months reported in have a province where most of the new infections have emerged recently health commission

says more than a 1000 people are currently being treated for that 1926 of them are in a serious condition. ugandan opposition to bobby wine says his life is in danger after armed security forces were deployed to surround his home and they arrived soon after pop star the pop star time politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from size days vote show him trailing incumbent leader you're wearing a 70 bobby wine is rejected the figure is a sham claiming that's been widespread irregularities and votes interference he says you'll be able to provide evidence wants uganda's internet is restored or bobby winds fight trounces there over the phone ali and describe the scene at his house my house is being surrounded by them and they jump over the fence

taken over my compound with a ridge that my figuratively. weakening so bad. comes will the internet completely shut down my and my wife's phone and her before the the people that i agreed with blocked by the telecom company. that is the situation now really through it because over my house and the will occur to us when we are not. even as we speak i can see them outside my compound the roots of my crew together and they 'd also lead to my cabin are now my wife and i live in. this little sewer we don't know what makes is going to happen to our lives we have come into our property uninvited and with our work for the people that we 'd live with 'd. well that was ugandan opposition leader of the wind speaking describing

the deployment of troops around his home just outside camp catherine so it's all said and you can in capital she asked again is that she military spokesman about those crimes from the wine. as a presidential candidate is a not a common person he's not an ordinary person we have to ensure that we monitor his the security we had to make sure we ensure that he's a safe until the declaration because all of them are still candidates. doing to working with the police we are providing security to everyone why didn't they incidental that happen to us talking of security jumping to his fans it is not a true what happened out of the 3 people who moved from. approaching his compound the 3 people when they reached under they really mean 3 unknown people. they realize that these are 3 civilians and not to the security when they realize

that they are security because his home is 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 pull to buckle are designed to decided to jump over there we're. doing this compound thank you go to by the vigilance of our security one of them was arrested on the 2 of them were in no way sawyer we have heard all types of allegations unfortunately some from leaders and we are getting used to eat and what is important for us is to make sure we put the facts of the person who jumped over his compound was arrested on these are available here to tell his story if you will security we would not to be saying that we know this person. in all the stories we're following the u.n. refugee agency is calling for fighting in the central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled 260000 in the

space of just a week on wednesday rebels try to attack the capital bunky but were pushed back by security forces a coalition of armed groups wants to overthrow president fast and to dera who want to 2nd term in office in december the ongoing conflict is also disrupting the delivery of food and aid to almost 3000000 people. at least 42 people have been killed and 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the indonesian island of soloway 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 doto 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 are 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 if these a 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. on the seas

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 this builds and i mean potential. hospital collapse 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 jakarta. still ahead for you on the program the dutch government resigns over a scandal which 1000 the families wrongly accused of fraud a prime minister saying he'll run again in the vote. jack seems to see. cutting through the noise with a bit more noise the scientists getting creative to tackle vaccine misinformation.

middle of summer and the wind was cold enough up in the victorian house with brief that is snow falling out of the sky from the cloud that's usually bringing rain just an indication these things can happen in the summer melbourne gets up to 20 degrees on saturday but much of victoria's cloudy with outbreaks of light rain same is true of tasmania and the rain is heading down towards new zealand that's for sunday elsewhere australia apart from a few showers in the humid $34.00 in brisbane it's fairly dry a long way north in queens in the northern territory there is some semblance of proper rain but the seasonal rain temporaries gold further west persistent heat with the breeze are the interior for 36 degrees and no relief in person from that heat even at night we had a bit of a change in the emphasis of winter recently in the eastern side of asia ne nation

in particular but the real cold is held in siberia the low sent to him is a significant amount of snowfall carder and some of the honshu but didn't get some briefly in south korea as you can see it being built over the warmer waters but mostly we're talking about sunshine by day and open skies by night as it gets quite cold is well below the average which it is in the foggy skies of northern india and eastern pakistan with no significant change in the next 2 days. concow they were called president she's got ambition to turn china into a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 india witnessed the biggest migration since partition with workers returned to cities and can revert to farming feed the world . counting the cost on al-jazeera. holding

the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is wrong in the world on al-jazeera. the or the old. walk back a main story this hour 2000000 people are now known to have died from covert 19 this is just over a year after the virus 1st began to circulate in brazil the army is transported desperately needed oxygen supply samas own a state of hospital street in corona virus patients that started running out scientists as saying to newly identified variants of the virus could be contributing to a sharp rise in the number of cases. under the headline this hour the ugandan

opposition leader bobby wine says the military has surrounded his home of the crime victory in the presidential election early results from thursday's vote show weiner trailing the incumbent yoweri was 70. well in other news we're following the mayor of washington d.c. says the city will have to adjust to a new normal with heightened security measures maintained beyond joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. has identified 270 suspects in connection with last week's attack on the capital including this man jacob chancellor quote by preserve eally wrote a message that was meant for vice president mike pence saying it's only a matter of time justice is coming chan's these lawyers say he's asked for a presidential pardon more than 80 people have already been charged of the violence on capitol hill and the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has also spoken of possible charges for any members of congress who aided in the attack if in fact it is fair that members of congress

were accomplices to this insurrection. if they aided and abetted the crime there may have to be actions taken beyond the congress and in terms of prosecution or just as we see troop numbers that being boosted in the u.s. capital number of american troops in iraq in afghanistan has now been cut to the lowest level seen since the wars in both countries began even though congress blocked the move without a fresh assessment of the risks there are now 2 and a half 1000 troops in each country as promised by president trump the u.s. already moved down from $14000.00 service personnel in afghanistan last year as part of a deal with the taliban at their peak there were over 100000 troops in afghanistan and more than 125000 in iraq and with uncertainty over peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban and

a rise in violence some fear that the draw back could further destabilize afghanistan fear contre free reports from the capital kabul. it's america's longest war longer even than vietnam but it could now be approaching him and 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 defines there because as we speak there is far too in growing organs hurt 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 ganna stand in february a former afghan military chief warns of dire consequences and not only for afghanistan if all countries decide to pull out and 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 hasty and i'm co-ordinated withdrawal he fears of ghana's 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 or. americans must leave as they 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 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 failure contre for a couple. dates have been set for palestine's 1st election in 15 years parliamentary election will be held on may 22nd while a presidential vote will happen on july 31st elections were delayed because of negotiations between hamas and president mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority amasses welcome this announcement palestinian factions are trying to build

a united front against israel the dutch government has resigned over a child benefit scandal which drove thousands of families to financial ruin the prime minister mark reiter and his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker capacity until elections are held on march 17th a parliamentary report blame them for mismanaging the childcare subsidies scheme which still around $10000.00 families accused of fraud many were targeted based on their ethnicity and forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros which i'm 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 childcare allowance of fear 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 leigh wronged the parliamentary inquiry found families were driven to bankruptcy unemployment or divorce janet ramos are was among those wrongfully accused and describes the hardship she endured. if you aren't you know from 2 i had to pay back 5 years of child care 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 dorothy's 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. when all the stories of following the u.k. is tightening its borders against the coronavirus demanding a negative test from anyone wishing to enter the country for monday it comes as it

recorded more than 55000 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and more than 1200 deaths a prime minister is in the public to obey the national lockdown asking people to think twice about whether they need to leave the house a new government campaign warns that catch ups cost lives pointing out that one in 3 people with corona virus don't actually display any symptoms meanwhile hundreds of thousands of hindu worshippers have gathered in the indian city of hard to watch one of the world's largest religious events it's going ahead even though the country recorded more than 10000000 coronavirus cases and there is concern about whether the city's medical facilities can then handle what could follow elizabeth purana reports. before sunrise on the 1st day of the festival hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims congregate on the banks of the ganges river in the northern city of haifa it was. as well as offering prayers people immerse

themselves in the river in the belief that it will wash away their sins. everyone has come here because of the gun blessings. and all of the problems of. the 3 months festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus. this country is a hindu country the majority is hindu so even the government needs to show some flexibility when it comes to our religious festivals and beliefs. the events organizers and police said have deployed thousands of officers to ensure protocols are followed. that really we are. all are welcome in the fair please come be offered prayers but follow the covert protocols where mosques used sanitizers. but few seem to be listening at the command and other hindu festivals in india this week millions of people are expected to visit. the state for this year's call meda with tourism director said the event will revive the economy that depends on

religious tourism. but the state's high court has criticised the local government for allowing the event to go ahead it said medical facilities are insufficient and the state isn't prepared for what it calls an explosion of visitors elizabeth al-jazeera. now growing number of scientists and medical workers attorney to take talks to tackle misinformation about coronavirus vaccines hoping to reach new audiences with creative and staining clips on the video sharing cherry angela reports. when looking for information about covert vaccines many young people turn to social media and scientists who develop them there to help often straight from the lab everyone everybody has. this international team put together by the un on take top posting videos about their work questions to promote confidence in vaccines and doing

a bit of singing and dancing to. dr paul mckay worked on the imperial college vaccine in the u.k. currently in phase 2 trials he's also researching the new code variant while challenging and he backs misinformation the number one question is politically this is rushed these there is no safety data for this how can you possibly make a vaccine in this so much time so people are concerned that the crops the same safety analyses haven't been done on these vaccines that are done every other 5 scenes and we can assure them that it's exactly the same. rigorous safety analysis is has been done on all of these vaccines. that to alabama a clean is another has become an unlikely internet style with are engaging vaccine explanations putting in 3000000 lights had ticked up video on formulating a vaccine imperial college is

a tribute to dolly parton. says. she hopes people watch her videos for the entertainment but stay for the science and she says this way she can connect with the general public and reassure them about the speed at which the vaccine is valid it's ingredients and side effects when i'm talking to people i try to just be really open minded you know people have a whole number of reasons why they might be hesitant to get a vaccine and you know oftentimes lots of really good reasons why they shouldn't get a baxi i'm really not there to convince people to get a vaccine i want to be there to educate them and. give them the data and you know educate them about vaccines as opposed to convincing them so i'm there to answer questions i'm not trying to like change somebodies mind but m.t.v. axes are trying to change minds in developing an online narrative with 3 key messages that covert $1000.00 is not dangerous the vaccine is dangerous and vaccine advocates cannot be trusted but this misinformation could cost lives with these

scientists injecting the facts into the fore and they hope to steer people towards the truth charlie i'm sure about is there. was more to everything right now is there a dot com or on live streaming there as well. just a look at our main stories this hour now and $2000000.00 people are known to have died after contracting the corona virus just over a year after it 1st began to circulate it was 9 months after china's 1st warning of the disease that the world reached a 1000000 deaths the 2nd 1000000 lives were lost in just 3 and a half months old wall that's reached the heart wrenching by as though the government to them because not claimed 2000000 lives behind these 3 numbers are names and faces the smile not only of memory.