the risk of exploitation by corporations and organized crime. trapped in a system with little hope of escape people in power investigate the least 6 links on al-jazeera. the arab. india launches its covert 9000 vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world. hello this is al jazeera live from doha for the bathtub or also coming up uganda's you to announce election results as presidential candidate bobby wine says a vote was rate. a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake in indonesia dozens are dead and the toll is expected to rise and the u.s. carries out its 13th federal execution in just 6 months donald trump has now

received more executions in any u.s. president since the 19th century. india has begun its vaccination campaign one of the biggest and most challenging in the world on saturday 300000 people are set to receive jobs nationwide with health care workers given priority india's using 2 vaccines the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and a locally developed one called call vaccine india has a 2nd highest coronavirus case count in the world after the us are. great johnny. those who need the vaccine the most will get it 1st those who face the greatest risk of infection they will be vaccinated 1st are doctors nurses hospital sanitation staff medical and paramedical workers have the 1st right on the vaccine

whether they are in government hospitals or a private one they will be given priority. after that those who have the responsibility to manage essential services defense and law and order will be vaccinated these include our defense forces police firefighters and sanitation workers. there is elizabeth for an m has more from outside a vaccination center in new delhi. we are at one of 81 vaccination sites in delhi where health care workers at the 1st group of people to be receiving one of the 2 vaccines which was approved for use and via 300000 health care workers are being vaccinated around the country today in just over $3000.00 vaccination centers promised in that interim or didn't launch the vaccination drive saying that this is the biggest vaccination exercise to be carried out anywhere in the world 30000000 front line workers will receive the vaccine in the next few months it will be 300000000 people in the 1st 6 months of the cea after its people over the age of 50

followed by those under 50 with co-morbidities and while the beginning of the vaccination drive is being welcomed in india there are questions being asked about one of the vaccines one of the 2 vaccines which has been given approval that is a local vaccine called kovacs and made by a company called bought of biotech and that's because it hasn't completed face 3 trials now the drugs regulatory bodies said its use was approved for emergency conditions and the health minister said that it will be administered under clinical trial conditions but independent health experts are saying that there's not a lot of clarity about what that means involve the government says that they have good safety and efficacy data that this is an emergency situation that the new mutant strain of the virus from the u.k. is here again and dependant health experts say that the doctor that mashes from face 3 child has not been made available. u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined his coronavirus plan promising to pull

surprise of the vaccine he wants 100000000 doses given out within his 1st 100 days in office and biden says if needed to invoke a cold war era law to help increase production name reports from wilmington delaware. each day used to bring tears for nurse. alyssa minor around the crying has stopped but the stress remains she hopes getting vaccinated will ensure she and her family don't get coded 19 again and help eradicate the virus i want to be the one to take a stand for those communities and educate them on why it's important that we get this vaccine because coven 19 doesn't discriminate but it has hit our communities so hard and we have to we have to start to build that trust so that we can get back to living the lives of once lived. in new york city on to the nation's coded 19 epicenter the vaccination rollout stalled just as it was revving up barring

a significant delivery of vials the city expects to run out of vaccines in a week supply and distribution issues continue to plague the country adding to the challenges the c.d.c. has released a report warning that vaccination efforts are critical to halting the spread of a more contagious variant of the corona virus it's been detected in 10 states and could lead to a spike in infections and deaths president elect joe biden plans to create a national vaccination program with community sites across the country his goal is to get 100000000 shots into the arms of americans in his 1st 100 days and hire a public health workforce numbering 100000 people he will invoke the defense production act to increase the manufacture of vaccines and personal protection

equipment to see one of the most challenging operation a 1st ever undertaken by our country but you have my word who manage the hell out of this. we need funding from congress to make this happen. as the united states approaches 400000 coronavirus deaths the biden transition team announced come next week the drop administration's operation warp speed will be no more the incoming president will be announcing a new name for the country's pandemic response program the elders era wilmington delaware all 2000000 people around the world are now known to have died from contracting kovac 19 and the u.s. house watchdog says it expects nearly 100000 more deaths within the next 3 weeks in a san jeanette's county alone officials say the virus is killing one person every 8 minutes and as well reynolds reports space inside waiting hours for hospital beds

to become available. ambulance crews are the front line troops in los angeles is battle with covert 19 brutally long hours and the stress of trying to rescue so many sick people has put tremendous strain on emergency medical technicians like 30 year old jennifer muller i work 24 hour shift and we leave station at about 7 o'clock in the morning and we don't get back to about 630 the next morning so it takes a toll on our bodies everyone's exhausted e.m.t. rarely get a break or even a moment to rest it's a lot on a lot of the times we don't get lunches because they're systemic cause going now hospitals are so overstretched that ambulance crews have to wait for hours to wheel their patients into the emergency room there's simply not enough space not enough staff to take them it's typically like on all hours at the hospital. you're with a patient to be admitted to get up the gurney. could be waiting anywhere from 2 to

3 hours at ambulance dispatch centers the calls for help just keep coming 30 years and i've never seen one kind of. call volume like this with the riots. it was not like this at one time 9 calls sitting that's 9 people that are in distress the country's largest mass vaccination center open friday at dodger stadium in los angeles other large vaccination centers are launching across the state as officials seek to rapidly ramp up what has been a frustratingly slow effort 4000 people will get the vaccines today we hope that's the goal this is just day one the idea of getting to 12 plus 1000 will be significant while hospitals and i.c.u. admissions have begun to decline in california the centers for disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in

the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. uganda's electoral commission is announcing provisional results so if those days the elections right now early results show incumbent a 70 in the lead in the presidential vote with at least 58 percent of the ballots his main challenger bobby wine claims election has been rigged and is told on just the area that his life is in danger after security forces surrounded his home catherine sawyer reports some campout. bubby line shows john against the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday beat up the security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of whites

played. in the presidential election electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence our lives are in danger having survived association attempts to become thin trade. i know. still we are being attacked. so yes. if. military officials say the soldiers are around one's home we're following suspicious unknown men who jumped over his fence there arrested one while the other 2 escaped a security we could not allow somebody to jump over a fence over a presidential candidate the presidential candidate is not an ordinary man presidential candidate must be given enough security because we don't know this person who decided instead of using the main gate to jump over the world what are the intentions the intention of presidential results are coming out gradually and

president yoweri with 70 has taken the lead over 10 other presidential candidates including wine ugandans are also voting for members of parliament the lead up to the election was mad by violence with security forces accused of using excessive force on some kind it is in their supporters police and military officials have in town accused some opposition leaders of encouraging violent protests and defying call the 1000 rules is also a huge deployment of security forces here in kampala and other towns we've seen roadblocks set up by police in some parts food patrols a by the police and military in areas particularly perceived to be opposition strongholds all this i head of the final declaration of the presidential results these are tough times in uganda some local human rights groups say the electoral process is already tainted by the electoral commission maintains that everything

has been free and fair catherine saw al jazeera kampala. the death toll from indonesia's powerful earthquake on soloway sea island has increased to 46 and is expected to rise rescue teams are still searching for survivors after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck. on friday another aftershock hit the island on saturday morning thousands of people are trapped in collapsed buildings more than 800 have been injured jessica washington is in jakarta with an update on the rescue mission. there are 100 search and rescue officials from the national search and rescue team on the ground attempting to assist residents in these affected areas they're also being assisted by the military by the ministry of health and by police we know that authorities just recently installed a satellite phone at the governor's house that should aid efforts. over this recovery process they have also been able to restore 60 percent of electricity to west still the way see these complicated circumstances for rescue teams now into

these adults have experience with dissolves coordination ofter a vent such as these we've also heard from the military that they do have a ship on the way to these affected areas with 30 tons of essential supplies including food supplies for children and the elderly and medical supplies there is also a medical team on board that vessel as well of course some residents say they are still waiting for supplies but. it's possible with a difficult circumstances of dealing with the rain with roadblocks caused by landslides and of course there is a further warning in place for the potential for more off the shocks at least 29 people have died in afghanistan in a series of attacks a calm bomb at kabul university killed at least 2 members of the local police and on friday authorities in gori on inherits from and say taliban fighters killed at least 13 members of the security forces and man in kandahar all saudis say 4

attackers died in a car bomb attack on a police station the attacks come a day after the u.s. announced it's reducing its presence in the country to 2500 soldiers still ahead on al jazeera children in libya head back. to their classrooms 10 months after they closed because of the $419.00 and them. and are not waiting for immigration reform in the us how some undocumented migrants forced to leave a finding thriving career is in mexico. it is the rainy season so it will be sundry virtue anywhere in malaysia and indonesia for the concentration of the heavier rain appears becoming back up to the north of borneo possibly brunei central and southern philippines and

a lesser insular way sea but java's covenants on the storms and sumatra seem to pick up again we've had significant rain in bandages and also cymotrichous there's a bit more there but it's not particularly substantial i don't think this is more likely the place to watch for what seems likely to be some more flooding in australia on court for the time being but look at the far north has plenty of thunderstorms through here and a rushing from to trust the toxins on its way to new zealand between the 2 very quiet is warming up slowly so melbourne's a 21 cities rather warm brisbane's humid sunder storms are probably going to be inland but near kansas circulation attempting to take place we might get a tropical low out of that certainly is going to be very wet around cannes on monday probably on sunday today it's still dry and dusty in perth want to share in western sort of not many to be honest new zealand where you've had your good time there the rains on its way in for sunday coming in from the west very of the sea so

if your interest church you're probably fine. on counting the current president she's got ambition that then china into a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 india witnessed the biggest migration since politician with workers returned to cities and canned goods to farming the world. counting the cost on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs. washing. the a. list. you're

watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour india has begun its coronavirus vaccination campaign one of the largest and most challenging in the world it aims to vaccinate 300000000 people by august last meaning the size of the entire u.s. population u.s. president elect joe biden meanwhile has outlined his plan to provide 100000000 vaccine shots within his 1st 100 days now face he says he'll invoke a cold war known to help boost vaccine prevent production and uganda's intellectual commission is announcing provisional results from thursday's folks early results in the presidential election show incumbent president yoweri museveni and then leads with at least 58 percent of the vote the main challenger his main challenger bobby wine has just over 34 percent. buy in the u.s. nearly 100 charges have been brought against dozens of people in close to 300 investigations opened in connection to last week's deadly capitol hill riots now

u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the prosecution of any members of congress who may have helped supporters of president. if in fact you did stand that members of congress were accomplices to dish insurrection if they aided and abetted the pan there may have to be actions taken be on the counter and in terms of pressure occlusion al-jazeera is mike hanna is in washington and has more on the investigations into the capital siege. threats of violence in the days leading up to the inauguration and maybe even beyond certainly very real according to security officials here in washington d.c. and he palosi saying that it would be investigated whether some members of congress those who stormed the capitol last wednesday now the background to this is that

more than 30 lawmakers have sent a letter to the mosque the sergeants of arms of the senate and the house asking them to investigate how many people were brought into the capitol the day before the siege by republican lawmakers they want to investigate the visitors' logs to see exactly how many of come supporters were given guided tours of the capitol by lawmakers in congress they had observed a large number of groups being given tours around the capitol on january the 1st remembering at the moment all to a band because of covert regulations so this of great concern and nancy pelosi has appointed a retired lieutenant general to investigate all the events around january the 1st however she hasn't ruled out the possibility of an outside commission such as investigated $911.00 so certainly there's great concern not only about what is

happening now in the threats that are happening now but also exactly how those events last week came about and whether very importantly some members of congress were complicit. the u.s. government has carried out its 13th and final federal execution under the trumpet ministration and higgs was executed by lethal injection in indiana he was convicted of killing 3 women in 1996 president trump resumed federal executions in july after a 17 year pause no president in more than 120 years have overseen so many federal executions president elect joe biden is an opponent of the death penalty late night supreme court ruling cleared the way for the execution speaking for the course liberal minority justice sonia sotomayor condemned the move saying the federal government will have executed more than 3 times as many people in the last 6 months than it had in the previous 6 decades this is not justice after waiting almost 2

decades to resume federal executions the government should have proceeded with some measure of restraint to ensure it did so lawfully when it did not this court should have it has not. in germany chancellor angela merkel's ruling party this has kicked off a conference where they'll hold a vote to elect a new leader 3 men vying for the job just 9 months before general elections are held merkel spanning to stand down after 16 years at the helm she is urging the party to stick to its moderate groups. dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years friends and mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and july they've been delayed because of negotiations between the top party and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aimed to build a aiming rather to build a united front against israel need a brain has more from ramallah. it's not the 1st presidential decree setting

elections in palestine but it could lead the way for the 1st elections that's 20052006 they palestinian president's party fatah and hamas have been meeting over the past few months and they say that they want to come back the exterior no dangers reciprocally after the u.s. has released its mideast peace plan and they say that they only have themselves in this regional situation where many arab countries who are specifically have signed agreement deals with israel and let's not forget that we are looking now at a new u.s. administration and palestinians have been trying to mend relations they say that this administration can backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they moved the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their americans to backtrack on that but they hope that they can open the american consulate in east jerusalem as well as restoring the aid to the palestinian authority as well as the

law so these could be seen as depp's to kind of mend relations always the new u.s. an administration that is coming up just in a few days but if you ask many palestinians on the street they are skeptic and we've talked to many of them about the potential possibility of holding our elections in palestine and they will tell you we believe that only when happens. to libya now where schools are reopening after being closed for nearly a year because of the pandemic. strain i went to see what kind of precautions authorities are putting in place in the capital tripoli. after almost a year children in libya are returning to their classroom administrators at this primary school in tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously. this school year is very different to other years because of coronavirus a thanks to god the measures we have put in place are working very well but some

parents say the ministry of education has been slow to provide adequate protection . for children but one is at a different school and he can't start yet. the ministry of education should have been more prepared the school one of my other good schools who has no running water and a delivery opening the virus spreads very quickly and fearful children can bring it back home from school while this school has been given the ok to open its doors others have. some schools are closed we have allocated a budget for every school in order for them to purchase the necessary protection and fix the issues that they should receive the funds but some parents are more optimistic than this many. as parents with very happy our kids a black school they went a long time without studying my son has down syndrome says school is very important for his mind to develop and for him to socialise with friends. these children are

happy they are back in school with their friends this who has approximately 600 students separated into 2 groups studying 3 days a week school officials here. inside classroom. although parents have mixed feelings about the government's preparation for the school year for most of these children who are looking better in the back of the. train or tripoli. one of the most powerful lobby groups in the u.s. has filed for bankruptcy the national rifle association of america grants to move from new york and register as a nonprofit in texas because of what it calls toxic politics in and cement comes months after new york's attorney general sued the n.r.a. over allegations of corruption and misspending by senior executives in brazil 11 people have been charged over a fire at a football club that killed 10 teenagers in 2019 the boys died when

a blaze swept through the flamengo a training center on the outskirts of rio de janeiro a collapse former president is among those charged prosecutors say officials tried to cover up the facts the boys were staying in shipment containers when the fire broke out wildfires a sweeping through central valley at a so region forcing $25000.00 people to flee from their homes local government officials believe the thighs were deliberately lit they have burned through more than 400 hectares of for a stent 10 properties. now mexico has deployed extra soldiers and police so its southern border after thousands of 100 migrants began walking north towards the u.s. that's goes government and others in the region say they are worried about the migrants spreading colona virus many missile haul caravan of trying to escape violence and a lack of opportunities in their home country has already detained hundreds of migrants at its border with honduras now undocumented migrants deported from the

u.s. to mexico say they hope the incoming biden administration will bring about comprehensive immigration reform but for a growing number of so-called dream is returning to mexico the american dream seems just as achievable in their homeland. for some mexico city workers on the local river laman will binya remembers walking to los vegas strip but that's when he lived with family in the batter as an undocumented migrant scared of it would seem like a looming threat of deportation from the u.s. women when made the choice to return to mexico just over a year ago when. leaving the inlet of faith i was. in the moment. because. trump. all the stops. i had to fight it to come back to mexico and start again. like thousands of other mexican nationals who return to their country of birth by

choice or not a popular starting point is a neighborhood in downtown mexico city known as little l.a. the nickname is a nod to the many deportees who have settled in this part of town this area is also home to many startup businesses that offer employment to deportees often its american companies who draw on the english language skills and genuine knowledge of u.s. culture that a majority of deportees possess. someone for one such startup that's always looking for talented in english speakers returning from north of the border is new call me insoles or new beginnings since 2015 the organization has not only helped thousands of returning mexicans get back on their feet but teaches them how to thrive in a country many only know as a distant memory. israel the founder of new commune lived most of his life in texas before being deported says his organization and others like it are getting rid of dated stereotypes and misconceptions about those sent home definitely here we are

you know years later what's happening with these people that got deported while many of them are now creating now opportunities for themselves and for others for example the american dream in mexico we have many people from our community that are sending remet insist to the u.s. from mexico they're able to provide for their family while they're living here because times have changed everything in drugs they bring in crime they're rapists since the start of the trumpet ministration the white house has pursued more than 400 executive actions related to immigration policies that led to thousands of deportations and voluntary repatriations to mexico. for one man to it and for many others like him however the solidarity of this tiny community in the. little of the mexican capital has brought new opportunities even though i. thought as well. we have a better life here in mexico than the united states when we're up

a little al-jazeera mexico city. the messaging platform whatsapp passed postponed plan changes to its terms because of a backlash from uses it had given customers until next month to accept an update about the data it shares with its owner of facebook but it's now scraps the deadline what has more than 2000000000 users but concerns about the changes have led to a surge in demand for rivals signal and telegram. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera india has begun its coronavirus vaccination campaign one of the largest and most challenging in the world it aims to vaccinate 300000000 people.