and politically divided. among the selected the plight of a nation with venezuela a city police on the jersey you know the way. celebrations in camp are after uganda's president secures another term in office his main rival says voters must reject the results. and i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up in the program a man who will succeed and go amok at the helm of germany's ruling party he has just 9 months to prove he has what it takes to be chancellor. washington d.c. transformed into a fortress for joe biden's inauguration protests are also expected in state

capitals across the country. and in india a sanitation worker is the 1st to be immunized against the corona virus but there is concern over the safety of a locally developed vaccine. and a welcome to the program one of africa's longest serving leaders is heading towards 4 decades in power after winning an election his opponent has branded a fraud it was 70 face the stiffest battle of his 35 years in office from the pop star turned politician bobby wine but the singer who is currently under virtual house arrest by security services has told his supporters to reject the results the country's election commission says was 70 secured more than 58 percent with nearly $6000000.00 votes while bobby wine took just under 35 percent and nearly 3 and a half 1000000 votes. i therefore sunk. the bit of

uganda. in with numbers and voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read election since 962. catherine has been reporting on the story from a capital camp. he has been talking about his achievements about the history of his leadership and which govern the achievement of his government on especially matters to do with health the economy agriculture as well but the crux of it all was at the beginning of his statement when he talked about the election he said

that the election was largely free and fair but he did also mention. that there was an attempt to rig he talked about unknown individuals who attempt to tamper with the biometric. identification keith he said that i audit is going to be done about that and i you know we were at the palace station where the electoral commission and had announced him victor and they were asked some questions like for example how can their election be free and fair and transparent after all the pre-election violence we witnessed in the last few months opposition leaders and their supporters being violently targeted by police and the military we have hard from electoral commission observers from the regional body east africa community as well talking about their concerns about the internet shut down as saying that it infringes on the rights of people on the right and the people's

rights in information they expressed concerns about biometric cheats that were failing and their delay in the delivery of voting materials in some polling stations that is something we also witnessed on voting day materials were late particularly in polling stations even in opposition strongholds. germany's governing party has just elected a new leader our main russia it's been described as the continuity candidate holding on to chancellor angela merkel's coalition building politics when she steps down later this year but his path to power is all but certain with 9 months until the general election dominic can reports from berlin. he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia finale for years now arm in russia will soon

be leading his national party with a clear direction in mind in mid after i'm vote on divorced i'm aware of the responsibility of the strobe and i will give my all to walk to give a through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks and make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany although this vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership on friday so many arm in russia is a continuity candidate his slogan was there i am the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candidates actually ever won an election governing in his state during the pandemic has been an ordeal for lash it the numbers of infections and deaths there have been among the highest in germany back when the incidence of coded was much lower he argued for less stringent lockdowns hoping to protect the economy as much as the

people it's important to point out that winning the party leadership on its own does not bring with it the right to work here the german chancellor angela merkel has already said she intends to serve out her term here so in order to replace the new party leader must win september's general election. but before he can do that he may have to deal with another leading conservative marcus's head of the cd used varian sister party the christian social union many say they would rather vote for him as chancellor. congratulations to army law should i'm very happy i think this was an exciting party congress it was a very fair contest it was a very good introduction to 3 excellent candidates and in the end i believe there was a result for which the c.d.u. deserves congratulations it offers an opportunity for great cooperation. to walk for much cooperation will take in terms of who runs for chancellor remains unclear meaning there is much still to do with arm in law should wants to replace

anglo-american in the office of a dominant came up earlier. all 50 us state capitals are on alert for armed pro trump marches and of joe biden's inauguration as president national guard has been called in and buries erected around the capitol in washington it's where the ceremony will take place 2 weeks after it was stormed by the current president supports as the f.b.i. is warning of possible violence fueled by those who believe the election was stolen from president trump let's go live now to get in washington so we've been seeing these really remarkable scenes in the nation's capital with security forces deployed to prevent any sort of repeat of the attack on the capitol building last week tell us more about the measures that are being put in place for the inauguration. well the measures are being put in place now and we're still days away there are many streets that are now being

blocked as you can maybe see behind me they're going to be 25000 national guard troops here in washington d.c. they're a little bit over 20000 right now there are dozens of streets that are completely blocked off or barricaded and even some of the bridges getting into the district of columbia are blocked or and are being monitored closely by security personnel this is a city that is essentially on complete lockdown right now and if you look over to my left shoulder here you can just see some of the measures being taken some barricades concrete barricades there that are put in place blocking the pathway into the street here on other streets like i'm where i'm at now you're seeing these scenes all over washington d.c. of military trucks just blocking the roads and it's not just in the immediate area around the capital it's all over this city because there are government buildings

throughout the city of course this is simply unprecedented what we're seeing here as they really try to take measures to make sure that this is as safe as possible now there have been reports and some rumors if you will of potential pro trump armed rallies at state capitals including here in washington d.c. the nation's capital we've been going out looking for those but so far everything has been pretty call and we have not seen any pro trump rallies or protests at all so far at least today on saturday thank you from washington d.c. gabrielle is on the. at the world's 2nd largest population india's vaccination drive is set to be one of the most challenging government wants to inoculate $300000000.00 people by this summer total almost equivalent to the entire u.s. population but some experts are asking why

a job which hasn't finished trials is being used elizabeth problem reports. these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use in india 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including kitten driver. i'm a little bit scared but i'm also happy that we're being vaccinated 1st i've been named as one of the 1st so i'm happy about it and i want everyone to get vaccinated so we can end up it. the government is planning to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of this year 30000000 frontline workers in health care sanitation the police the army and disaster management will be inoculated in the 1st few months they'll be followed by people over the age of 50 and then those under 50 underlying health conditions the problem is to the more you describe the scale of

the program. there is. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $30000000.00 and injure will be vaccinating her $2000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drug's regulator has approved the use of oxford astra zeneca as the shield vaccine and one that's been made of india there are questions around wide the indian vaccine by a local company called bought a biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the government has said that it will be administered on the clinical trial conditions but independent health experts say there's not a lot of information about what that means. india is the only country other than russia and china to be administering a vaccine that hasn't completed trials and that is for them because going into the concern i'm unscientific so to mention the danger dissipates that's why it was that

decision expected to be that you really should be have a did a few weeks to get that data doctors at one of new delhi's biggest government hospitals have the same questions they want the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and not bought at the biotechs but india's health minister says a lot of work had gone into making the vaccines and people cannot choose which one they'll receive elizabeth al-jazeera you debbie. stood out for you on the program fighting. the brazilian stay of amazon as well hospitals are running out of oxygen for coronavirus patients and fresh off the shelves joel rescue is in indonesia the search for survivors of 5 days of the quake continues.

there's been substantial snow in central europe recently zurich got about a surge of a meter of snow all in about 24 hours so yet even though switzerland that's quite a bit is now the take some clearing clay there was some trouble now at the moment so it's and with much of the central part of yours is set underneath there of high pressure it's cold quiet weather the cold to the east a bit more active and coming in from the west that atlantic front means significance those like in the low countries down through the out fronts again probably to south and germany that the real deep cold you see if you know sea temperatures here is still hang your red is trying to creep south it will certainly influence the amount of snow around the black sea but i don't think it'll have a major influence further west warsaw gets it minus 15 is your max on sunday it warms up by tuesday but look at the nighttime temperatures even then you really are subzero compared to the average or anything else to be honest there's a picture of really on monday the frontal systems we can somewhat so the

temperatures are on the mild side is was it some parts of western europe london the date madrid the 11 there still pretty cold but pretty low further east and that results in story weather of cyprus the levant and turkey. but. she was a society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. she was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese the recrossing to make this work code name was the power and she spied for mossad in lebanon for. what she was doing it was something brave as a woman algis you know well tell us a story of shula cohen. the beirut spy. the the even.

back look at the main stories this hour now ugandan president yoweri most 70 has been declared the winner of the country's election but the opposition candidate bobby weiner's called it a fraud 70 has been in power for 35 years germany's governing political party has chosen a new leader who could be the country's next chancellor army lash it takes the helm of the christian democrats less than a year before angle of merkel is due to leave office and india has started one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination campaigns. a delhi sanitation worker was the 1st of more than a 1000000000 indians to receive a job government says more than 300000 people should join him on day one alone.

now a 2nd batch of the russian made crime a virus vaccine is arrived in argentina this batch follows an initial 300000 doses of the sputnik v. jab which arrived at the end of last month argentina was the 1st country in latin america to approve the russian inoculation medical workers were the 1st in line to receive it president alberto fernandez called it the largest vaccination campaign in the country's modern history and hospitals in parts of brazil are running out of oxygen for coronavirus patients 2 new variants are spreading rapidly through the population and relatives are having to pay out serve their own pocket for lifesaving supplies the military has now been deployed to help with the emergency in amazonas state as victoria gates and the reports. these people have been queuing for hours to refill an oxygen tank that a relative suffering from cave in 19 depends on to survive normally hospitals would supply oxygen to patients but many have run out so people having to buy them from

private companies each oxygen bottle cost $68.00 and demand is outstripping supply as people's temp is rise police have been deployed by the wreckage so we can't wait any longer there's no service at the hospital. the health system in the brazilian state of amazonas is on the verge of collapse and a national vaccine rollout has yet to begin the air force has flown emergency supplies of oxygen from sao paolo to the city of menow sea and air lifted a permit to all babies to the states from hospitals overwhelmed by a surge in corona virus infections. on friday people in cities across brazil health protests and appealed for more help from the government . brazilians are dying this is total neglect it is unacceptable we are dependent on neighboring countries for oxygen it's an outrage. president jiah

has repeatedly played down the risks of covert 19 and he's defending his handling of the pandemic response. always doing what we have to do the problem is terrible but we've done our part by providing resources and means today the armed forces have launched a field hospital that the health minister was that on monday and provided oxygen with. these help to a close or celebrating because some of the patients are being transferred to hospitals in other states that are better equipped than but not everyone is being lifted to safer environments and the world health organization is warning. brazil's health system is beginning to employ victoria gate and be algis there are. at least 29 people have been killed in a series of attacks in afghanistan 2 police officers were killed in the capital

kabul in a car bomb a further 13 police officers were killed in what's been described as an insider attack by 3 taliban fighters in herat province meanwhile at least 14 security officials were killed in the provinces of condition kandahar it comes after the u.s. announced it had cut the number of its troops in afghanistan to 2 and a half 1000 as planned. there's skepticism in the palestinian territories about whether the 1st elections in 15 years well ever happen friday's decision to hold polls in may in july has been welcomed but there are questions about whether a successful vote could bridge the divide between hamas and fatah led to abram reports from the occupied west bank this might be the closest palestinians i've got to holding elections in 15 years if presidential decree setting 3 dates just lots of and presidential elections and those for the palestine liberation organization or p.l.o. the announcement marks a breakthrough in

a palestinian divide that lasted more than 30 years. versions will meet in car within a week and resolve some important technical issues to ensure fear and transparent elections we are aware that there are problems but we are certain that they will be resolved and if not we can resolve them. previous agreements to hold elections didn't materialize because attempts at their conservation between the 2 most dominant palestinian parties to have how mass failed this time they say they will hold elections perced and then discuss how to end their divisions the last time palestinians cast their ballots in general elections wasn't 2006 the unexpected a massive victory to give the divide in 2007 and paralyze the legislative council. a mass became the de facto ruler of the besieged gaza strip and fatah she made in charge of the occupied west bank protest leader mahmoud abbas was elected in 2005

and has remained in office ever since. when there's a concern that fatah and hamas will agree on a unified list this will take the meaning out of these elections and minimize participation of independent civil society and the youth may said are we works in the palestinian election committee at 32 years old she's never had the chance to vote and. who has i'm optimistic we need new faces to serve we've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time a majority of palestinians want general elections that will fight corruption and to store unity but the recent polls show that they don't believe that's possible more than half palestinian say that even if they're held they want to be free or fair neither. the occupied west bank. the united nations is saying at least one peacekeeper has been killed and 2 injured in an attack in the central african

republic this comes as the un refugee agency that says 60000 people have now been displaced twice the number of a week ago many of fled to neighboring countries rebels were fought back when they tried to seize the capital on wednesday in the latest round of violence since last month's disputed poll which saw the incumbent president try darragh reelected. out search and rescue operations are continuing in indonesia after a powerful earthquake hit the island of soloway see at least 46 people have been killed and more than a 100 injured authorities are warning that there could be more aftershocks jessica washington reports from jakarta. on indonesia's sulu a 3 island a major search and rescue effort continues in the cities of. the strong shallow quake injured more than 800 people. and teams are working swiftly to rescue those trapped under the rubble of collapsed houses and buildings that. we continue to

search and rescue from this morning we have prioritized for targeted areas for the operations around my genie. at least 15000 people are displaced and seeking shelter in emergency centers. is one of them his family survived the disaster but then now homeless but look at it like my house was flattened by the youth quake many people from my neighborhood did now that's why we here. in nearby mud you may throw money at a hospital was destroyed several people were found dead by rescuers from about on the part we will clear the area determine a car a hospital after we confirm there are no more victims buried on the earthquake set off several landslides and car to electricity and relief hers are working to make sure all survivors have the essentials we've collected information about what the people needed evacuation centers they need me to some medical supplies to treat

those injured vitamins and other items the local school was also damaged but there were no people in the building at the time just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. u.s. government has carried out its 13th and final execution on the trumpet ministration dustin hague's was executed by lethal injection in indiana he was convicted of killing 3 women in 1906 president all trumped resumed federal executions in july after a 17 year poor has no president in more than 120 years has overseen as many federal executions while in fischer's at the white house and says federal executions are not likely to continue on the joe biden. well they flagged up they were going to do in 21000 bill barr who was the attorney general at the time said that if people didn't want to the death penalty to be applied then they should remove it from the statute books published as long as it was part of the law and as long as juries

decided someone should be executed they would carry out their job now the last one that was carried out was as you say dustin hicks he killed 3 women in maryland in 1906 it was at a nature reserve which was owned by the government that's what made it a federal crime that is why he ended up being executed by the federal government the argument of course was that he didn't actually fire the gun and the person that actually killed the 3 women physically fired the shots that murdered them is said of being a life sentence he's not going to be executed his lawyer said only tried to get the execution postponed they were looking for a 90 day delay that is because that would take that end to the realms of the joe biden presidency and he of course has said very clearly that he is against the death penalty and against the federal death penalty there's every possibility that on january the 20th he will announce that he is stopping the federal death penalty across a number across all. offenses where people are waiting in prison and there are

still a number of them it's unusual for a president to push ahead with executions during any transition in fact it's been more than 130 years and donald trump has used the death penalty more prolifically than any president in more than a century. a group of around 6 and a half 1000 on durand's trying to cross the border to guatemala on route to the united states small fights broke out between security forces and some of the migrants hundreds of people including families and young children have already been detained but groups have managed to make their way through many say they're fleeing a growing hunger an employment crisis with hopes that incoming u.s. president joe biden will grant them some sanctuary his administration promises a more humane approach to this issue but still to be concerned about the number of migrants on the move. well on documented immigrants deported from the united states

back to mexico saying that they hope the incoming by the ministration will bring about comprehensive immigration reform but for a growing number of the so-called dreamers the american dream seems just as achievable in the homeland when you're up at our ports now from mexico city. i don't shop on the river because the one man will pena remembers walking the last vegas trip but that's when he lived with family in nevada as an undocumented migrant scared over what seemed like a looming threat of deportation from the u.s. when many men made the choice to return to mexico just over a year ago when they both leave and they and that of faith. we have are sufficient. in the moment that efficient gets stopped because in triumph all the things. all the steps i had to fight it to come back to mexico and start again. like thousands of other mexican nationals who returned 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 communes has 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 opportunities for themselves and for others for example the american dream in mexico we have many people from our community that are so. and in reminiscences. to the us from mexico they're able to provide for their family while they're living here because times have changed they're bringing drugs they bring in crime they're rapists since the start of the trumpet ministration the white house has pursued more than $400.00 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 middle of the mexican capital has brought new opportunities even though. here in mexico you thought well. we have

a better life here in mexico than day and that if it's a man who is not below al jazeera mexico city. well there's more evidence right here including of course details on our top story which i'll bring you more on now . of course our top story is the election in uganda and one of africa's longest serving leaders is heading towards 4 decades in power off to winning an election that his opponent has branded a fraud erema 70 with that more than 50 percent of the vote is to extend his thanks to 5 years in power and he faced the stiffest battle all of his time in office from the pop star turned politician bobby wine the singer who is currently on the house arrest by security.