no charges have been brought against al jazeera correspondent must move to saying his crime journalism. to demand news release and voice solidarity with all detained journalists sign the petition. 'd 300 who say. celebrations by the president supporters in camp allah as you are it was 70 secures another time in office his main rival says that voters must reject the result. hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in the program man who will succeed angela merkel at the helm of germany's ruling party he

asked just 9 months to prove he has what it takes to be chancellor. washington d.c. on high alert ahead of joe biden's inauguration one man is arrested with fake credentials and a handgun and ammunition. in the world's largest growing of our simulation program gets under way in india but there is concern over the safety of a locally developed vaccine. hello welcome to the program our main story one of africa's longest serving leaders is heading towards 4 decades in power after winning an election his opponent has branded a fraud you are in the 70 face the stiffest battle of his 35 years in office from the pop star turned politician bobby wine but the singer who is on the virtual house arrest by security services has told his supporters to reject the result the

country's election commission says miss 70 secured more than 58 percent with nearly $6000000.00 votes while bobby wind took just under 35 percent and nearly 3 and a half 1000000 votes. under. in the big numbers and voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. read elections 62. has been following developments from the capital she has more now on the violence against opposition supporters and the allegations of. 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 keys he said that i audit is going to be done about that and i you know we was 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've 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 shutdown saying that it infringes on the rights of people on the right and the people's rights in information they expressed concerns about biometric keep 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 is just elected a new leader army lash it's been described as the continuity candidate holding up a chance wrangle merkel's coalition building politics when she steps down later this year but it's possible coming chancellor isn't guaranteed he could be facing

a stiff challenge from within the ruling bloc itself so many 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 the voice i'm aware of the responsibility of this job 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 army lash it 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 covert 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. but what form that cooperation will take in terms of who runs for chancellor remains unclear meaning there is much still to do with arman law should wants to replace anglo-american in the autumn dominate came earlier the incoming biden administration is planning to use executive orders to undo several of president donald trump's landmark policies this will include reversing trump's so-called muslim ban and rejoining the paris climate agreement then over his 1st 10 days in office biden will introduce a mask wearing mandate for federal properties and direct his cabinet to deliver economic relief to those worse impacted by the current virus pandemic senator graham is live for us now wilmington delaware is this just about moving from moving on from trump as quickly as possible what do you know about these executive orders that biden plans a sign in the 1st 10 days. well biden has called

president trump one of the most incompetent presidents in the history of the united states he said that he would take executive order make use of executive orders rather to undress avel some of the executive orders that trump issued which he said he believed would not were not in the nation's best interest or were cases of overreach by trump as you mentioned he will be addressing a wide range of issues on day one he is going to send an immigration bill to the congress that's actually as soon as he's sworn in on inauguration day this is something immigration reform has you know vexed both republican and democratic presidents this bill is said to create a pathway for sedition to citizenship for about $11000000.00 undocumented immigrants and it's said to not tie expanding security as contingent upon creating

this pathway biden is going to as you mentioned hopefully rees store as he says america's place in the world and one of the things that did damage the united states credibility among other leaders was when the united states president under president trump exit the landmark paris agreement this is to address climate change biden has said on the campaign trail and all along he would quickly re enter that agreement by now also will issue an executive executive order ending the very controversial so-called muslim ban which biden will be looking at for areas which are really legacy building areas he's coming into office at a time where we are facing multiple crises and he says that these 4 he actually believes there are 4 crises it's not just the pandemic and the economic fallout but he says that there is a climate crisis as well as

a racial equity crisis we'll be hearing more in the coming. days about how he plans to address these issues but it's clear biden is moving forward fast and he has he says he has no choice given the fact that the crises we're facing require urgent need urgent action thank you from wilmington delaware natascha the name u.s. capitol police have arrested a man with fake credentials who was trying to pass through a security checkpoint barriers have been erected around the capitol 2 weeks after it was stormed by president trump supporters all 50 u.s. state capitals want to. have joe biden's inauguration the f.b.i. is warning of possible violence fueled by those who believe the election was stolen from donald trump as go live now to gabriel who's in washington 1st of all what can you what details are there all of this arrests.

well this was a man apparently that was taken into custody according to the capitol police on friday evening and as you mentioned he apparently drove up to a security checkpoint not too dissimilar to the one i'm standing in front of now and flashed what appeared to be an inauguration credential giving him permission to get into a secure area when officials looked closely at that they realized that it was fake so when they put him out of the car they realized that he had a loaded weapon and when they searched him even further in his vehicle he had more than 500 rounds of ammunition as well so unclear what his motivation was clearly he was taken into custody this is exactly the kind of scenario that worries security officials here it is unlikely they say that hundreds of pro trump supporters will be able to storm the capital again like what happened on january 6th the capital is under incredible security and it seems unfathomable that people would be able to

storm and again however what does worry about security officials is situations like this is they say a so-called lone wolf domestic terror incident of someone trying to do. harm to people here in a situation like that and that is why there is so much security here in washington d.c. 25000 national guard troops on the streets of washington there are also federal agents as well and checkpoints throughout the city and it's not just around the white house and the capitol it's on multiple blocks and streets extending kilometers even outside of the capitol building itself this is a city washington that is completely on lockdown as people are bracing here to try to keep the peace now we have. heard potentially of pro trumpet protests now armed protest in state capitals including here in washington and i can

tell you so far on saturday's night falls here in the capital of the u.s. and has been mostly calm with no signs of any protests whatsoever thank you from washington gable as. you know the al-jazeera live from london could this group of thousands of under on my going to be just a 1st hoping that joe biden has a different perhaps more welcoming approach also fresh aftershocks rescuers in indonesia as the search for survivors of friday's earthquake continues. there were this fresh and of a bit in brisbane it's been pretty sticky recently with the onshore breeze the sunday and monday that my program to showers inland makes things through

a bit less humid in brisbane a self nice summer weather throughout new south wales victoria now the cloud is gone through 21 this year max in melbourne compare that with pursed pretty hard 36 now in tropical queensland just around the potential there are a lot of rain and a tropical low this trying to develop that will produce some yet more flooding with significant rain not far from darwin are the other wides is pretty dry picture at the moment is showers inland a rebuilding year notice for queens and southern queensland but a change in the character of winter as well in the east asia tickly for japan the wind briefly takes those snow snow showers to honshu in her car but then the wind backs off and brings likely snow through both sides and north korea are include sold in that and then of course it carries on and produces yet more for honshu. there's a change in the weather type in the northern plains of india and in pakistan which

is currently affected by fog the fogl said little bit in court possibly a call to improve but not done time to. divorce rates in taiwan are soaring and as a marriage consultant helen knows this only too well. but as the 60th wedding anniversary approaches her own parents are looking moons rather than arms look out to go to. commit daughterly love and professional expertise make them see eye to eye hand my fine back my mother part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera.

a comeback a main story this hour ugandan president yoweri was 70 has been declared the winner of the country's election but the opposition candidate of the wind has cried foul saying that it was a fraudulent vote a 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 amin lash it takes the helm of the christian democrats less than a year before angola merkel is choose to leave office and joe biden is planning to use executive orders to undo several of president donald trump's landmark policies . this would include reversing the so-called muslim travel ban and rejoining the paris climate agreement. now in other news with the world's 2nd largest population india's vaccination drive is set to be one of the most challenging the government

wants to inoculate $300000000.00 people by this summer a 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 brannon 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 kid and robert. 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 back to nature it so we can end up it. the government is planning to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of the seer $30000000.00 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 problem as to the more you describe the scale of the program. as. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $30000000.00 and enjoy will be vaccinating $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drugs regulator has approved the use of oxford astra zeneca as kind of a shield vaccine and one that's been made of india there are questions around why the indian vaccine by a local company called bottle biotech was given approval when it hasn't finished its final phase trials the government has said that it will be administered under 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 going to concern them unscientific. survey suggests that it was that decision expected in such a way should we have a date a few weeks ago 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 a 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. well elsewhere several countries are voiced serious concerns about the slow speed of the european union's joint vaccine rollout none more so than the netherlands where only 55000 people have actually been given the job the elderly and the most vulnerable are actually having to wait as been anger and confusion about why office workers and can manage is there at the top of the queue step boston reports from the hague. bit of on the

poll is waiting for is inoculation but the 71 year old doesn't know when that will be in other countries the elderly are 1st in line for vaccinations against govt at 19 but not in the netherlands many of beatles fellow residents have died in the past year and month of quarantine and restrictions are taking their toll for the hateful it makes me very emotional it really hurts me not seeing my children and grandchildren i've not seen my grandson for 6 months. they have also been delays in organizing vaccines because all $120000.00 residents in dutch nursing homes have to give special consent for their covert $1000.00 japs a time consuming procedure especially because 75 percent of them are suffering from dementia peter has no doubt he has survived one covert infection and is worried he won't be so lucky next time. i really don't understand that in neighboring countries people have been vaccinated for weeks and we're only just starting we are

much too late especially for as vulnerable people are in a very high risk especially in such a closed living environment the nursing home has a special covert section where residents who are tested positive are kept in strict isolation many of them die behind these doors because of their age and vulnerability doctors have advised against taking them to intensive care units in hospitals hundreds of residents in that care homes are dying of covert every week but not a single one has been inoculated yet the so-called flexible dutch vaccination strategy has led to great confusion about who will be vaccinated 1st and what vaccine will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant of the country far ologist say it's a race against time before the nat'l and will face a serious outbreak of the new strain and they're urging the government to get a proper vaccination strategy in order but accusations of managers and office workers in care organisations jumping the queue have turned this into

a more personal battle household coach i know hostess was invited by her employer to be among the 1st to be vaccinated but when she realised that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no . when i cancelled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in gets back needed 1st that made me angry this is one of my. any examples where things have gone wrong during this crisis. because of strict privacy laws in the nablus for both employers and how the authorities it's difficult to know who is vaccinated and who it's not how worried are you about a delay of a couple of weeks how serious is that for the people on course it's very serious because if you see how many people in this category of age. have big problems with the disease and kind of overall also or can die about.

this is really important that we go on very very quickly because on the poll is reading the reports about what's happening in the u.k. and holding his breath his nursing home is scheduled to start inoculations in 10 days time unless the government changes its plans again step fasten al-jazeera the hake. more emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators have been airlifted into a brazilian city that's been overwhelmed by an outbreak of the virus people have been forced to queue in the streets and past their own pocket for supplies of oxygen to keep their loved ones alive 2 new variants are rapidly spreading in the city of menow so the capital of amazonas state military has been deployed out with the emergency by flying critically ill patients to areas where hospitals all better equipped want to his inman elsewhere people a still queuing for oxygen. the situation here in manaos the capital of the amazon a state it's very dramatic these people that you see here behind me are in line

with their oxygen cylinders waiting for them to be filled up in this factory and they've been they put their names on a list and they're waiting to be called now this is not the only place where they've been we've been following these people around and they've come from other factories that have run out of supply so they're going from one place to the other leaving their names behind waiting in the sun and the heat to be able to bring some a breath or are some oxygen some hope for hospitals where their families and their loved ones are now the police has limited the axis of cars here so many of them like this these people here are carrying them on their backs literally so it's a very difficult situation to be carrying the cylinders from one place to the other the other thing that we must take into account is that at 7 pm in manaos time begins the curfew so these people know that they will not be able to wait any

longer on the streets. a group of around $6000.00 hondurans are trying to cross the border to guatemala on their way to the united states small fights broke out between security forces and some of the migrants hundreds of people including families and young children of already been detained but groups have managed to make their way through many say that they're fleeing a growing hunger an employment crisis with hopes of the incoming biden administration will grant them sanctuary is promised a more humane approach to immigration than his predecessor but there is thought to be concern about the number of migrants making the journey and hundreds of migrants are still suffering in the deep winter cold on europe's store step blocked from entering croatia until now bosnia has refused to offer much help even after a count was burnt to the ground last month but it's now bowed to pressure setting up heat a tense all the many migrants are still struggling for a bad man day reports. wrapping up against the biting winter

cold this booty was abandoned during the both your war in the ninety's and office these people little protection. they dream of crossing the western border of bosnia herzegovina to croatia a european union state but with the balkan country refusing to accept the best stock in the city of be hackish really weird harry that is really called annoyed or talking. to the international organization for migration says it's helping around a 1000 people sheltering in the how they'd like this one. a few come over to sell is li picower the temperature here has been as low as minus 8 degrees celsius in december a temporary camp for hundreds of refugees were set on fire with local authorities unwilling to give them shelter about 900 people were left out in the cold. under pressure from the e.u.

authorities have erected warm obvious medical tents and plan to build a larger shelter. this camp is planned for 1500 that number might possibly be extended. the european union is covering the expenses . calling it an artificial humanitarian crisis it's a u. ambassador says officials need to do more to be to ensure the dignity of human beings the dignity of migrants and refugees who are here that also means this is an obligation for both now to convene a it is a signatory to un conventions it wants to become a member of the europeans who has to abide by those rules and by the way there are still a few 100 people out there in the woods who we also need to be taken care. of. that's makeshift camp is in a forest further north in belleek a cloud to say here this fire is the difference between life and death and people

struggle to get basic supplies last night. very crude we are suffering very much with dawn sleep last night and we are going to. have are. not safe. for children the dangers with a greater. local towns and cities refusing to accommodate these families and croatia refusing to let them across the border their only option is to try to survive where they are. more about a man the al jazeera. also watching rescue operations have been going on in indonesia after a powerful earthquake hit the island of several ways see at least 46 people have been killed and more than 800 injured authorities are warning there could be more off the shocks jessica washington reports from jakarta. on indonesia's sulawesi island a may just search and rescue effort continues in the cities of imagining. the

strong shallow quake injured more than 800 people. and teams are working swiftly to rescue those trapped under the rubble of the 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 journey. at least 15000 people are displaced i think in shelter in emergency centers. is one of them his family survived the disaster but then now homeless by the way my house was flattened by the youth quake many people from my neighborhood did know that's why we here. in nearby moved you. hospital was destroyed several people were found dead by rescuers. on the part even if we will clear the area and determine a car hospital after we confirm there are no more victims buried on the earthquake set off several landslides and cut to electricity and her life her is now working

to make sure all survivors have the essentials we've collected information about what the people needed evacuation centers they need medicine 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 so much more every day we're covering right here on our top story that also some in-depth pieces on the economy and the coronavirus as well. our main story this hour one of africa's longest serving leaders is heading towards 4 decades in power after winning an election his opponent has branded a fraud you are in the 70 had more than 58 percent of the vote according to the latest announcement the face the stiffest battle of his career from pop star turned

politician all the wine but the singer who is under virtual house arrest by security forces has told his supporters to reject the result.