police authority. and health system struggling to cope i'll just see the investigation 3 days the world. a city under total lockdown $25000.00 soldiers patrol the u.s. capitol just days away from joe biden's inauguration. hello i'm sam this is al jazeera live from coming up. celebrations ganders president yoweri museveni seals a 6 but his main rival calls the election a sham. desperation in brazil 2 new strains of coronavirus run rampant in the city

of hospitals buckling under pressure another mission to the moon test the engines of his most powerful rocket yet with the goal setting forth on the lunar surface by 2024. the u.s. capitol has been transformed into a fortress 3 days out from president joe biden's inauguration the secret service has created a minute tries green zone in washington d.c. 25000 national guard troops have been deployed across the city roads and bridges being closed and police are manning numerous checkpoints state capitals across the rest of the country are on high alert after the f.b.i. warned of possible violence leading up to the inauguration on wednesday officials say they've seen evidence of plan. and proton demonstrations in all 50 states to

protest biden's victory gave a loud is on those in washington d.c. with more on the security measures. washington d.c. is completely on lockdown on this street here you can see these are big concrete barriers that have been placed here to block any cars that could try to get in that way and then you come over to this side and you can really get a sense of how militarized this city has become here there are national guard troops on each of these corners blocking traffic they're going to be $25000.00 national guard troops here in the city by wednesday there are already over 20000 and as you can see they're blocking off most of the traffic over here as many of the streets in d.c. remain quite frankly very deserted because of all of this security presence and security officials in washington say they are most concerned about a lone wolf domestic terror incident and on friday we're being told by the capitol

police that they are arrested a man that came up to a security checkpoint similar to this one that i'm at right now and he had a loaded weapon with more than 500 rounds of ammunition it's ves kind of incidents that worry people here so much and that is why washington d.c. seizes an unprecedented security presence washington d.c. the capital of the united states is very much on lockdown. of the incoming biden administration is planning to use executive orders to on do several of president donald trump's landmark policies includes reversing the so-called muslim ban trump interacted a week off the taking office the policy bought entry of foreign nationals from muslim majority countries and led to widespread protests and a galaxy in miami and look what the future may hold for the policy. fulfilling a campaign promise to enact extreme vexing prison jumpsuit. and an executive order

temporarily banning travel from 7 muslim majority countries in january 2017 the president's reasoning to make america safe and this is the protection of the nation from foreign terrorists and into the united. in the aftermath protests broke out at airports across the country as those fleeing violence and trying to reunite with their families were prevented from entering the u.s. civil rights organizations branded the ban religious discrimination against muslims . legal challenges were successful in blocking the 1st 2 iterations of trump's travel ban in 2018 the supremes allowed a 3rd version of the executive order to go into force now nationals from 13 countries including north korea venezuela and several african nations are on the list the travel ban has been particularly hard for those hoping to escape the

violence in countries like syria and yemen when the supreme court made its ruling those trying to reunite with elderly relatives were devastated zaid naggy told us his mother is close to giving up she stayed forcibly in jordan for 3 years and you know green court decision she finally said listen i read it out. this far. i want to go back in it's disagreement you started and to be honest we couldn't see anything any more. president elect joe biden has promised to repeal the travel bans and increase refugee admissions by 125000 civil rights groups say that doesn't go far enough because the same old same old isn't going to work anymore and as hard as we fought against the trumpet mensuration we're going to fight even harder against the biden administration because we expect them to resolve these issues for those still stuck in the bureaucratic limbo known as

administrative processing the incoming administration is promises if filled will bring renewed hope president elect joe biden says the travel ban is morally wrong once he takes office he can rescind the order with the stroke of a pen reuniting families will be a long difficult and complex process biden says the policy betrays u.s. values undoing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida that's what name is in wilmington delaware chicks planes the policies biden plans to reverse. he said that he would be using executive orders to either overturn things that he thought were not in the nation's interests or that were an example of overreach by trump on the day that he is a dog rated he will be sending an immigration bill to congress immigration is something that has vexed both republican and democratic presidents for decades the l.a.

times is saying that this bill will hopefully for undocumented immigrants create a path for citizenship the l.a. times also says that unlike previous bills that have been put forth to congress it won't necessarily be contingent expanding immigration won't necessarily be contingent on expanding security and enforcement biden will also in a real departure from trump says that he will rejoin the paris agreement president obama for president obama signed this in 2016 at the time he called this international treaty addressing climate change a landmark decision the following year in 2017 trump pulled out he said that it would create draconian economic and financial restrictions in the united states and would mean a loss of 2700000 jobs to address the pandemic biden is moving forward with a mask mandate is calling it a masking 100 day masking challenge now this is something that the trump

administration has not only opposed but been hostile toward. well as natasha mentioned there biden's immigration policy is the reason why many are making their way in a caravan to the u.s. policing what amala have stepped up efforts to stop thousands of the honduran migrants on route some were arrested after a group tried to break through police that blockade and headed towards mexico between $7.80 of entered guatemala since friday many of the fleeing poverty and violence hoping for a warm reception from the incoming u.s. administration. the u.s. justice department has expressed disappointment mexico's failure to prosecute a former defense minister salvador see of way goss was arrested in los angeles last year he was accused of working with a powerful drug cartel u.s. prosecutors let him go after mexico promised a thorough investigation but now mexico says it won't press charges u.s.

prosecutors say they might restart their case of mexico fails to act uganda's president has warned he'll deal this size civilly with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory 71 of a 6th term in office extending is 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby weiner's denounce the election is calling it a complete fraud why is under heavy guard at his home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine sawyer reports from come parlor. whoa whoa. whoa. whoa whoa it did not come as a surprise presidential where in the 70 has maintained a decisive lead against his opponents from the start of the vote count the little commission. looked at

the public. the president addressed the nation after his victory was declared and say despite attempts by some individuals to tamper with about metric identification kits the election was largely free and. individual members and are voting for the candidates and for the parties. i think this may turn out to be the most. elections. supporters of the 76 year old incumbent cand out to celebrates a very grand and the most to support. this one of being the he's the one of them with us the electoral commission and they've done their best under the circumstances but already the results have been redacted by bobbie y.

ou have said had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri with 7050 members say they are can feed moving to court to challenge the results. of the forms of grignon that are not restricted to for the question of the credit from forms including the chasing i will agents at the polling station including forcing people to vote in the open yet under the law i suppose the power of the circuit. the result so wine received nearly 35 percent of the vote and his party the national unity platform has garnered a sizable number of legislative seats however he told us that his movements have been restricted and visitors including gianna lists have been blocked from accessing his compound by soldiers surrounding his home security official say they had information that he was planning to declare himself we know there's also been

heavy deployment of police in the military in the capital and other been areas perceived to be opposition strongholds the winner may have been declared but the country remains on edge catherine soy al jazeera. the french foreign minister is warning iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity johnnies that iran called for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement to her and started preaching the terms of the deal in 2019 after the us pulled out and really imposed sanctions this month iran further advances uranium enrichment plans to lizzie and police a fault with demonstrators during a 2nd night of nationwide protests the crowd spilled barricades and set fire to block the streets in the city of zawiya the rallies began on friday after a video went viral showing a police officer beating

a man at the protests come just days after today is the amount the 10th anniversary of an uprising that sparked the so-called arab spring. 2 female judges have been shot dead in the afghan capital kabul their car was targeted when they were on their way to work it's the latest in a recent wave of attacks and assassinations which the afghan government blames on the taliban for violence comes as the u.s. reduces troop numbers in the country still ahead of al jazeera out in the cold refugee near the bus they had to go in a border of forced to camp in subzero temperatures. we'll tell you how breaks it is being blamed for ruining scotland's fishing industry.

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 is 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 front to get in probably to southern germany but the real deep code that 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 will have a major influence for the west walsall gets a modest 15 as 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 video on monday the frontal systems we can somewhat so the temperatures are well 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. in affluent astraddle some neighborhoods are backed by social and economic despair when our nation makes a band of local heroes anyone of us have a responsibility to change our place in place by ship but it's a bit of a drain on al-jazeera. played an important role in the. face.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now the u.s. capitol is under unprecedented security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden the secret service has created a militarized green zone $25000.00 national guard troops are being deployed to the french foreign minister says iran is building up its nuclear weapons capacity is now calling for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement to her and it's been enriching uranium beyond term setting the deal in response to the u.s.

pulling out of the deal and 3 imposing sanctions. uganda's president yoweri most 70 is warning he'll deal decisively with any unrest following his election victory but has made a potent probably one says the vote was a complete fraud he's urging supporters to reject. emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators have been airlifted to brazil's amazon which is being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases people in the state capital man else have been queuing in the streets to bile desperate to keep loved ones alive 2 new coronavirus variants are spreading rapidly through the city the military's been flying critically ill patients to other states where hospitals are better equipped only on a clear vision and has more of a desperate search for oxygen. the situation here in my now is 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 access of cars here so many of them like this think 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 manassas time begins the curfew so these people know that they will not be able to wait any

longer on the streets. india has begun one of the biggest and most challenging vaccination campaigns in the world to have 300000000 people vaccinated in 6 months but some are questioning the use of one locally develops vaccine elizabeth for all of them explains. these health care workers are registering to receive one of 2 vaccines approved for use and dhea 3 100000 medical professionals are being vaccinated at 3000 sites around the country on saturday including couldn't drive and. 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 and hope it. the government is planning to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of this year 30000000 frontline workers and 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 promise to that in the more you describe the scale of the program new york. has said there is. there are more than $100.00 countries whose population is less than $30000000.00 and india will be vaccinating $30000000.00 people in the 1st phase of vaccination itself. the drug's regulator has approved the use of off that astra zeneca has kind of a shield vaccine and one that's been made of india there are questions around wide 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 because we're going to. find a big. why is that decision expected in such a should we have read it 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 bother with biotechs that 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. the president of guinea was vaccinated against coronavirus on national television of a con they received the 1st dose of the russians but i think vaccine the country is one of the 1st in africa to immunize officials against covert 19 a small number of elderly volunteers will also be inoculated before the government

decides whether to extend the program. hundreds of migrants in bosnia-herzegovina hoping to get into the e.u. are still suffering in subzero temperatures that this belated attempts by the government to improve conditions after international pressure lord personally reports. wrapping up against the bison winter coat this building was abandoned during the both the a war in the ninety's and offices people little protection. they dream of crossing the western border of bosnia herzegovina to croatia a european union state but with the bogan country refusing to accept them they're stuck in the city of the hatch really weird hairy that is really cold and. we don't have. the international organization for migration says it's helping around a 1000 people sheltering and how this like this one. a few kilometers south is

sleeping camp 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 me shelter about 900 people were left out in the cold. under pressure from the e.u. authorities have erected warm adiabatic a 10th 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 posing as a given a 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 the forests 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 the daunce the last night and we are going think an enlarged and had are. not safe. for children the dangers with a greater with 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. or about among the out as. the scottish food

exporting industry was promised friction free access to european markets after brags that its most valuable ag sport shellfish goes almost entirely to france spain and the netherlands but mistakes pour direction and last minute regulations have all contributed to problems lobster crab and prawns are sitting rotting in their containers jonah how reports from glasgow. scottish langoustine reputed to be the best in the world destined for e.u. markets but even as it leaves the glasgow processing plant no one can be quite sure it will actually arrive it is very very difficult very well we don't know what's up with girls the time to wait for you know you to take 24 hours to be in front know you can take 234 days to the front last week with us. we lost it all someone else we could call the product quality like that last week about half a tonne. in the bit bucket but you're right the front losses are mounting seafoods

sometimes left to rot with e.u. customers cancelling orders and prices plummeting because of border checks and failing computer systems but if it's important you'll just stop those also forever now you know because you lose so much money you know it's not viable anymore but solutions to now permanent trade rules may be hard to find and the scottish fishing . industry's main trade body has accused the government in westminster of lying about the benefits of breaks it warning many of its members fear for their livelihoods scottish fishing communities aren't alone among u.k. businesses in feeling the pain of new border checks the difference is that up here a majority of people never wanted it in the 1st place and many see in these post breaks it trade difficulties evidence that westminster simply doesn't have scotland's interests at heart. langoustine trawlermen alister roberts calls the

u.k. e.u. trade deal a disgrace that told us it was going to be a sea of opportunity. and. vanished. when they do come out on christmas eve never even read the agreement. when we were all very busy on christmas eve and my case organizing the local nativity trial roberts and many others think politicians like fisheries minister victoria apprentice could hardly care less and that's a powerful incentive for those who believe breaks it signals the end of the united kingdom helping to propel support for scottish independence to its highest levels yet jonah how al-jazeera glasgow. there is rising tension in the

central african republic where rebels have given the government 48 hours to resign a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive last month to prevent the reelection of faustina. they were still declared the winner but both the rebels and the political opposition dispute the result 60000 people have fled the fighting many neighboring countries. u.s. president elect joe biden has picked his science advisor and elevated it to a cabinet position you named top geneticist eric lander to the post biden says his advisor will lead with science and truth to combat the coronavirus pandemic climate change and other challenges lander is a former mathematician he was an advisor to president barack obama today the opportunities we have and those challenges we face are greater than ever before

the president elect knows that science and technology will be crucial in meeting this moment nasa has cut short a crucial test of its moon rocket system thank you. thank you the boosters for powerful engines ignited for about a minute simulating a lift off and consuming about 2 and a half 1000000 liters of fuel but it fell short of the 8 minutes needed to stay on track for its planned debut later this year the project is part of an effort to put humans on the moon again by 2024 it's 3 years behind schedule though nearly $3000000000.00 over budget but nasa says the test was a success it is without question the amount of progress that we've made here today is remarkable and no this is not a failure this is a test and we tested today in

a way that is meaningful we're going to learn and work and we're going to we're going to make adjustments and we're going to fly to the moon that's what the artemis program is all about that's what nasa is all about and that's what the united states of america is all about this was a successful this was a successful day we didn't get everything we wanted and yes we're going to learn or you have to make adjustments but again this is a tast and this is why we test. a team of nepalese climbers has made history becoming the 1st to scale the world's 2nd highest mountain during the winter season the group was one of 4 international teams aiming to reach the 8600 meters summit of k 2 that's on the pakistan side of the himalayas of this time of year winds on the mountain can reach 200 kilometers an hour while temperatures drop to minus 60 degrees. the air.