understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. taking the news in current affairs that matter to you. city under total lockdown $25000.00 soldiers patrol the u.s. capitol just days away from joe biden's inauguration. hello i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. of. celebrations as uganda's president you're wearing a 70 seals a 6 but his main rival calls the election a sham. anger and frustration in the netherlands mounting criticism over how it's

vaccination program is being run plus. another mission to the moon masses past the engines of its most powerful wrong yet with the goal of setting foot on the lunar surface by 2024. now the u.s. capitol has been transformed into a fortress 3 days out from president elect joe biden's inauguration the secret service has created a militarized green zone in washington d.c. . 25000 national guards have been deployed right across the city road and bridges are being closed and police are manning numerous checkpoints state capitals 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 planned armed pro trump demonstrations in all 50 states to protest biden's victory cobra i was 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 they 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 these 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 very much on lockdown and then coming biden administration is planning to use executive orders to on do several of president donald trump's landmark policies it includes reversing the so-called muslim ban trump and acted a week off the taking office the policy bob entry of foreign nationals from muslim majority countries prompted widespread protests and the galaxy is in miami it looks

that's what the future may hold for the policy. fulfilling a campaign promise to enact extreme vetting president trump signed 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 90 told us his mother is close to giving up she stayed forcibly in jordan for 3 years and you know dream 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 us values and doing its legacy could take years to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida attachable name is in wilmington delaware shakes planes the policy is by them 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 biden's immigration policy is the reason why many are making their way in a caravan to the u.s. police in guatemala have stepped up efforts to stop thousands of honduran migrants on route some were arrested after a group tried to break through police blockade and head towards mexico between $7.80 have entered what tamala since friday many are fleeing poverty and violence hoping for a warm reception from the incoming u.s. so ministration. the u.s. justice department has expressed disappointment to mexico's failure to prosecute a former defense minister salvador c.n.

for goss was arrested in los angeles last year he was accused of working with a powerful drug cartel u.s. prosecutors go after mexico promised a far investigation but now mexico says it won't press charges u.s. prosecutors say they might relaunch their case if mexico fails to act uganda's president is warning he'll deal decisively with anyone planning to create chaos following his election victory you were 71 a 6th term in office extending is 35 years in power but his main challenger bobby wine has denounced the election as a complete fraud wine is under heavy guard at home in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest catherine sawyer reports from kampala. who are. going to prove 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 the. elected republican. 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 celebrate 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 had evidence of widespread irregularities including rigging in favor of president yoweri and 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 credits on forms including 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 sekret. 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 areas perceived to be opposition strongholds the winner may have been declared but the country remains on edge catherine saw al jazeera. to michigan police so forth with demonstrators during a 2nd night of nationwide protests the crowds build barricades and set fires to block the streets in the city of silly rallies began on friday after a video went viral showing a police officer beating a man the protests come just days after to his ear marks the 10th anniversary of an uprising that sparked the so-called arab spring. the french foreign minister is warning iran is in the process of building up its nuclear weapons capacity. called

for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement so round started breaching the terms of the deal in 2019 after the u.s. pulled out and re impose sanctions this month iran further advanced its you're a me i'm in richmond plans to 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 the 1st batches of the russian coronavirus vaccine have arrived in argentina making it the 1st country in latin america to use this medication germany's ruling party picks its new leader putting him in the running to succeed chancellor angela merkel that it's

. time for the powerful. winter sponsored plan qatar airways. well it snowed in eastern france and apparently 1st time this season for paris you know surprise me too this was the snow coming in with the clouds dropped it now is sitting over germany so there's yet more to come now behind it is relatively mild but ahead it's still quite cold it's particularly cold in some parts of eastern europe and when that cold comes across the black sea it produces snow otherwise it's the mountains that produce is yet more to fall in the alps throughout the balkans and a hint of a developing storm system once again not far away from italy london temperatures back to 7 you'll notice but warsaw at minus 12 moscow is at minus 16 these are

dropping down about minus 25 overnight and that cold is leaking into for example slovakia well as warning is such extremes now by tuesday the cold will have gone the snow comes back as an example there is warsaw so it will eventually disappear but on monday here's the picture for you largely a fine looking one much milder in the british isles and even parts of scandinavia a little bit of snow left but it's the bottom right hand corner where the stormy weather sigs with rain over the water in sudden greece otherwise snow or some. at ways as the perseverance space rover has to to land on mars we ask nurses lead engineer how her journey as an immigrant has influenced her work creativity and resource. correctly important perseverance as well like don't give up aerospace engineer deanna trujillo talks to al-jazeera we understand the differences in the

similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what we think and music kind of france. welcome back you're watching out the serious time to recap our headlines 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 national guards are being deployed the french foreign minister says iran is building up its nuclear weapons capacity he's now calling for an urgent return to the 2015 nuclear agreement that iran has been

enriching uranium beyond terms set in the deal response to the u.s. pulling out of the room and very imposing sanctions uganda's president yoweri most 70 is warning he'll deal decisively with any arm rest following his election victory but his main opponent bobby wine says the vote was a swing seward's user jim supporters to reject it. a 2nd batch of the russian made covert 19 vaccine has arrived in the argentinian capital it was the 1st country in latin america to approve the sputnik vaccine last month it began inoculating its citizens after receiving 300000 doses medical workers were the 1st to receive the jab brazil had been considering russia's vaccine for emergency use denied the request on saturday the country's health regulator said it wasn't provided adequate assurances on sputnik's clinical trials and potential

manufacturing issues daniel. he says despite the vaccines argentina still has a growing problem. so this is the arrival of the 2nd batch of 300000 doses of the sputnik vaccine from russia a 16 hour flight from moscow to one of cyrus those that scenes and they have now been loaded on to refrigerated trucks and taken the length and breadth of this huge country to the capitals of the 23 provinces and mostly given to the patients who were injected in the middle of december when the 1st batch of vaccines arrived here the 1st major banks an asian program in latin america the numbers to continue to rise 12 and a half 1000 new infections reported on friday 102 deaths 1700000 people have now been infected less severe than it was back in the middle of last year but the big concern here is that. medics have confirmed the 1st case of somebody infected with

the extra virulent virus 1st reported in the united kingdom to the other big concern is numbers rise and as the vaccination program is rolled out 300000 is a good start but the country of 45000000 inhabitants there's still a long way to go. many elderly people in the netherlands say they fear they will die while waiting to be vaccinated against coronavirus health care workers and care home staff getting the 1st inoculations of the national health council is urging the government to revise the program steadfast and explains from the hague. bit of on the pole 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 gove it 19 but not in the netherlands many of peter's fellow residents have died in the past year and month of quarantine and restrictions are taking their

toll. and 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 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 us vulnerable people around 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 faxing will be used this has not only created frustration and anger but also fear now the british variant as 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 organizations 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 realized that care workers on the frontline working directly with patients and elderly are still waiting she said no

cap back i looked it up when i canceled my appointment the health authority said they are not involved in gets back needed 1st that made me angry this is one of many examples where things have gone wrong during this crisis. because of strict privacy laws in the natl and 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 concourses very serious because if you see how many people in this category of age. have big problems with the disease and overall also or can die about. this is really important that we go on very. quickly bit of on the pole 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

hague the president of guinea has been vaccinated against corona virus on national television alpha condé received his 1st dose of the russians sputnik 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. the african nations football championship has kicked off in cameroon the tournaments was meant to start last april but was delayed because of coronavirus the 16 team event is only 4 players competing in their domestically for the group stages stadiums will have a reduced capacity due to covert restrictions. we are aware of the pandemic that is currently raging around the world we will test the plan to have 25 percent stadium capacity on the side of caf and on the side of the local organizing

committee all the arrangements are made. germany's ruling party has elected a new leader army has been chosen as the next head of the christian democratic union well that makes him the top contender for chancellor in elections later this year angela merkel is set to step aside after 16 years in power dominic came reports from berlin i mean lush it he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia for nearly 4 years now arm in russia it will soon be leaving 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 the through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks to make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany thanks 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 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 to varian sister party the christian social union many say they would rather vote for him as chancellor congratulations to i mean lash it 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 from 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 if arm in law should wants to replace angela merkel dominic came out earlier. there's rising tension in the central african republic where rebels are demanding the government resign a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive last month to prevent the reelection of president fast in archons are dead or he was still declared the winner but both the rebels and the political opposition dispute the results of

least 60 people have fled the fighting many into neighboring countries. nasa has cut short a crucial test of its moon rocket system thank you very much. the boosters for power 4 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 if a planned launch used to take place later this year nasa ames to put humans on the moon again by 2024 it's 3 years behind schedule though a nearly $3000000000.00 over budget 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 test and this is why we test amy thompson has been covering the project for space dot com she says the test was a step forward but there's a long way to go before humans return to the moon. s.l.'s is going to be nasa's next havea lift rocket that's going to take astronauts to the moon so that and self is a big deal but the engines that were used to power this vehicle are r s 25 engines and 3 of them are actually used on the space shuttle program so today was the 1st day that 4 of them were fired in conjunction and although the test didn't go entirely as planned it's still

a big deal because this is the 1st time that all 4 of these engines have been fired at the same time this is the only technology that's available at the moment that can lift the amount of payload in cargo that we need to make it to the mill and so space x. that's done incredible things with their reusability but they can't make it past low earth orbit so this is the rocket that's going to take astronauts and cargo back to the lunar surface trump sat for a 2024 hour deadline which is great because deadlines me and that hard work gets done tests get done but their deadlines are not always necessarily realistic so there's a lot left to do to get to the lunar surface obviously the test today ran for about 60 seconds nasa needed. according to experts and they had talked this past week they needed at least 250 seconds worth of data and they obviously feel

short of that so it's kind of up in the air as to what. comes of this test if they need another test or what happens with the path forward. hi let's take you through some of the headlines here now to c.n.n. 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 20 $5000.00 national guards are being deployed several hours on the has more from washington d.c. they are not so much worried about the same scenes as january 6th hundreds or thousands of people overtaking the u.s. .