he's a politics. and a health system struggling to cope i'll just see the investigation 3 days but still the world. on high alert in washington d.c. the threats of a repeat of the capitol attack ahead of joe biden's inauguration. i'm on the inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russian opposition leader alexina vollies arrested on arrival from germany after recovering from a poison attack. norwegian health officials revised that 19 vaccination guidelines as some elderly patients with serious health conditions die of to getting their 1st

dose. discovery that could help rewrite egypt's ancient history archaeologists find coffins and artifacts takes him back 1000 years. 3 days ahead of the integration of u.s. president elect joe biden washington d.c. is virtually closed off as unprecedented security of the fears of armed protests following a mob attack on the capital of this month left 5 people dead roads around the seats of the u.s. congress and blogs with arcades and metal fences the national guard has been deployed and the f.b.i. has warned of possible marches by pro trump supporters. i'm not only concerned about other state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c.

what you're showing is really the federal and playbook washington d.c. now we're in the 700000 of us live so our police department working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army quite frankly so has a plan to hit if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods other states also saying hyson security governors have rolled out a show of force to counter the threat of extremist groups small supporters of outgoing president donald trump gathered outside some capitals but as joe biden hertz the white house from donald trump the new president faces more challenges than just a deeply divided nation biden has proposed a stimulus plan to help americans struggling in a pandemic basket economy. as john hendren reports the chaos at the capitol has got washington amounts of the united states on ads. the u.s.

capitol is surrounded by sirens steel and soldiers in a military occupation never before seen in the american capital 25000 national guard troops secure the national mall that's twice the number here after the 1988 assassination of martin luther king jr and then there are the thousands of u.s. capitol police city police f.b.i. border patrol and others. the mob assault on the capitol on january 6th shown here in a video released sunday by the new yorker magazine has left a city and a nation grappling with the aftermath of an insurrection fearing another possible assault on democracy and traumatized. i think it's going to be better because i think. joe biden's january 20th inauguration comes with crowds reduced by the pandemic on ground trampled by a riot under the shadow of his predecessor 2nd impeachment. pennsylvania avenue is

usually one of the busiest thoroughfares in washington d.c. now it is the center of a green zone a security area that stretches 3 kilometers from capitol hill behind me to the potomac river this is now a city in lockdown. everyone entering the largest secure a zone in presidential inauguration history is screened for weapons inside fences upon fences steel on steel just as it seemed the center of the city was entirely barricaded workers bring in still more fortifications every manhole cover is sealed against threats from below now the city's most iconic street is a park for runners roller bladers and pedestrians enduring a historic evil my heart. i do. you know what to do. so i usually go for my daily walk and i couldn't go for it so. i think there doubt

that i could walk this way. across the u.s. the f.b.i. warns of possible armed protests outside all 50 state capitals following the armed invasion in april of the michigan state house. has federal agents scoured the country for those who invaded the houses of congress arresting this nashville tennessee man on sunday the u.s. prepares for what most americans hope will be a peaceful handover of government power even as it braces for another assault john hendren al-jazeera washington the u.s. secretary of state mike has joined the e.u. in calling for the immediate release of alexina valmy the russian opposition leader got as far as possible control when he was detained at moscow's sheremetyevo airport in the past 5 months in germany after being poisoned in an attack he says was ordered by president romney a person or a challenge reports it's a particular type of person to survive

a probable state sanctioned poisoning and then returned to the country you believe tried to kill you a country where you face imminent arrest. never gave the slightest suggestion he would do anything else following months of recuperation in germany alexei and wife yulia took their seats on a moscow bound plane from berlin. with them when the marines boy bring us a little vodka we're flying home says yulia quoting a much loved russian gangster movie it's a whole mark that he and his family make light of the many dangers they face and what he faced was jail on arrival he violated his suspended sentence by leaving russia to receive life saving treatment he makes a choice is a brave man because he always pretended he's a brave man. who. or has no fear before

that gorgeous it's no iraq. has no law and order machine now it's the time to prove. prove these claims. and show the deeds that's why he states brought. well he diminish his claims of being well number one and pray for position at the airport where he was due to land police detained members of his team have through supporters out around his plane was then diverted to another moscow airport away from the crowds after landing he spoke to the journalists who traveled with him yeah absolutely it's not him i'm not afraid i feel ok we're going for immigration i'll particles go home because i know that i am right and i don't need a criminal case if he can flee had been forged so scary story that they have tried to scare me we've it is not only the truth by my side but also to quote. but out

passport control after a goodbye kiss with his wife police led the volley away the kremlin denies the f.s.b. had any role in last year's novacek poisoning that nearly kills the opposition leader but now it seems likely russia will jail no brownie for surviving it rory chalons al-jazeera. no way has warned that vaccinating elderly people with very serious underlying health conditions may be unsafe that's after more than a dozen patients died after receiving their inoculations the desk happening to the fire as a biotech vaccine health officials say they suffered from common side effects that given the patients frailty those have had severe consequences this is prompted health authority says vies doctors to assess the cases of such patients individually they also emphasize the safety effect scenes what we have seen is that

we have reports of people dying shortly after being vaccinated all these people are nursing home patients they're all very sick and they have a very short life span but what we did see is that some of this patients had fever nausea vomiting diarrhea and that could have tipped them over with very severe underlying disease as i said we are not learning about this there is no reason to fear the vaccine we just want to be a little more specific which saw a small group of very ill patients otherwise we see no problem with continuing the vaccination dunmore as a vaccine research a professor of microbiology and immunology at will cornell medicine says the case is in no way should not make people nervous about taking the vaccines it's a very unusual circumstances most recipients. are extremely frail and

its residents who in some cases. there are very very few there are no reports of any more happening in the usa. so these are these are facts only. a myth should make us take vaccines that we. so far given to tens of billions of people. without this kind of a sense of caring whether it's. i say the red top of the tabloid stories it's always using the backs big or over trying to use it to poison the public's mind about the safety aspects that you can. use so it deserves to be look. before we. all say so recommendations change stuff show what

one in a 1000000 affects them and if you have you know millions of warm until you see some of these or side effects but you know i would take my chances on i want to know you want a 1000000 side effect. of of acquiring substance over this well it's a worse police in the netherlands have used water cannon to disperse an anti lockdown protest in amsterdam several 1000 people turned up to the authorised rally out of krajina virus restrictions were extended this week demonstrators refused to leave after being instructed by police prompting the clashes the netherlands and to that strictest lock down in mid december brazil has officially begun its national vaccination campaign getting an ass from sao paolo a fast jab she was given the chinese made scent of ak that scene that's after it

was given imagine see approval on long with the u.k. made oxford astra zeneca job brazil has the 2nd highest death toll after the us at over 200000 on a house the latest from announce. the approval came after months of political infighting on one hand president. who has always done play the virus and said that he himself will not be vaccinated but the federal government still was working with oxford to import and produce the astra zeneca vaccine on the other hand there's the governor of some ball which is brazil's largest state and he has always said that he will be the 1st to vaccinate a brazilian and he's going to use the corona vaccine because paul has been working with china to import and produce it and that's exactly what happened today as soon as visa which is the brazilian regulatory agency approved the use of astra zeneca

and of corona vax. vaccinated the 1st brazilian a nurse now as soon as this happened as the health minister announced that these vaccines will be distributed throughout all of brazil in the next hours and that mass vaccination should start on wednesday. minutes after said he did not trust the brazilian government to distribute the vaccines and that some would send vaccines to man hours here where we are right now and this is the epicenter of a major crisis because here hospitals have collapsed and they were and patients and doctors were dealing with a shortage of oxygen so it's a good news on one side brazil finally has the approval of 2 vaccines for emergency use on the other side you still see a divided country with politicians using the pandemic to state their points of view

and to show the failures of their rivals. still ahead on al jazeera allegations of torture in uganda the opposition accuses security forces of suppressing their campaign challenge election results. and a palestinian course is hearing a case against an israeli settler in what's believed to be the 1st case of its kind . it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways now much of south korea's been frozen solid recently the temperature rising little bit but that's not unusual when snows come again so you've got snow on the forecast for monday then the winter's round again but snow is persistent on the west coast so northwest coast of honshu that'll carry on during tuesday the sun comes up

behind us subzero and so by day and by night and that's true of a good part of china they beijing's up to about 0 and shanghai the cold it ted is round about average this time of the year hong kong a little below way might like it to be. very active sundry where there is deep showers but of course flash flooding in the north of borneo in the central part of the philippines but soon away as you look dry and java not so java could well be pretty wet these orange top showers are always the biggest ones we expect for cost wise there is not much rain in the forecast now for india a few showers maybe intel another rather more unstrung anchor a hint of something changing in the northern plains and maybe but on monday or tuesday still we've got widespread fog it's fairly cold by day and by not when those codes it was cold wave is gone but look at wednesday things clear up.

qatar airways. when all that seems to matter is the headlines are always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality the leader on the one hand the enemy is all believe they're on the other hand the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see them on the ground misinformation is right lays bare the bias a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them done covers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for war the listing posts on al-jazeera. it watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour washington d.c.

remains long down with on president and security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden military green zone has been established and 25000 national guard troops are being deployed to. brazil has begun its national vaccination campaign giving a nurse from sao paolo the 1st it's after the chinese made siddhivinayak and the oxford astra zeneca vaccines were given emergency approval. russian opposition politician alexina vollies been detained minutes after landing in moscow the kremlin critic is back home after spending nearly 5 months in germany where he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning. in what will be one of his final juices as u.s. vice president mike pence has thanked troops who recently returned from afghanistan . he and his vice his wife visited fort drum washington and struck

a deal with the taliban last year to begin withdrawing its military in return for security guarantees and peace talks with the afghan government the u.s. and taliban negotiators have met in doha for talks on implementing that deal the taliban wants the us to on their commitments on releasing prisoners removing its leaders from a blacklist. so these in guatemala have find to gas to disperse thousands of homes and migrants trying to cross into the u.s. security forces surrounded the group on a highway in that honda near the border with on tourists some were arrested as they tried to break through a police blockade and head for mexico john home and has more from mexico city i confrontation between guatemalan security theses thousands of people from honduras trying to cross the country and eventually reach the u.s. . a city gas canister. this 6000 people are traveling to modern

authorities estimate that makes this one of the biggest caravans from honduras since they began in 2018 back up to play it was police tried to stop them on the border. authorities said they wouldn't let anyone him without a code test all the right papers they called this a danger to a country already struggling with the pandemic was that they got through these people are desperate to get it out if you get it my goal is to reach the united states why because of the level of crime that we have in this country because of the lack of work the lack of education because of extreme poverty. and duress was already one of the poorest the most violent countries in latin america but 1st the pandemic and then 2 massive storms in november have made things worse. they're also traveling at a moment when joe biden is about to be inaugurated as the new u.s. president many see him as more sympathetic with silence equals with the acting

customs and border protection she really told these people not to waste their time or money on the trip he says any change in administration makes no difference to the rule of law i even that message didn't get to them or more likely the 2 desperate to listen john home how does either. the governor of sudan's west for state says security is being steps out of the tribal fighting killed over 80 people buildings have been sesa lights in the west for state capital the governor mohamad abdalla i'll do must says at least 160 people have been injured he blames armed groups from central and south darfur for the violence which is forcing people to flee the region. and has more from car too. renewed intercom in the violence in the western region of the hour for this time in the west are far in the capital janina has raised questions on the ability of the transitional government to be able to secure and stabilize

a region that has been torn and marred by 17 years of conflict that did not end to last november when most of the armed groups fighting in the region signed a peace deal with the transitional government on saturday verbal clashes between 2 individuals from opposing tribes led to violence that left at least 2 people killed and several injured state authorities said that it has imposed a curfew and still further notice and authorized security forces to use force if necessary to control the situation now at the same time another incident unfolded and attacked by armed groups on a displacement camp led to the deaths of dozens and displacement of people who are living in the camps due to the 17 years of conflict and who once again found themselves on the run being displaced seeking safety and refuge now this raises questions on whether this is the result of a vacuum that has been left by the african union united nations peacekeeping mission which was known as the in the med and which its mandate and that on the 31st of december people in the region are quite concerned they've been calling on the government to to take control of the situation some of them even calling for

disarmament because they say the region is washed with weapons due to the years of conflict but they also say that they are worried with the withdrawal of the intimate and with so many insecurities happening so many intercom and clashes happening that the government may not be able to control the situation and that they may need other a 3rd party to be able to control the situation until the transitional government can step up and provide them with the safety and security they need. uganda's opposition party says it will challenge the presidential election results in course president yoweri miss 70 has won a 6th term in office his main political opponent pop star turned politician bobby wind has dismissed the outcome as for dylan's priyanka gupta reports. andrew not to money or can barely walk without support the campaign coordinator of uganda's opposition leader bobby wine says he was beaten and tortured by the police something. that. i had been

connected directly steve. what do i was shocked i his allegations come a day after a long time president you were he was surveyed he was handed a 6 term in office extending his rule to 40 years his rival bobby wine remains at home tightly guarded by soldiers outside winds party the national unity platform says he's under house arrest but they're determined to challenge the outcome of those days for what we're here to inform the country but. reject we are now through over the election. results announced yesterday by the e.c. do not in any way relate to the privileged but spitted party preston was severely insists the vote was fair despite a crackdown on opposition candidates and it didn't shut down and of crowing

international concern about the validity of the election for now uganda remains on edge with many calling for calm and an end to political upheaval my only hope for the best. piece of the country but that may not be easy the 76 year old president faces an undetermined opposition bolstered by young ugandans fed up with high levels of unemployment corruption and growing increasingly impatient with the old political order. u.n. peacekeepers say they have retaken the central african republic city of bhangra soo it was captured 2 weeks ago by rebel forces demanding the government resign a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive but last month to try and disrupt elections the opposition claimed the vote was rigged at least 60000 people have

fled the fighting a nationwide lockdown in portugal has led to a record early vote turnout for next sunday's presidential election almost 250000 people registered to vote nearly 5 times as many as last time bell system is buckling under the pressure of a rise in more severe cove 19 cases tied to measures to slow the spread of the virus are expected to be in place for at least one month. as i've continued into this year days after the 10th anniversary of the topping of president zena ben ali. the 2nd straight night of the been running street battles between police and protesters in the capital tunis people are angry about the country's dire economic crisis and poor public services the police have so far arrested 240 people.

now in what's believed to be the 1st case of its kind a palestinian court is hearing about an israeli settler accused of damaging land and property palestinian courts don't normally have jurisdiction over israeli citizens but this case is being heard because it involves a dual citizen need abraham reports from the occupied west bank. was that an effort has been trying to build his house for the past 8 years but he hasn't been able to he says israeli settlers regularly attacked the building in the occupied west bank so he filed a lawsuit against one of them but in what is believed to be the 1st case of its kind it's a being heard in a palestinian court not an israeli one his house is located the village he says problems began after 2 illegal israeli settlement outposts were built in the area during the past decade. or 7 kilometers towards my house and tell me that i am in

the settlements lands this is mile and when i insist on building my house i'm staying here. never as lawyers say this is the 1st lawsuit to be brought against an israeli settler in a palestinian court they have been able to bring the case as the sutler has dual nationality it followed a decision by the palestinian president to dissolve agreements signed with israel. relations with israel were later restored but palestinian authority officials still encourage plaintiffs to seek legal action although palestinian courts do not have jurisdiction over israelis they can look into cases against dual citizens but it's unclear how any order by this court would be implemented the court is going to get difficult to serve the staff there with the writ and al-jazeera was unable to obtain details of his nationality identity or response now after his lawyers say the case could establish ways for palestinians to achieve justice outside israeli

jurisdiction. this could be a preliminary step when we have a final court order we can resort to regional or international courts one could even file for compensation in israeli courts. plus 10 years one the international criminal court in the hague or i.c.c. to investigate israeli settlement activity in 2019 the prosecutor said she believes there are grounds for opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in palestine this actually supports the prosecution's contention that the state of palestine does have jurisdiction over all or all areas or all parts of its territory. and also over its territory the i.c.c. is pretrial chamber has yet to rule in its jurisdiction in palestine but many palestinians say they have little faith that the court's decision will change the

reality back in but he never says he plans to keep building his house no matter how many times it's vandalized. the occupied west bank. egypt has announced another archaeology called discovery on the thing coffins and burial artifacts more than 3000 years old have been found 10 meters below the ground in the remains of the anxious city of memphis which is a unesco world heritage site south of the capital kyra experts say the discovery is one of the most significant in recent years. the most important thing that we found with. a picture of a queen inside the temple and me and you name of the queen he was. the wife of the king in one shaft 54 coffins. unique artifacts we found a property about 5 meters long we moved statutes we found games. we

felled baby unique artifacts such as an axe to. the american music producer convicted murderer phil spector has died in a california prison he was 81 years old he was best known for using his signature wall of sound to create hits for bands like the beatles and the rights of others they also gained a reputation for his abusive behavior including the fatal shooting of an actress in 2003. this is al jazeera these are your top stories washington d.c. remains locked down with unprecedented security ahead of the inauguration of president elect joe biden a military greens there now has been established in 25000.