of couples. eco friendly solutions to come back drafts to our planet on al-jazeera. the images from the china tried to censor an al-jazeera investigation raises questions about beijing's response in the 1st days of the coronavirus pandemic. logan i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up. the world is on the brink of catastrophe moral failure the head of the world health organization again calls on rich nations to ensure fair access to vaccines for the developing world. the potential threat of an insider attack prompts the f.b.i.

to get thousands of national guards deployed to washington for the presidential inauguration. the samsung boss j.y. leaders order to serve prison time over a huge south korean corruption scandal. al jazeera has obtained video recorded in the chinese city of new hampshire in the 1st days of the coronavirus outbreak the images were smuggled out of china after the police tried to prevent journalists reporting on a local health crisis that became a global pandemic there is questions about beijing's early efforts to control the virus filreis says this exclusive report. a year ago journalists from chinese state media arrived in graue han to cover a story about a mysterious new virus is 3 days before the city goes into lockdown. the few confirmed cases of the disease are up to seafood market says in the south so we're

good on the going to be good if we have concealed the generally psych entities for their own safety they soon realize the outbreak is much more serious than they thought it was a good info over a reporter who we've called yang continues to film secretly after being detained by the police. called on her or her words you're throwing up was a mob are called out of the 20200 or so deployed all the while up when one of their own learns are they go. yang is forced to show images on his camera to public security officers while doing so he continues to film on his phone. or knew very well china's response to the virus was late to praise the lack of openness at the beginning of the outbreak has been blamed for contributing to a failure to contain the disease 10 out of. the gang is blocked from entering

hospitals to see if you have a live human being indeed incomplete or even when it really is that it was needed in order to enter yang pretends to have a fever. a heart. he finds packed wards with patients waiting to get tested. this was just one week after the disease had been given a name 19 and on here are a woman brought her simply 8 year old grandfather to the gates of the hospital he'd already been turned away from one that had no more beds getting a seat on the guards wouldn't let him in a very good job you're not. going to come out of offices stop young filming even at the hospital gates i'm always aware of the going on the lockdown is announced at 2 am on january 23rd yang is told to return to beijing before it comes into force the next morning the roads to the airport and railway station are packed

with taxis yang joins 300000 people who left will hand that night the decision to provide an 8 hour window before the city is sealed off allows many infected patients to free rooms and for the outside world. still race al-jazeera. you can watch the full al-jazeera investigation 3 days the stop the world on monday at 20 hours g.m.t. . the head of the world health organization has warned of a catastrophic moral failure in the way vaccines are being distributed around the world is the w.h.s. latest condemnation of wealthy countries being accused of hoarding doses leaving developing countries with naam the world is on the brink of a catastrophe moral failure and the prize of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest

countries. within the last hour court in russia has ruled that the opposition leader alexey noble need be kept behind bars for the next 30 days not only is detention was ordered over alleged violations of the suspended prison sentence in an embezzlement case on sunday he returned to russia from germany where he spent 5 months recovering from being poisoned he was immediately arrested by about a moscow and alexandra gold for alexandra so he's on his way to a jail cell some post. yes indeed well off 3rd this decision has been ruled out he will be more from the police that then surely units to the pretrial detention center where he will stay for at least the 30 days this measure can be prolonged the in the meantime he will stay in jail awaiting for his a hearing on the this embezzle and case actually the charges are for the russian

prison authorities are that he violated the what was the conditions of his suspended sentence from 2014 by not showing up by not reporting himself to the oath or days and they want to this is spend and sentence now to be there and into a real jane will jail time which would be 3 and a half years we can possibly expect this hearing to happen by the end of this month though that is not really for sure within the 4 hours that this hearing today in the police station was on the his supporters started gathering in front of the police station and off there they heard the verdict there chant things changed from we are the power here and the release him into shame shame. alexander thank you alexandra gold for in moscow. earlier novelli declared that he'd been subjected to a lawless trial

a miami city by stars because they're saying this is an open court decision on the police chief's motion for my wrist why is court in the police station why didn't they inform anyone why was i not served i've seen nonsense in the justice system before but this apparently that old man in the bunker is so afraid of everything that they defiantly ripped up and threw away the criminal proceedings code what is happening here is just impossible this is ultimately lawlessness i cannot call it something else however russia's foreign minister says not only is detention is entirely legal. you know the case of nivelle me has gained foreign political resonance artificially and baselessly everything is happening to the valley in connection with his returning and detention falls within the competence of the law enforcement forces fears of an insider attack have prompted the f.b.i. it's about all $25000.00 national guards being deployed to washington d.c. the scale of the undertaking reflects extraordinary security concerns gripping the u.s. capitol of joe biden's presidential inauguration and that some of the very people

assigned to protect the city could present a threat one of the things that i think we're learning and lessons learned is that . we all need to take those threats seriously and we're prepared to do we need to do in order to support the citizens of our nation and our citizen soldiers you know we our company from backgrounds different walks of life and we have different ideas but what we've done is uniform we have one mission at hand and that is to do what is necessary to protect america alan fischer joins us live from washington so vetting 25000 people are not an easy undertaking what are they potentially looking for here. well anyone who could pose a threat to the inauguration will know that during the trouble on the 6th of january there were a number of 7 police officers who were involved there is also a number of serving military officers who are involved so that's

a concern and there has been reports over the years of the white supremacist groups having infiltrated both the military and law enforcement now the national guard say they carry out these tests these vetting procedures as a matter of course before every inauguration but clearly they're making them public this time just in case anyone has a concern they say that as the people leave their base and many of them are based in and around washington d.c. they were given the 1st level of vetting when they arrived in washington the 2nd level of vetting continued no the question of course is can you get 25000 people through in such a short space of time or the national guard tell me that that is doable that they are well underway with the process they have obviously involved the f.b.i. and they think they will be fully in place the inauguration on weapons that we know that the secret service take the overview of this operation so they'll be very keen to make sure that everything goes without

a problem is there any sense in which this inauguration would pass for normal. joe biden will stand on the steps of the capitol and take the oath of office that will be normal that's what tends to happen but you're right everything else around it it is the biggest security operation i've seen and i 1st covered an inauguration when it was bill clinton's 2nd inauguration never seen the capitol shutdown quite so much obviously never been in a position where the last president wasn't there and we know that donald trump isn't going to be there his intention is there he's going to fly off from andrews air force base he is going to have a small military ceremony apparently he's very keen on the idea of a 21 gun salute and a military fly past that has still to be agreed and decided and then he is going off to florida where it's intention his intention is according to reporting here in the united states he's looking to donors and friends to contribute up to

$2000000000.00 for a presidential library in florida whether or not he gets that money because as you know just in the last month or so last week or so donald trump has lost the backing of one of his major banks his international law firm and a number of companies have pulled the plug on trump branded goods including those designed by his daughter so whether or not people are willing to see if they will support a brand which has become slightly toxic in the last week i mean he is redesigning his plans for that library in florida which of course after whedon's the will be his new home state alan briefly what does he put in the library he doesn't read books. obviously all his papers his tweets believe it or not archived they will be held as well though because he is of them so they would go into the library the reagan library has a replica of the oval office it also has

a miniature version of air force one so things like that and it would be interactive because the man he plans to run it is danske of you know not a name nor in washington probably but he was his communications director his the guy donald trump isn't tweeting if you see a tweet in his name which you won't do you know it would be done so he was the man that was earmarked to run this $2000000000.00 library thanks very much an official in washington. in the news ahead for you. china beats estimates as its economy powers out of coronavirus locked arms plus. because of our stuff it doesn't treat you specially so i needed to wait. a stray or delivers a blunt message to tennis players who are complaining about being put into quarantine.

we've got signs of dry weather pushing back into japan i'm pleased to say but at the moment there is still more snow in the forecast a bit of cloud here the north westerly winds picking up that moisture across the sea of japan and dumping a fair bit of snow once again into that western side of conscious and on into hokkaido but it will filter its way through come wednesday as you can see it does bright not crisp sunshine coming in behind about 6 celsius there for tokyo similar temperature there full so what's of dry weather in so much of child of a simple some places a shabby right one of to those showers maybe wintry in nature from time to time meanwhile across south asia here it is fine and dry we have got essentially clear skies for many still some thick clouds and dense fog patches up towards the northern plains temperatures new delhi have recovered a little to around 20 celsius a high in lahore of around and 19 degrees a further south you notice the possibility wanted to shout was coming it's the

wetter weather world continue to swirl away across sri lanka so we could see some showers well the spells of rain possibility of a little bit of flooding coming in here as we go through the next day also some wet weather to ensue bangladesh and that is a chance of one of 2 showers into the eastern side of nepal with this day. north korea. isolated and heavily sanctioned yet earning billions around the globe here are 39 is involved in everything that makes money for north korea. to carry defray the cost for us to take on tyson. the money this year and it goes straight into the coffers as the leaders have a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for came part one on a. war

war. recapping our top stories for you so far this half hour al-jazeera investigative unit has obtained video smuggled out of china to show the earliest days of the curve in $1000.00 a break in a show police cracking down on journalists and hospital boards full of newly infected people. a russian court has ruled that the opposition leader alexina well need be kept behind bars for at least 30 days the kremlin critic says he was subjected to a spontaneous trial after being arrested on sunday following his return to moscow. u.s. defense officials say they fear a possible insider attack at the inauguration of joe biden that's prompted the f.b.i. to but all $25000.00 national guard troops deployed to the capital washington remains

locked down with unprecedented levels of security. social media platform paula is back online but it's still unavailable via apple or google's app stores pala went down last week after amazon suspended it from its web hosting services the platform proved popular with donald trump supporters who say more mainstream apps like twitter facebook aggressively censor political speech. the ugandan government turns restored internet access it had been cut off since the eve of the presidential election last week the official results shows president yoweri museveni easily won a 6th term opposition candidate bobby wine said he'd start providing evidence of vote fraud when the internet came back online central african republic constitutional court has confirmed the reelection of the president passed into an era the opposition wanted a rerun of the vote in december saying violence and intimidation kept people away

fighting is still going on in some areas rebels opposed to reelection unsuccessfully tried to invade the capital last week but they've threatened to attack again if the government doesn't step down by sunday malcolm webb is in the capital so malcolm what is the opposition do now do we think. well there was no sign of the civilian political opposition in the cool room today in the ruling very much favored the ruling party of president by day and the opposition it said there was widespread irregularities and that the violence in many parts of the country is meant that the fall should be redrawn that the constitutional court rejected it just outside that headquarters that building over there as a coach is of but there is a bit of a celebration going on there there's a dance to have a hired some guys standards have come to have a look but there isn't really an enormous crowd of supporters and this is one of the problems that faces according to

a lot of analysts say that none of the factions who are buying power really represent the population or have a major support base the opposition who were challenging the ruling in court the just part of it the armed groups that you mentioned there another part of it there just outside the city before with the forces that support the government last week they make clear their intention to come in again they've said that the government should step down and be on the start of the build up of thousands of fighters on the edges of the capital to help it the government have u.n. peacekeepers there also russian fighters from the wagner group a private military company that will close links for the state and rwandan soldiers as well the government here says just sent as part of bilateral agreement though it's widely thought that different countries may have interests in the vos not true resources on the ground in the central african republic uranium gold and diamonds

that forum powers forth over here for more than a century how significant are these clashes that are still going in those outlying areas. very significant really because the government much as they may be. celebrating completion of the electoral process which opposition has been gravely through but those armed groups control about the tree across the country they control some of the. capital even if the government and the foreign forces the. have a grip on power just around. the rest of the country and those well generate think natural resources for the moment of profiting the. country's major issues there the completion of a process flawed as it may be doesn't really bring. you any closer to solving.

major political problems welcome thank you very much malcolm webb the in. china says this economy grew by just over 2 percent last year it's likely to be the only major economy to do that as the u.s. japan and the e.u. all struggle to get on top of rising infections with coronavirus between e.u. reports from beijing. as the pandemic spreads around the world the 1st country affected by the outbreak china has surprised many by the speed of its recovery according to official figures its economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2020 a slightly higher figure than expected china is the only major economy set to avoid a contraction last year. beijing says strict virus controls and financial stimulus measures helped to boost growth later in the year the turnaround followed a historic plunge in economic growth after months of lock down from jenner into

april strong manufacturing output and a surge in demand for chinese products by countries later hit by the curtain virus front recovery chinese factories exported large quantities of medical products protective gear and computer equipment for many around the world suddenly forced to work from home still a g.d.p. of 2.3 percent mox the slowest economic expansion china has experienced for more than 4 decades and domestic consumption remains weak retail sales fell by 3.9 percent. domestic demand did not help on the g.d.p. growth this rely on demand outside of china investment and consumption here were poor and it won't be easy for this to rebound the slump in consumer spending is a concern for the chinese government last year president xi jinping called for the country to rely less on exports and focus on innovation and bursting household spending but the pandemic has made this shift difficult to achieve resurgent

coronavirus cases in the north ahead of annual luden new year festivities in february helping people have been discouraged from travelling and 11 regions around to look down on the changing situation an external environment pose a multitude of uncertainties so the foundations of china's economic recovery is yet to be consolidated. china's latest insist the current outbreak is under control and has begun rolling out carving 1000 vaccinations in several provinces the international monetary fund says china's economy is expected to grow by 7.9 percent in 2021 katrin e.u. al-jazeera beijing. the italian prime minister has epic on tape parliament not to upset the government's plans to fight the pandemic and the county is facing 2 days of votes that could decide whether his coalition stays in power he needs the approval of both the lower and the upper chambers if that fails his administration could be forced out of office and a technical government put in place

a junior party quit conti's coalition depriving him of an absolute majority are you go back to peter i am asking today to help us to help us restart with the greatest of speed help us repair the wound that this crisis is a vote and reconfirm our pact of trust with our citizens citizens you are right this trust should be reciprocal also between institutions and the citizens the head of the south korean tech giant sandstorm has been jailed for 2 and a half years jay wiley he was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in connection with the corruption scandal that brought down the former president park geun hey rob mcbride now from seoul. j. wiley arrived at court not knowing if he would be able to walk free again as head of south korea's biggest conglomerate business groups had appealed for leniency and samsung itself has argued that li is essential to its day to day running a claim disputed by critics of the so-called chaebol system a family run businesses that still dominates the economy here every day operation

is done by the professional managers saw even in the jail use only door control or korean general has full information provided by the although he's instead and even in the jail and the he or she can make it of properties in the making in 2017 lee was found guilty of bribing disgraced former president park geun hye and her longtime associate choice and so to allow the smooth transition of power at samsung from his father he was released after one year of a 5 year prison sentence the prosecution appealed and last year leap promised changes in his company's business practices in a bid to stay out of prison. as importers knew that we fail to live up to public expectations because disappointment because we did not strictly uphold the law at ethical standards of where you. were the power of south korea's chaebol system

under scrutiny some song agreed to set up a compliance committee last year at the request of the court to look into its business practices to ensure a case like this wouldn't happen again it was widely seen as a bid to please the court ahead of this ruling but it wasn't enough and the court ordered lee back into custody ruling he'd concealed his multi-million dollar bribe and also committed perjury in his explanation about it to the national assembly of mcbride al jazeera song. brecht's it was always unpopular in scotland its people voted by a majority to stay in the e.u. even as the rest of the u.k. tipped the balance to leave now the realities of brics it coupled with the london government's handling of the coded pandemic could put new energy behind calls for scottish independence john holl reports now from edinburgh. edinburgh's royal

mile deserted under lockdown but with just a fee deco of events that have taken place here over the past decade marching for scottish independence before a referendum in which scots voted to remain part of the united kingdom and later voting for continued membership of the european union but breaks it has changed everything and independence is once more in the air what we were told at that time was that if we stayed in the united kingdom it would be staying in the you know in union rights as e.u. citizens would be respected and that's been completely ignoring the opportunity you know as well and some rest and a referendum on independence that you could see you know to realize that that is our destiny and ask the people of. ours or the scottish parliament in order to achieve that prime minister boris johnson treats calls for another referendum on independence with this day we had a referendum on the issue in 2014 which senior members of your party perhaps were

you said was a once in a generation event it was on that basis the people voted in the way that they did very substantially to keep our wonderful union together boris johnson is loathed by scottish nationalists who see him as the embodiment of for exit and entitled englishman who pays only lip service to the importance of the union so his pitch to build back better together after the pandemic rings hollow here among those who voted heavily to remain in the european union and who now would vote to leave the united kingdom but there's a catch the very thing breaks it that has taken support for independents to new heights is also the thing that makes independents see economically viable so one on one hand breaks it acts as and is as an accelerator on independence preferences. because people are not happy not being in the european union but at the same time

an independent scotland outside of the e.u. but also finding that has difficulty trading with with its former trade partners in the terms and in the form of the rest of the u.k. well that also is it is a problem so it makes people want independence more but it makes in some ways the economic consequences of independence far more severe than they were in 24 team but those arguments haven't dented voting intentions yet 18 opinion polls in a row show a firm lead for independence and an expected learned slide win for the scottish nationalists in may's parliamentary election could yet create an unstoppable democratic force jonah hole al-jazeera. tennis players have been given a blunt response after complaining about being put into quarantine in australia more players have been ordered into hotel isolation after arriving for the australian open another 4 people taking part in the tournament including a player have tested positive well number one novak djokovic sent

a list of demands to organizers including that he be moved into a private house had it's been a bit of a bit of chatter from a number of players about the rules or the rules apply to them as they apply to everybody else and they're all briefed on that before they can and that was a condition on which they can't so i went there's no special treatment here people are being traded because of our stuff and doesn't treat you specially so they that do wait. egypt has announced another archaeological discovery unearthing coffins and burial artifacts there more than 3000 years old they were found 10 meters beneath the remains of the ancient city of memphis memphis izzy unesco world heritage site south of the egyptian capital cairo has been described as one of the most significant discoveries in years the most important thing that we found were followed at them bill near a parent of a queen inside the temple and name and you name of a queen and it was neat she was the wife of the king in one shaft

$54.00 coffins inside the shafts unique artifacts we found about 5 meters long we found to measure the statutes we found games that they played with. many unique artifacts such as an x. blog to a soldier. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter darby your headlines al-jazeera is investigative unit has obtained videos smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the covert 1000 a break in who hand they show police cracking down on journalists and hospital wards full of infected people the head of the world health organization has warned of a quote catastrophic moral failure in the way vaccines are being distributed worldwide it's the latest condemnation of wealthy nations.