al jazeera. every. the images from the china tried to censor and i was a 0 investigation raises questions about beijing's response in the 1st days of the corona virus outbreak. hello i'm adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up security checks of the security forces guarding the u.s. presidential inauguration the f.b.i. looks into the backgrounds of thousands of personnel. a russian court rules the kremlin critic alexina bound he should remain in custody for 30 days he was

arrested after he returned from germany on sunday. because of our stuff it doesn't treat you specially so i needed to wait in a study as a live as a blunt message to tennis players who are complaining about being put into quarantine. al-jazeera has obtained video recorded in the chinese city of who han in the 1st days of the corona virus outbreak the images have been smuggled out of china after police tried to prevent journalists reporting on a local health crisis that became the global pandemic they raise questions about beijing's early efforts to control the virus so reus has our exclusive report. a year ago journalists from chinese state media arrived in hand 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 i have to see food market one says you know this is just a little of all of course if we have concealed the generally side entities for their own safety they soon realize the outbreak is much more serious and they fort hood shooter or shooters are all over a reporter who we've called yang continues to film secretly after being detained by the police. called a hero for what you're throwing up was a model called out of 20200 or so deployed all the hollow when one of their artillery and things harder than you are. 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 5 yang is blocked from entering

hospitals was either very lonely or being invaded incomplete or even when it really 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 you a woman brought has simply 8 year old grandfather to the gates of the hospital he'd already been turned away from one that had no more beds i think i think a family on the guards wouldn't let him in for a very good job you got. to go to the government i think offices stop young filming even at the hospital gates or anything as it would have been 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 and you can watch the full hours here and best occasional 3 days that 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 that vaccines are being distributed around the world it's the w h o's latest criticism of wealthy countries who are accused of hoarding doses leaving developing countries with none the world is on the brink of a catastrophe moral failure and the price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest

countries it's a scene never before witnessed on the streets of washington d.c. one of the secret service is largest ever security operations just 2 days out from the inauguration of president elect joe biden is what we're seeing the national mall usually packed with tourists now resembles a heavily militarized just 2 weeks ago the steps of the capitol were overrun by rioters now it's completely closed to the public. biden's inauguration will be held on wednesday right outside the capitol building already officials are asking the public not to go under the deal threats of further unrest and covert 19 the capitol building at nearby air is a part of a red zone that will be completely shot to almost all vehicles most of this area has been fenced off just beyond that is a green zone it's still open to residents and cars used by local businesses but closed to everyone else this is where vehicle checkpoints have been set up to

screen entry into the red zone. john hendren is our eyes on the ground in washington d.c. he joins us now live john we had an early a security scare in the capitol which perhaps goes to demonstrate just how high paying attention is ahead of the inauguration. that's right nerves are frayed and when any little thing happens anywhere near the capitol here people respond you've got tens of thousands of national guard troops thousands of other police state local and federal and so there was a little fire under an overpass near here it was at a homeless encampment and that shut down the capitol because people were on the opposite side of the capitol that's the mall side they were doing a rehearsal for that inauguration ceremony and just give you a little idea of how intense that security is this is behind the supreme court you can see the capitol there these are national guard troops here and they are making

darn sure nobody comes through these gates have been erected to stop vehicle traffic and then if you can see just at the top of those gates there that's razor wire that has just been installed today and that tells you a little more about how this place is continually fortified just when you think they've completely fortified the place they bring new barricades new razor wire back there you can see those men in dark colored uniforms with long guns are the capitol hill police they're the ones who were inside that building when it was attacked on january 6th and they want to make darn sure that doesn't happen again so nobody is passing through here you can see some more national guard troops behind them tens of thousands of them all over this city and this by the way is the green zone this isn't the red zone right here people are allowed to come and go but once you cross into that area in the center of town you go through metal detectors

the secret service checks you and nobody in this central area there isn't. to carry any kind of weapon not a gun a knife or anything but john just 2 days ahead of the inauguration the f.b.i. says that it's going to vet $25000.00 national guard posts now who would be on duty why at this late stage going to be done in time that is a huge job and the reason they're doing that is that they received information about a possible inside threat so instead of an external threat from people outside here there was a threat that there would be perhaps someone involved who would be friendly to the rioters and that they might help them so we just learned about this in the past 24 hours but it's been going on apparently the vetting for the past week right now there are 21000 national guardsmen here there will eventually be 25000 and so what they're doing is they're talking to these people they're vetting their past they're

making sure that they don't have ties with any of these organizations and that's a scary prospect but they want to make sure that they have pulled out all the stops and they've done everything they possibly can because you can see it be very hard for an external threat to do anything way on the other side of the capitol over there but if something were to happen inside of people were to get some kind of insistence assistance in there now that would be a whole other story that's what they're protecting against and that's why they're interviewing those national guardsman. john hendren reporting live from washington d.c. many thanks joe. at least 20 people have been killed in sudan and south stands for regional fighting between rival tribes dozens of people injured in the charter wheeler more than 100 were killed in violence in neighboring west of 4 on sunday al-jazeera skipper morgan as the latest from khartoum. well we spoke to the tribal

chief of the most highly that is a dominant tribe there in south dark core and he said that at least 20 people have been killed dozens have been injured but this does not start on monday this started back on past a day when fighting between the 2 sides the most obvious and the arab led to death of one of the people fighting one of the herders in involved in the clashes and then they try to ease the tension further travel to said that they've tried to hold talks they've tried to restrain the situation and get it under control but failed to do so which is why on monday morning clashes erupted between the arabs and the middle east which led to the killings of course of people and injuring dozens of others this is not the 1st time this is happening in south star for just 3 weeks ago or 4 weeks ago just before the exit of the united nations african union peacekeeping mission there was more intercommunal fighting that led the state authorities to respond by deploying additional forces they say that was a surprise to contain the violence they sent the paramilitary rapid support forces

as well as additional military and police to try to regain control and try to ease the tribal tensions but intercommunal violence has been a common occurrence not just in south tower 4 but various parts of daraa for especially following 17 years of conflict. a russian court has ruled that opposition leader alexina behind bars for the next 30 days he's faced a hearing a day after flying to moscow from germany where he spent 5 months recovering after being poisoned the judge ruled by traveling to germany in a valley violated conditions requiring him to report to authorities over a previous criminal case the 44 year old was in a coma when he was flown to berlin in august the valley is calling on his supporters to take to the streets in response to what is called a lawless trial dozens of people gathered outside a police building where he's being held on moscow's outskirts my own city but there is a book about this saying this is an open court decision on the police chief's motion

from my wrist why is court in the police station why didn't they inform me one why was i not 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 ultimate lawlessness i cannot call it something else. from alexander god in moscow. he's been detained for 30 days saw that he can spend in jail basically time awaiting for his a hearing on the embezzlement case this is the old case from 2014 when he was then in 2014 a sentence to suspend the sentence of 3 and a half years with a probation period of 5 well then it was extended 6 years this probation period expired i have to say on the 30th of december so by the end of the month most probably he will face another hearing where the prison authorities of russia are

there they want this suspended sentence to be changed so he actually serves a 3 and a half years this is a war that comes from the official side of the water and the army supporters are saying it was not only himself he's saying is this is the way to sentence him actually he used was in this today's proceedings to record a short video in which he says that this is a punishment by the world by kremlin for him for daring to survive attempt on his life in this video he urged his supporters to take to the streets saying that this is exactly world of forty's are afraid people on the streets so a power of the power of the people. we're going to weather update banks here on our 0 then the growing push for scottish independence in the wake of briggs's and the pandemic. at the time course in the central african republic confirm its president foster or a selection when will that be enough to silence his critics. say

some rather nasty weather pushing across the east the side of the mediterranean recently turkey has seen a fair bit of snow that snow is making its way further a swiss will see a wet and wintry weather fading across the eastern side of 13 it trails down across northern parts of syria again we've had some flooding into the northeast of syria whether they're cold enough damascus that just 9 celsius on cheese day off nate in the cloud and the rain which stretches its way down through israel into the palestinian territories and moves sink a little further south which is nice which as we go into the middle part of the week so somewhat the weather coming in here jerusalem turning somewhat cool it just 9 celsius here as well the south of that it is fine and dry not bad here in doha at around 22 degrees over the next couple of days

a plenty of sunshine which stretches down across the whole of africa meanwhile across central parts of africa we have got more heavy downpours as showers sliding all the way down into southern areas of madagascar we'll see some wetter weather making its way through here actually northern parts we're now looking at a little sightlines elway's filtering its way across the northeast of the country on shoes day making landfall on tuesday with some very heavy rain and a punch its way a little further west which is because for the next couple of days with the likelihood of widespread flooding. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situ. there's only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in this race he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day global

headlines how will a place like it live get a back seat when there's no money and all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al-jazeera. well again this is al jazeera the main news this hour serious investigative units as obtained videos smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the covert 19 outbreak in will they show police cracking down on journalists and hospital wards full of newly infected people. u.s. defense officials say they fear a possible insider attack at the inauguration of president elect joe biden that's prompted the f.b.i. to that all $25000.00 national guard troops deployed in parts of the u.s.

capitol. and russian opposition figure lexan of only is calling on his supporters to take to the streets follows a court order for him to remain in detention for the next 30 days he was arrested on sunday after returning to russia from germany wade spent 5 months recovering after being poisoned. tents sheltering displaced syrians are filled with water during days of heavy rain around 100 camps of been drenched in the province adding to the misery of those who have nowhere else to go after more than 9 years of war not just here as andrew chappelle reports. in camps for displaced people this is what happens when it rains more than 100 camps in northwestern syria have been affected over 48 hours mud is everywhere hundreds of tents have been damaged or made unusable. we set up a tent on the group cultural and when it rain everywhere became muddy roads are

blocked we cannot meet a wooden aids. already overcrowded and with many homes ruined people here keep closer together to stay dry often over night little forbid the injured the roads of blocks when the rain comes the tents cannot protect us from rain cold and wind children and women of badly affected by 10 blocks. 'd made worse by sewage and a lack of water supplies coated 19 is spreading rapidly with more than 2000 cases recorded in the camps according to syria's response coordination group around half of those in camps are children and many lack adequate clothing for winter let alone flooding. volunteers here are trying to make the best of the situation for them soccer tournaments really races and competitions to see who can clear water from tense the fastest. we came here today to the kaffir darian camps to be with those who are facing critical situations and to share some time with them in the cold weather and dirty mud

a few minutes are tough for us can you imagine the feelings of those who live here in tents that don't protect from the heat in summer i'm cold in winter. 12000000 syrians have been displaced by nearly a decade of civil war a 1000000 children have been born as refugees last year a russian backed offensive pushed about a 1000000 people from their homes in aleppo and it lives the last rebel held area in syria 4000000 are living under turkish protection on syria side of the border many living in the mud camps alongside it as ceasefire by turkey and russia is largely holding and amid the rain there's a tense calm in the camps aid agencies are helping thousands of families move to brick homes one turkish agency has handed over 14000 so far providing a degree of respite to some from the challenges outside and chapelle al jazeera. the constitutional court of the central african republic has confirmed the president fast and. has been reelected the opposition wanted

a rerun of december's votes they say the pre-election violence scared away votes fighting is still on the way rebels opposed to a dead israel action unsuccessfully tried to invade the capital last week but they threatened to attack again if the government didn't step down by sunday al-jazeera as malcolm webb has the latest from central african republic is capital own gain. there is no sign of the civilian political opposition in the courtroom today in the ruling very much favored the ruling party of president found since friday where the opposition is that there was widespread irregularities and that the violence in many parts of the country meant that the ball should be rerun that the constitutional court rejected it which is outside headquarters that building i did as i go to but there is parties a bit of a celebration going on there is a dance to that they've hired some guys standards and 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 vying for power really represent the population or have a major support by the opposition who are challenging the ruling in court to just part of it the armed groups that he mentioned or another party that just outside the city before with the forces to support the government last week and they make clear their intention to come in again they've said that the government should step down on the on the sound of the build up of thousands of fighters on the edges of the capital now to help it the government have u.n. peacekeepers there are also russian fighters from the wagner group a private military company that so closely to the state i'm reminded soldiers as well the government here says they're just sensis parts of bilateral agreement so though it's widely thought that different countries may have interest in the vast natural resources on the ground here in the central african republic uranium gold

and diamonds the foreign powers force over here for more than a century. the head of south korean tech giant samsung has been jailed jo whiley was found guilty of bribery and the best ones in connection with the corruption scandal that brought down for president going hey rob mcbride reports from salt. j. wiley arrived at court not knowing if he would be able to walk free again as head of south korea's biggest kugler it business groups had appealed for leniency and samsung itself has argued that lee 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 cio usually. control. head full information provided by although he's instead even in the

jail in the he or she can make it of properties and making them 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 blues importers knew that we fail to live up to public expectations because disappointment because we did not strictly uphold the law at ethical standards where you. were the power of south korea's chaebol system under scrutiny samsung 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. says that its economy grew by just over 2 percent last year that's likely to be the only major economy to do so as the u.s. japan and europe struggle to get on top of rising infections of coronavirus trading in 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 locked out from general until 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 slow 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 luna new year festivities in february helping people have been discouraged from travelling and 11 regions around to look down you don't conduct the changing epidermis 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 have begun rolling out coverage $1000.00 vaccinations in several provinces the international monetary fund says china's economy is expected to grow by 7.9 percent in 2021 between e.u. al-jazeera beating briggs it was always unpopular in scotland its people voted overwhelmingly to stay in the e.u. even as the rest of the u.k. tipped the balance to leave now the realities of bragg's it coupled with london's

handling of the coronavirus pandemic have put new energy behind calls for scottish independence as a whole reports from edinburgh. edinburgh's royal mile deserted under lockdown but with just a faint echo 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 was that if we stayed in the united kingdom it would be staying in the unit you know rights as e.u. citizens would be. that's been completely ignore the opportunity now is in it and some rest and a referendum on independence and i can see you know to realise that that is our

destiny prime minister boris johnson treats calls for another referendum on independence with disdain he 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 intitled 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 scottish seafood exporters here protesting outside parliament in london have discovered the e.u. u.k. trade deal means border checks long delays and customers cancelling orders

independence could make things worse so on the one hand brags that acts as a and as 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 in in the form of the rest of the u.k. well that 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 it seems 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 joe to hold al-jazeera edinburgh. tennis players have been giving

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 and other 4 participants in the tournament including a player have tested positive. on it has been a bit of a bit of chatter from a number of players about the rules the rules apply to them as they applaud everybody else and are all briefed on that before they can and that was a condition on which like not so i went there's no special treatment he played well being traded because of our styles and doesn't treat you specially so i needed to wait. it's good to have you with us holloway dream sitting in here in doha the headlines announced syrup our investigative unit has obtained videos smuggled out of china that show the earliest days of the covert 19 outbreak in the city of who han they show police cracking down on journalists and hospital wards full of newly infect.