yes the republican party dumptruck your weekly take on u.s. politics and society that's the bottom of. an independent panel questions the show's response to the corona virus outbreak describing the global alert system as not fit for purpose images from china tried to censor and honor their investigation raises questions about beijing's response in the 1st days of the current virus outbreak. on our intake this is our 0 live from london also coming up security checks on the security forces guarding the u.s. presidential inauguration the f.b.i. looks into the backgrounds of thousands of personnel. and international

condemnation following alex and iranis arrest the kremlin critic has been remanded in prison for 30 days. a lot of questions are being asked of the world health organization over its failure to declare a global pandemic until march 2020 an interim report by the independent panel established by the w.h.o. to look into the u.n. agencies response described the global alert system as not fit for purpose cases of what became known as coded 19 or 1st reported it will happen in december 29 teen but an emergency committee did not meet until 3 weeks later and failed to declare a global health emergency until the end of january. because of that she is a global health specialist and director of the skull center of

a social entrepreneurship at the university of oxford he says the did not have the appropriate powers to respond it clearly pointed out that there have been failures across the board that the world was not prepared in fact i think a lot of the usa would probably agree with some of the recommendations including that w.h.o. is used under power to do the job that we needed to do in an age of pendennis people misunderstand what tell you which shows rule and mandate is it's a normative body that can make recommendations offer guidance and coordination but it has no operational power and no authority to force countries to do things in so in an age to make threats we really need to rethink having a more muscular and better resourced idea which up in response to the findings that said it would be premature to comment on the interim i p p p report before it has been discussed by the member states then asia director general put together this panel but it is independent and we would refer questions to them. al-jazeera has

obtained video recorded in the chinese city of will hand in the 1st days of the coronavirus outbreak images were smuggled out of china after police tried to prevent journalist reporting on a local health crisis that became the global pandemic it raised questions about beijing's early efforts to control a virus the race has this exclusive report. a year ago journalists from chinese state media arrived in group 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 i want to see food market says i'm going to see it on the net we have concealed the journalist's identities for their own safety they soon realize the outbreak is much more serious and they fought. over a reporter who we've called yang continues to film secretly after being detained by

the police. called 80000000000000 was a model called out of 20200 or so deployed of all the hollow 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. yang is blocked from entering hospitals to see if you have a living human being indeed incomplete or even when it's really. altered it in order to enter yang pretends to have a fever. and. 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 on 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 family on the guards wouldn't let him in the job you got. to go to the government. offices stop young filming even at the hospital gates or anything as you 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. fill race al-jazeera. watch

the full al-jazeera investigation 3 days that stop the world on tuesday at 12 g.m.t. . the w.h.a. warns that the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure as wealthier countries who are huge numbers of coronavirus vaccines to just add an arm says the un health bodies kovacs scheme is it serious risk because of limited supplies the program is due to start distributing vaccines to poor nations next month but that could now be delayed more of them $39000000.00 those of vaccine have now been. in at least 49 higher income countries just 25 borders have been given in one lowest income country not 25000000 not 25000 just 25 i need to be blunt

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 brazil has begun rolling out the chinese made son of ag corona virus vaccine to try to bring the world's 2nd deadliest outbreak under control 6000000 doses are being distributed to states with health workers 1st in line brazil's immunization program has been held up by shipment delays and political disputes but both side of act and the oxford astra zeneca vaccines were approved by the country's health regulator on sunday. some southeast asian countries want closest brittany of the chinese produced son of ak kevin $1000.00 vaccine after trial data from brazil showed an efficacy rate of just 50.4 percent others including indonesia pushing forward with their rollout eager to try to bring the public health crisis

under control it's got harder reports from bangkok. looking to reassure people in indonesia the government live stream present djoko would dodo getting the country's 1st chinese scene of 1000 vaccine last week the 1st nation outside of china to grant emergency use some neighboring countries in southeast asia will do the same over the coming weeks and months thailand malaysia singapore and the philippines have all placed orders this despite a wide range of data on its efficacy from the early trials of the vaccine from 91 percent in turkey to 50.4 percent in brazil just barely above the world health organization's cut off at 50 percent from southeast asia countries are reviewing orders and have not yet approved the jab this has led to some questions about the vaccine stemming from the lack of transparency and data from the chinese firm and reluctance to give information to regulators in the u.s. europe and the w.h.o. the chinese regulators do not want to give up the control so if they would submit

their. to one of the f.d.a. in the united states the mind europe or the w.h.o. prequalification process they would give up a certain amount of control he went on to say that even with the lower numbers the vaccine will still help stem infection rates and the scene of back inoculation might be better suited to some nations in southeast asia that don't have the infrastructure to keep more advanced vaccines supercooled ciena vacas based on an older vaccine technique using killed virus particles to build people's immunity while the pfizer biotech and modern of vaccines are more effective they use a newer method utilizing part of the current viruses genetic code to train them use system to attack thailand is looking to start vaccinating high priority people with the scene of that jab next month in light of the efficacy numbers thai officials have requested more information but are moving forward with their vaccine rollout some here feel as though the lack of transparency around the vaccine is not limited

to trial data. strategy itself is banking on the side of back. little bit. untransparent bit of conflict of interest where you have a major titan climate. group taking a stake in the company that produced this side of back and you know this this raises a lot of questions for thai society and thai public health like some of its neighbors thailand is ordering vaccines from other companies as well the oxford astra zeneca vaccine should arrive by may it will then be produced here for local and regional export later in the year scotland al-jazeera bangkok. security in washington d.c. has been wrapped up 2 days before joe biden's inauguration as us president the national mall usually packed with tourists now resembles a heavily militarized zone just 2 weeks ago the steps of the capitol were overrun

by rioters now it's completely closed to the public earliest software moved out of the capitol building off to smoke was seen close by it was found to be a fire at a nearby camp for the homeless biden's inauguration will be held on wednesday right outside the capitol building already officials are asking the public not to go under the jewel threat of further on rest and coded 19 capitol building in nearby areas 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 close to everyone else this is where a vehicle checkpoints have been set up to screen entry into the red zone. 100 has more from the streets of washington d.c. . this is where washington d.c.'s green zone ends and the red zone begins these are some of the 21000 national guard troops who've been called in to protect the

capitol by wednesday when joe biden is inaugurated there will be 25000 of them and there was a bit of a scare because of a fire near the capitol there was some concern that that was an external threat the capitol was shut down people were asked to stay away from doors and windows and people who were outside rehearsing the inauguration who were asked to clear the area to evacuate and now the 25000 national guard troops who are here are being vetted because there was a report that there was possibly someone inside this a curity area that was helping someone outside with a potential threat that's why each of these national guard members are now being vetted to make sure they don't have any ties to these outside groups as you can see there's new razor wire that has been added on top of the heavy fortifications already here so you curity is tight now but only likely to get tighter. still to come this half hour after sticks and gas were used to prevent gus amount of

migrants from crossing into mexico security forces stopped clearing the caravan. handing the frigid rivers for a few dollars a day to join tongs went to work is in a dangerous hunt for gold. however got more very heavy rain across the northeast of australia in the form of typical cycling now brushing northeastern corner of queensland and sinking further south was just a little coastal for some very wet weather at a time so very windy weather coming in across the eastern side of queensland elsewhere what is generally fine and dry for a little the cool side. in melbourne 19 cells system just recover nicely for the middle part of the way we're getting up to around 25 at this stage i'm

a modest ice 5 and warm across a good part of western australia where we will see want to 2 showers just nothing into the fosse out of the states shall we rain starting to make its way into new zealand the clouding over here from the south autumn that will make its way across all pos as we go through the remainder of the way while we've got cloud and rain and state and snow pushing across northern areas of japan said the funniest snow there into that western side of japan once again. in tokyo shelled by the mountains not too bad here and as we go on into wednesday not bad at all for a good part of the country by this stage of the snow showers gradually start to pay to wrap maybe more the way a crisp sunshine coming in behind that sunshine stretches across the korean peninsula and a good part of northern china but shallows that he's. going . to make a change. change a life for the path of

a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you push to break it continually mold it up to turn the status quo and fight injustice down the whole month iraqi kill. bill dal go to school. with miss personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera. move forward. i'm going to remind of the top stories here on jazeera questions are being asked to the world health organization for not declaring a global pandemic until march 2020 an interim report by an independent. panel

looking into the u.n. agencies response described the global alert system as not fit for purpose. get ahead of the world health organization has warned of a catastrophic moral failure in the way vaccines are being distributed around the world accusing wealthy countries of hoarding doses even developing countries with not. 2 days before joe biden's inauguration as us president security in washington d.c. has been ramped up the national mall now resembles a heavily militarized. meeting russian opposition figure i'll explain a volley has been detained in a moscow prison for 30 days the kremlin critic was arrested as he arrived home for the 1st time since being poisoned last year the u.n. and western nations are demanding the immediate release and there of course a firm new sanctions against russia china angela reports. outside of moscow police station protesters demand alexina valley's release inside

the kremlin chief critic found himself in front of a judge in a hastily convened court and urged his supporters to take to the streets against vladimir putin. what is this toad sitting on a pipeline most afraid of what are these thieves from the bunker most afraid of you know the answer people protesting on the streets because that is the thing the political factor that cannot be ignored it's the most important thing but essence of politics so don't be afraid go out on the streets not for me but for yourselves and your future. novelli was detained on arrival from berlin on sunday arrested for breaking parole on a suspended sentence the reason he missed his parole hearing is because he was in a coma after being poisoned with the nova chalk nerve agent doctors say he should still be resting and recovering from the attack which many countries believe was sanctioned by the kremlin outside the police station his lawyers and journalists

were denied entry into the impromptu court own city by stars a book about those who actually could police that i did not understand why the hearing is taking place at a police station why was no one informed or notified i have seen a lot of times the mockery of justice but it looks like the old man in his bunker was so scared of everything that the criminal procedures codes have been blatantly torn up and thrown out what's happening here is just impossible this is the highest degree of lawlessness germany the u.k. and the u.s. have all demanded his immediate release story. sure through its own constitution and its international obligations is tied to the principles of rule of law and the protection of civic rights which obviously also goes from eastern avali these principles must be applied which means nothing else but to immediately release mr not only the russia's foreign minister has scoffed at the reaction from

the west and says a valley's detention is legal no one on the case of an avanti has gained foreign political resonance artificially and baselessly everything is happening to nirvana in connection with his returning detention falls within the competence of the law enforcement forces the. novelli will now be held for 30 days he says he's not afraid because truth is on his side in this important election year for putin truth might not be enough to set him free charlie al-jazeera. or tomorrow and security forces have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of migrants trying to cross through the country towards the u.s. about 2000 people mostly from honduras camped overnight on a highway in eastern but on doe after clashing with police on sunday the government says the group has been removed and the road has since reopened to traffic as many as 8000 migrants and refugees event of guatemala since friday let's go live to john

homan in mexico city so what's the latest with these people in the caravan. yes that's the big question isn't it if since friday 8000 people which would make it one of the biggest caravans even since this phenomenon began about 2 years ago actually the official numbers from guatemala migration institute are about 6000 people we still makes it one of the biggest where will these people gone after the road was cleared now the information that we have is that a lot of people still in the town they dispersed among back streets of the police of bart sort of buying their shields on this caravan other people have been bused back to the border with home daughter squat to mother migration of for a one way or another persuaded them to go back but these people fairly desperate honduras is in a difficult place right now it was already one of the poorest the most violent countries in latin america and that was before in the event 2 massive storms hit

and devastated parts of the country so a lot of those are traveling saying that they haven't got anything they haven't got any choice but to try and head towards what is their dream the united states now the probabilities of the getting anywhere near that still appear to be quite slim 1st of all we have the confrontation as you mentioned between them and the authorities not just today but also on sunday and guatemalan authorities have moved checkpoints going up the route and then if they get to the mets can border mets kerry sent its national guard to the banks of the river that separate guatemala and mexico so the chance of getting to the u.s. border are quite slim and that's been a deliberate policy from the united states and by president donald trump basically he might know of monies to build all of his big beautiful will but what he has managed to do is put enough pressure particularly mexico to make it so that as few migrants as possible can get up the country and can get to the u.s.

and mexico border gentlemen thank you very much indeed. at least 20 people have been killed in the sudanese state of south darfur in fighting between rival tribes dozens more were injured in the town of to wheeler just a day earlier more than 100 people were killed in similar clashes in west are 4 u.n. peacekeepers withdrew from the region several weeks ago because of the rise in violence 2 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed in a southern region of central african republic after their convoy was ambushed by a coalition armed groups the capital bangui is still on high alert after rebels opposed to the reelection of president pushed our shores to a hard unsuccessfully tried to invade the city last week they're threatening to attack again it doesn't resign by sunday even though the result has now been confirmed by the constitutional court your position wants a rerun of the december election saying violence and intimidation kept people away

italy's prime minister's if accounting has won the 1st of 2 confidence votes in the chamber of deputies that will decide whether his coalition government can stay in power container needs the approval of the upper chamber to continue if he fails his administration could be forced out of office and a temporary government put in place the vote followed the withdrawal from the coalition of former prime minister meto renzi and his party over the response to the pandemic and the economy scotland voted to stay as part of the united kingdom in a 2014 referendum but the realities of leaving the european union are leading to new calls for independence a large majority of scots were against brics it and many feel distance from the boris johnson government in london turned a whole reports from the scottish capital at a burka. 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 you know in union rights as e.u. citizens would be respected and that's been completely ignore the opportunity no as . a referendum on independence but i can see you know to realize that that is our destiny and ask the people. of the scottish parliament in order to achieve that prime minister boris johnson treats calls for another referendum on independence with this day he had a referendum on the issue in 2014 which senior members of your party perhaps what

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 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 big . as 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 weren't 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 joe to hold al-jazeera. cased on has some of the world's largest gold deposits accounting for about half of its exports worldwide but that gold revenue provides little benefit to the people particularly those in rural areas high unemployment has some turning to illegal mining especially during the harsh winter months charles stratford met some of the gold prospectus at work just

outside the town of narron. the river flows through the coldest region of kyrgyzstan temperatures here could drop to 20 degrees below 0 this time of year but the driving snow and bitter winter conditions aren't enough to keep these men from working on the ice and in the freezing water because the river narin contains gold. they use steel bars to break through the ice the rubber suits they were offered little insulation but at least keep them dry could be cheap big malakoff carefully slips into a hold on the ice but. his friends help him clear an area so they can work. they get sand gravel and stone from the river bed buckets. running for gold is illegal without a license but qubani toback and his friends can't afford one so they give some of

the gold they find to a man in the village pays the police to stay away but this whole process if god gives us health we will do the rest we find a little cold it would be but it's enough. for. the main into the pockets of sand and rock into a makeshift sieve they watch eagerly for the bright yellow flakes to appear. i mean . there is no other job for me in the village we didn't go to university we don't have qualifications in the summer we work in construction and in the winter we work here. so it's not known how much gold is illegally extracted from the nar in river . he provides a vital source of income for families who struggle to survive the winter months in this on the developed and i saluted region. get it downstairs again and have we found any yet this man asks. for villages along the narron river have been panning

for gold in the syria for centuries the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is lower than your in the summer months these tiny little yellow flecks you can see might not look much but they were around $50.00 a gram. on average the men find around 2 to 3 grams a day they take breaks every hour or so and warm up around the fall before climbing back into the water. it with a letter that said this is about money and food for my family it's about taking care of my children is not as dangerous as people think it's. after an hour's work the gold found so far is carefully emptied into a small bowl and the last of the sand washed away. the ball is then placed on the far to boil off the remaining water will rot holds up their findings so far this morning approximately $15.00 worth the men who keep on working

despite the brutal winter conditions because the day is still young john strafford are just 0 norrin in kyrgyzstan a quick reminder you can catch up any time on our website there just so that is al-jazeera dot com. one of the top stories around jazeera questions are being asked of the world health organization over its failure to declare a global pandemic until march 2020 an interim report by the independent panel established by the w.h.o. to look into the u.n. agencies response described the global alert system as not fit for purpose cases of what became known as code 19 were 1st reported in will happen in december 29 teen but an emergency committee did not meet until 3 weeks later.