so no matter what you see al-jazeera will bring you the needs and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. a wall of security in guatemala stops thousands of refugees and migrants trying to reach the u.s. many say that our presence. there watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the battle also coming up with cemeteries filling up and hospitals close to collapse brazil's covered 1000 vaccination campaign finally begins the u.s. is accused of trying to undermine uganda's contentious elections after its

ambassador tries to visit opposition leader bobby why. and a record sentence a thai woman is ordered to spend more than 4 decades in prison for insulting the king. guatemalan security forces of brock's thousands of central american refugees and migrants trying to reach the united states they were traveling in a so-called caravan consisting of a large group for safety john home and reports. the moment guatemalan police broke up a caravan of thousands of people from honduras. who were trying to get to the u.s. but they hadn't made it for just about to turn 50 kilometers into guatemala the 1st country in the room. the security forces stopped them on saturday saying they

needed coded tests and papers to pass since then they've been camped out on the highway well a huge traffic jam build up behind them. now the lorries are running again but the . problems of these people remain unresolved honduras is one of the poorest most violent countries in latin america 2 massive november storms make things worse not that i'm going to go we don't have a word there is no food there isn't anything we're keeping up the fight the government doesn't save the president one will learn though he's been criticized for his handling of the economy the rule of law and democracy so you're not going to count if the president doesn't want us to leave why doesn't he give us quicken a good salary he's increasing taxes and tricity bills the price of gas but the seller is are rubbish. a lot of them have been bused back to home douras the guatemalan thora teach 1st stopped the caravan after a bit of a confrontation as well on sunday and cleared them off the highway and then others

of them still appear to be in the town above the on the wall where they're sort of searching presumably for other routes to continue but they're not going to be able to go as this big group of more than 6000 people that were on the highway at the central highway going through that town so it's been broken up even though a lot of people perhaps will try and continue their journey to try to get to the united states perhaps one of the other reasons why this is happening right now they might be curry's by incoming president joe biden's slightly more sympathetic stance especially towards asylum seekers than his predecessor the current president president donald trump that point might be one of the other reasons but the acting head of customs and border protection has actually said don't waste your time and money just because there's a new administration doesn't mean that our commitment to the roar rule of law and public health is changed.

after weeks of setbacks brazil has started a nationwide coronavirus vaccination program for people in my analysis the gateway to the amazon rain forest vaccines can't come soon enough the health system there is on the verge of collapse as oxygen surprised. is there. the war room was set up in a warehouse where millions of good 1000 vaccines had been stored on monday health minister. who gave governors the order to distribute them throughout brazil. this is the 1st step towards the largest vaccination campaign in the world this is our mission in the world. but for many families in the northern city of my mouse on the edge of the amazon rain forest the order comes too late. struggled all week to keep her husband alive

in the hospital ran out of oxygen most is what before doug solution i tried buying an oxygen cylinder but couldn't find one he died because he had no air do you know what it means for a person to try to breathe and not to be able to to beg for and suffocate he had so many projects for the future now he's gone. in one hour we witnessed 3 burials one after the other by now as had been hard hit by the pandemic in april and quick to recover to a point that some scientists believed people here had achieved herd immunity the violence of the 2nd wave took them by surprise. this is more than a wave it's a tsunami before the pandemic there were 30 funerals a j. during the 1st wave we had 100 burials now we have more than 200 it's as if

we're at war. scientists believed to mutated versions of the corona virus discovered in my mouse have found better ways to pierce the immune system but that is not all so probably what's going on. is new was bringing new leaders i do believe and of course if you get what we're borders miscible and get suitable lesion beds look great in the very air a little wary musts liberation to be added in my mouse people watched on television the vaccines being loaded on military planes for maybe in the air but so is much of brazil's immunization program brazil was counting on 8000000 doses to get off its national immunization program but it's still 2000000 doses short and political infighting continues making the hard task of vaccinating latin america's largest

country even more difficult meineke anarky of all just sirrah my mouse a china is being criticized by an independent panel sent to investigate what happened in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak a set up by the world health organization the panel's interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully in war on the panel also criticized w.h.o. zone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose the full inquiry findings will be released in may. the trumpet ministration has issued an order lifting an entry ban imposed on travelers from several countries but joe biden's incoming team says it won't go ahead the bans were imposed early last year they blocked most non us citizens entering from the e.u. the u.k. and brazil as it stands the restrictions will be lifted in the week after joe biden takes office share attendees in washington and says the trump administration does have good reasons to lift the bad. on the face of it you could say oh no look

it's the troubled ministration just sort of flexing its muscles and being difficult for the beit din ministration but actually if you look at the presidential proclamation that was that was released it was a rather well argued document it said look on the 26th of january we have these new c.d.c. mandated guidelines which mean that anyone returning or entering the u.s. on an international flight over the age of 3 has to have a covert test within 3 days and because the level of transparency and cooperation between the u.s. and the u.k. and the shame concerning the e.u. that's where they have borderless travel and brazil is so good then we need to just have a battle on their visitors because now we have these. the requirement for covert tests it wasn't just you know this is what we're going to do but almost immediately we got a tweet from joe biden's press secretary who said with the pandemic worsening and

more contagious variants emerging around the world this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel on the advice of our medical team the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on january 26th in fact we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of covert 1000 stronger restrictions on travel potentially being promised by biden's press secretary clearly a. knowledgeable about methodology and about an about strategy towards covert which is very much in keeping with how both biden and the respective teams are discussing things as it goes anywhere in other world news italian prime minister has been addressing senate says as he fights to save his ruling coalition on monday contain a one a vote of no confidence in the other chamber of parliament the lower house getting a similar result in the senate is expected to be much tougher. uganda has accused

the us of a blatantly meddling in its presidential election last week that's up to washington's ambassador to kampala try to visit opposition leader bobby wine wine claims president seventies reelection was fraudulent and he says he's effectively been under house arrest since the weekend catherine so he has more from kampala. the u.s. has been very critical of this election process from the very start even before polling day. us said it's not going to observe these elections because the electoral commission has refused to accredit most of it observers they said that the embassy here said that the election process has been deeply flawed lacks transparency and accountability now about the u.s. ambassador natalie brown she did visit the ones home yesterday she says she just wanted to go and check on him how his doing how he's althea's but he was she was

blocked by security forces who have besieged his home for a number of days now we have spoken to the government spokesman or foreign or pando who has said that the u.s. is meddling in the political affairs of the country in the electoral process and he said that the ambassador needed to follow the proper diplomatic procedures he said she needed to write a letter to the foreign affairs ministry detailing her intent and then the security perimeters needed to be informed now that puts a lot of question people are asking so is bobby wine and a house arrest he has said he is all indications are that he is under house arrest but i have spoken to security officials who are very careful about what arrests they're saying he's not under our house arrest what they have done is provided a cover to prevent any plans of violence the most ration or

any plans of riots. coming up after the weather tens of thousands flee their homes after flooding in indonesia we have a report on the late its natural disaster. and a threat to our health that hasn't gone away what's being done on time by a lot of resistance. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways once again welcomes another look at the international forecast we do still have some snow in the forecast for japan but hopefully not quite as widespread as we go on through the next couple of days has seen temperatures around minus 5 celsius in sapporo still want to see where wintry flour is coming through here but once a doesn't like a drier day when starting to feed their way in from the west but you'll see the snow returning as we go on into thursday so what's the weather making its way in

from the west and that will push through the sea towards the korean peninsula snow on the leading flank of that not wetter weather just comes down it's essential parts of china down towards the southwest hong kong should stay dry temperatures here around 20 degrees celsius well as you try to across a good parts of india but we have got some showers into the southeast of the country just around tamil nadu pushing across for lanka and noticed some showers too into bangladesh and a little further north up to a baton and also into the eastern side of nepal is stays over costs dense fog still a problem across northern parts of india we have got a fair bit of cloud in right making its way across the northern areas of the middle east over the next day also some snow in syria just pushing out of that eastern side is turkey and it's wet and cold around the eastern side that. qatar airways al jazeera its investigative unit the team censored an unseen video

from. filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning. legally known all those years in the us economy the lack of. exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. caught. and a health system struggling to cope i'll just see the investigation 3 dates that still the world. leader. is. a reminder of our top stories on al-jazeera if you're just joining us security forces in guatemala have broken up a group of migrants who set up camp at a roadblock thousands of people are fleeing poverty and violence in honduras hoping

to reach the u.s. the government is refusing to let them continue their journey brazil has begun a long awaited covered 1000 back scene distribution for people in man hours the gateway to the amazon rain forest vaccinations can't come soon enough the health system there is on the brink of collapse and uganda has accused the u.s. of meddling in last week's presidential election that's after washington's ambassador to kampala tried to visit opposition leader bobby wine who says you know where in the 70s we lection was far. now with washington d.c. in lockdown and last minute preparations being made for joe biden's inauguration the outgoing president is in the final stages of moving out a truck has been spotted outside donald trump's mar a lago resort in florida but some neighbors are pushing to enforce a decade's old agreement that the resort can't be used as a full time residents is expected to leave washington on wednesday morning before

joe biden take c. presidential oath in the u.s. sates of virginia armed protesters gathered for an annual rally that took on a more tense sarah following the capitol hill riots they were lobbying legislators in support of their gun rights hoda abdel-hamid went and spoke to them in which meant. it's the annual lobby dame virginia a day where citizens petition the legislators in support of the gun rights this year is defend rather than their rally in front of the capitol several caravans decked out in pro-gun messages headed towards the state capitol richmond what were you lobbying for is no gun control. last year they passed a number of in tie gun bills that were targeting law abiding citizens and we want to stop that and we would like to repeal that still some decided to pervade on the empty streets of richmond and under heavy security after the f.b.i.

warned that members of these groups could told violent protest in the wake of joe biden's inauguration they were openly defying a prohibition on open carry of weapons clearly stated on the banners adjacent to a per minute of it ok ok this is not a permitted event. ok oh ok so therefore it's a loophole i can walk here with my rifle it was a melting pot of groups and militias united only by to support to the right to self-defense and then mounting any attempt for gun control among them he belongs to the book a little less known for the how why and dress code and it calls for change not a civil war a revolutionary war civil war would be people against people revolution is against your oppressors. and want peoples of this revolution to achieve what liberty for all. its basic form we believe in our society is

a peaceful one. we use our 2nd amendment rights to ensure the 1st amendment rights of others none of those we spoke to gave us their real name but they all said they were here in defense of the 2nd. meant in their view essential to protect themselves and keep their government in check this is something that happens every supporters. of the local government to lobby for their rights but after the rights and capitol hill this government has decided to hold permits for over a certain support the local chapter which is your beef he was among the protesters at the capitol here in washington d.c. ungenerous 6 he says he didn't enter the building he belongs to the proud boys a group president famously told to stand back and stand by for the last 4 years the

liberals have been screaming trump is not my president so i have the right for the next 4 years to scream out biden is not my president i have no idea how we're going to unite it could be through our constitutional rights except the left the liberals they want to censor a lot of speech they call it a speech there is no such thing as here speech no such thing there's only free speech everyone was. here right where is is anger here many believe that trump is a victim of electoral fraud gun control is a challenge for incoming joe biden and tackling the many armed groups emerging in the us is an even tougher one without that hammy al jazeera richmond in virginia a court in thailand has handed a record 43 year jail sentence to a woman for insulting the king the former civil servant was found guilty on $29.00 counts of violating thailand's traits laws against criticizing the monarchy a sentence was delivered at a time of protests calling for the more knocking to be reformed and the political

system overhauled scott hyla has the details from bangkok. well looks like they're making an example of her yet 43 years the longest sentence for oil defamation laws here very very strict the strictest in the world and what's interesting is that there's a pattern to this usually when they're they go through this fairly lengthy court process this is been going on for about 6 years now usually toward the end when there's a sentencing there's negotiations on a term sentence and then a girl guilty plea is submitted and usually that sentences have been that's what we've been seeing here 43 years the longest term sentence i should say before this was 35 years so yes that's what is she's going to serve if she serves that entire time that to be left to be determined we know that sometimes there will be some clemency in that they will be released early but right now it's clear that they're making they the establishment both the monarchy and the government here is making

a sending a message by the sentencing today. in indonesia more than a dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes following floods across the country on monday president jokingly dodo visited fad areas in the. province it's been raining heavily for more than a week rivers have. jessica washington hasn't caught. this crisis began on the 9th of january and 10 days later there's still no indication of when it might come to an end authorities say that flooding in some areas has already receded but in others heavy rain continues yesterday's president visited some of these affected areas and he did note that this is the worst flooding that south has experienced in at least 50 years and he said and this is what the line has been from the government thus far that heavy rain is to blame so far authorities say they have evacuated most people from the affected areas just

based on what we've heard from all sources on the ground some people are choosing to remain in their homes because they say they don't want to leave all their possessions behind we know so far that 15 people have been sadly confirmed dead and at least 40000 are in evacuation centers to give you an idea of the scale of this crisis there are 13 districts in south delhi montana and at least 11 have been impacted by this flooding the military has already started distributing aid but f it's a complicated by the cope with 19 situation ordinarily there would be volunteers flying in from all over in tunisia to assist in a crisis like this that simply cannot happen this year this particular part of indonesia deforestation is a major issue ju-ju mining and palm oil plantations a large part percentage of the land has been cleared and environmental groups say that this is what is exacerbating this crisis and making the floods so much worse this year from what we've heard from all sources on the ground some communities

which have never experienced flooding in the pauls are now doing so this year. they've been running street battles in tunisia between protesters and police for a 4th day in a row the coronavirus pandemic has compounded problems people already fed up about my current employment and or services a 3rd of tunisia's young people don't have a job priyanka gupta has a story. another night off. undressed in tunisia young protesters raging against unemployment poverty and police brutality in some of the country's poorest neighborhoods they say they have nothing left to lose even the threat of the coronavirus pandemic and a curfew on to nuff to keep them at home but. on our borders people are buying and there is a curfew from 4 pm we don't care about other things feed us and find us work for some the games of the arab spring which led to the ouster of former president

seen alive again ben ali 10 years ago seemed like a distant memory and a thought as there always is there i was 20 years old when the revolution happened and the people are out in the streets right now we are doing the same thing maybe worse we hope that things would change for the better we hope that at the end of our studies we would find a job was depressed and visited one of the cities near the capital and called for calm but he didn't have the pleasure i know the status and i also know who is exploiting your poverty don't let anyone explode your misery don't attack private or public property. the government has deployed army across several cities hundreds of people have been arrested mostly teenagers. the rights group amnesty international has mourned against the use of excessive force. for now these protesters have vowed to stay on the streets despite the army the petition says that the police. i do see are. in russia dozens of people have been arrested in st

petersburg are very aware of the work of the rebels they have been protesting in support of kremlin critic alexina valmy a russian opposition politician was arrested at a moscow airport on sunday charlie angela has the details. 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 an urge to supporters to take to the streets against vladimir putin. obviously 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 the 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 a 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 but started back about those who actually compiling i do 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 code 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 sign

a. 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 got was from mr valma 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. valley 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.

now all the world's attention has been focused on covert 19 and developing a vaccine another medical crisis has been growing resistance to antibiotics at the u.k.'s oxford university is getting a $135000000.00 grant to help tackle the problem one and a half 1000000 people die every year from bacteria that existing drugs cannot defeat a new bacteria and infections are growing more resistance it's been 25 years since a new generation of untied biotics was introduced but another factor is that antibiotics are overused misused or overprescribed timothy walsh is a professor of my medical microbiology he says the whole way we consume antibiotics must change we actually use the same antibodies in human medicine as we do for good promotion in animals around the world and that's actually where resistance is often is not driven so we want to have a complete rethink we want to approach is an entirely different way and we want to

start putting no entry microbrews into animals there by relieving the use of human antibiotics for and so we have a series of programs and one of which is also to design new drugs food human infections where resistance is very high in low income countries to the availability of antibiotics is crazy. and so we have to have a global campaign and that's why also we we also have policy and she projects to chip in policy mapped into this institute you know and this gift buying in the aussies is fantastically generous an unprecedented but it gives us the freedom to also talk to these organizations about being joined because there's no point for example in the united kingdom as having very strict anti microbial stewardship policy which we do and yet on the other hand we're using the same antibiotic in

farms the same stuff they sure are all we've been in europe we can't we cannot go on doing what we're doing it is actually madness our best source news now in india has sealed a dramatic 21 cricket test series win over australia the tories chase down a victory target of 328 on the final day of brisbane to take the deciding match it was a big turnaround india was crushed in the 1st us was. well again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera security forces in guatemala have broken up a group of migrants who set up camp at a roadblock thousands of people are fleeing poverty and violence in honduras hoping to reach the u.s. the government is refusing to let them continue their journey.