internet service. detail coverage many have told us that they have. to. say they are. the security situation in the country from around the world. is dependent on the success of its that seems to prove its national image which is something since the beginning. help is on the way. u.s. president joe biden signs 10 executive orders to boost the country's covert 1000 response but warns of a difficult road ahead it's. been watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha i'm dating navigator also coming up the u.s.

returns to the world health organization and joins global efforts to provide vaccines to poor countries that reverses the trump administration's position. eisel claims responsibility for twin suicide bomb attacks in iraq's capital that killed at least 32 people at a crowded market. the u.n. envoy to the central african republic asks for more peacekeepers as rebels try to surround the capital they're angry about the president's re-election. thanks for joining us he's calling it a full scale war time strategy to be covert 19 in the past few hours the us president joe biden has signed a string of executive orders aimed at speeding up the response to the pandemic which is claimed the lives of more than $400000.00 americans his plan includes making it mandatory for people to wear masks requiring international travelers to quarantine when they arrive in the u.s.

biden is inheriting a vaccine rollout that he calls a dismal failure the new measures also include improving testing and inoculations well these executive orders come a year to the day when the 1st case of the corona virus was reported in the u.s. we get a dismissal right which could take months or should turn things around but let me be equally clear we will get through this we will defeat is pandemic into a nation waiting for action let me be clear on this point help is on the way. to day to day in our national strategy on career 19 executive actions to be to spend let's bring in mike hanna has joining us from washington d.c. to tell us more about the executive actions taken by the president or what this is made clear is that there was no national strategy in place at all joe

biden are signing a large number of executive orders to try and build up a strategy the executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus and demick they range through a lot of issues safety in schools how to open schools safety safety in the workplace the improving the chain of distribution of vaccine establishing a testing board to spread out testing so a whole host of measures being announced by joe biden in the course of the day he also expanded on the mosque a mandate which he introduced in his 1st executive order on the 1st day in office and that includes now what his mask wearing at federal airports so he's expanding this and trying to put clothes on to the bones of the initial idea but the concept around all of this is a stablish being a nationwide strategy to take the pressure off the states and the governors who

throughout the past year have been left largely to deal with the matter by themselves and mike there was a film familiar face in the white house press briefing this evening we saw dr felt she has made a comeback what did he have to say. dr felt she was sidelined for a long period of time by the trumpet ministration m it's great disagreement between them dr felt she briefed the public he's now a central figure in the pandemic taskforce he briefed the public on a number of issues in particular the variant the mutation of the virus which has been occurring in places like the u.k. south africa brazil he did confirm that the u.k. variant has been found in more than 20 states stressing though that this does not mean necessarily that people get more ill but it could contribute to a wider spread of the virus he also said that if some 75 percent of the population

could be vaccinated by the summer then there could be the possibility of establishing a herd immunity but choosing his words very carefully not wanting to get ahead of himself but the one thing that was very clear was almost a sense of relief on dr part that he no longer has to daunce around the ego of former president trump this is what dr fox he had to say on that subject it was very clear that there were things that were said. regarding things like a drug c. clora quinn and other things like that that really was uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact i can tell you i take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president so it was really something that you didn't feel that you could actually say something and there wouldn't be any repercussions about it the idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know what the evidence what the sciences and know that sit let the science speak it is somewhat

of a liberating feeling. one of the emergency orders 'd that president biden signed yesterday was to reestablish the united states as a member of the world health organization which president trump had pulled the country are off now things move very quickly there dr foxy in the course of the morning he had to get up at 4 am d.c. time to hold a virtual conference with the w.h.o. this is a clear signal of the u.s. says re-entry into the world health organization something that president biden has made very clear is essential in order to combat the pandemic within the united states and further afield writes mike hanna thank you for that update from washington d.c. let's continue the conversation with lawrence gostin who's the only a professor of global health law at georgetown university he's joining us from washington as well thanks for your time with us on al jazeera just give me your reaction to what you heard from president biden as well as dr on this national strategy plan. yeah well i know tony thought you very well i think his

words were well chosen. this is liberating. so heartened to hear that we're rejoining the community of nations by rejoining the world health organization that we're going to leave in science and that there's actually going to be and is a federal plan is not going to just be a free for all. at the state or government without any funding any planning or information just you know what we have are in a position now where the grown ups eventually the room. and we've got a strategy and we're going to follow it and it will be a long time but i do believe we'll get to the end when one of. the things that biden has promised as 100 vaccinations in 100 days do you think that's overly optimistic or do you think that's not ambitious enough because those who say well

this is too optimistic point to the fact that there is a lack of manufacturing capacity when it comes to vaccines and also you know they're here for just the whole challenges that the u.s. has been going through. well you know it's interesting i just read about this i mean that you know my view is is that. it's not the old enough and i think we can do a lot better just to give you an example we already in the united states on sunday i think yesterday for example we vaccinated a 1000000 people we can do better with a lot of ministration and i think we can double even triple that amount so this is not a poll that audacious it's very much doable but having said that actually do support president biden because we saw over and over and over again with donald trump that he would promise in early july i think it's really refreshing that we have

a new president and president biden who will under promise and over deliver and i certainly hope that he does over deliver on the vaccine front but was there anything you didn't hear from the president that you think is important and you would have liked to hear. you know he really covered all the bases he's got a recovery act that's going to congress that's going to be really hard to get through but it's going to be essential what's particularly essential about really is robust funding of the state and local health departments they've really been decimated by years of star funding but also having to cope with mounting cases hospitalizations and deaths so they desperately need the funding of them can't get the funding to them everything is on the table including the successful lacson rollout. i think that what he said on testing would

have been great 6 or 8 months ago had he had his testing and contact tracing plan been in place a last march we would have had probably hundreds of thousands of fewer deaths but i don't think we can test and trace our way at one of a rapidly spreading pandemic gets so widely transmissible in the united states and you know basically the top line message from biden is 3 things that seems vaccines vaccines let's get them in people's arms that's going to be crucial i guess what i didn't hear enough of is how united states is going on sure equitable access to vaccines in war and middle income countries because we we're you know we're one of the vaccine nationalists along with europe canada

and other countries and where you know basically poured in vaccines scarce supplies and so while president biden is talking about vaccinating 75 percent of our population by mid to late summer we're going to see low income countries and places like africa the. middle east latin america that will have. just a handful. and that's just silly but it's also makes everybody in secure because it's cold is being transmitted wildly anywhere it's going to appear everywhere all right lawrence agustin we thank you very much for speaking to us from washington. leisure good to be on with you while iraq's prime minister has re shuffled several top security officials after a twin suicide bombing in baghdad on thursday i saw has claimed responsibility for

the attack which killed at least 32 people and injured more than 100 others it's the most violent incident there in 3 years simona fulton reports grief and shock in baghdad market after the deadliest suicide attack in years some people pick through charred clothes in search of human remains others like sit in silence to guard the blocks they emerge and eyes of friends who lost their lives he wasn't around when the explosion went off but arrived minutes later to find the dead fish rather than muck on a stick before so why do they target these markets. all of them are. people they sell this for less than a dollar why did these people have to die it was a sunny cold winter day when 2 suicide bombers targeted the busy market on thursday morning killing more than 30 people and wounding more than 100 hasan has

a shop tucked away in a side street and escaped the carnage. it happened at 9 30 in the morning there was a young man he came here and pretended as if he fell down he wore a picture he asked for help and 4 men came to get him when they tried to carry him he detonated the bomb. as people ran to help the wounded a 2nd bomb exploded the blast comes just a week after the u.s. confirmed it had cut its troop levels in iraq to 2500 citing gains in the fight against eisel in recent years isis sleeper cells have resorted mainly to get our style tactics targeting security forces and civilians in rural areas but have been unable to pull off major attacks in towns. yet officials admit iraqi security forces lack the expertise to fight the insurgency and only after speaking with military and security officials are now no we are still lacking training experts

weapons and also the need to share intelligence why am i saying this simply because i saw or certain i saw rings are still active and on the move in iraq namely an island bar on at the outskirts of car kerk a mosul i saw on some terrorist groups still have a firm presence in iraq. suicide attacks were common before isis territorial even fight 17 but there have been few since then many fear that this twin bombing could herald their return to instability to iraq's capital as the country has 2 words elections in october this year. within hours of the attacks mourners were carrying the coffins of 2 of the victims through the square others their anger fueled by the government's inability to prevent an attack it says it knew was coming the government has promised to investigate the bombings but few

here expect anyone will be brought to justice soon want to fulton al jazeera but the debt. coming up on al-jazeera in just a moment we'll tell you why the top senate republicans are trying to are pushing rather to delay donald trump's impeachment trial until february. the high demand for the covered 1000 vaccine house people from as far as india heading to the u.s. state of florida. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello i'm pleased to say we've got snow clearing away from japan over the next couple of days we will see rain pushing into the south but the troublesome snow that was seen of course more than pass in recent weeks is on the way out they'll be some snow flurries into northern parts of holland shoe on friday maybe also into

whole kata but notice how the class starts to gather pushes out of the east china sea pushes across the korean peninsula southern parts of japan will turn increasingly wet as we go on through saturday temps just to get up into double figures in there just to the north of that more than honshu into hokkaido it doesn't last you 5 and dry at long last financial right sue across a good parts of china the cloud right pulling away from eastern areas so when the west sunshine just want to rug showers lingering on for a time now plenty of showers across southeast asia some big downpours recently into the philippines the showers set to continue as we go through the next day or so perhaps not quite as intense but they are there nevertheless the showers do continue across a good parts of malaysia and we'll see some heavy showers continue once again into 5 hit parts of indonesia want to show us into southern areas of in there over the next day or so but looking fine and dry few showers there into sri lanka with a westerly just happens for pakistan.

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a national strategy and signs executive orders to tackle the coronavirus pandemic being food making wearing masks mandatory on requiring international travelers to quarantine when they arrive in the u.s. america's top expert on infectious diseases says the u.s. war in may in a member of the world health organization dr anthony fauci also said it will continue funding the agency reversing and trump directives iraq's prime minister has resell fould several top security officials after a twin suicide bombing in baghdad on thursday i saw has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed at least $32.00 people and left more than 100 injured. u.s. media is reporting that the impeachment trial of former president like the start in february house speaker nancy pelosi has rejected the rands to drop the proceedings the republicans argue that the trial will divide americans even further. the article of impeachment will soon be sent to the senate for a 2nd trial was impeached just days before the end of his term for inciting

a riot at capitol hill that left. you don't say to a president do whatever you want in the last months of the nation you're going to get a jet you get out of jail card free because because people think we should make nice nice and forget that people die here on january 6th that the attempt to undermine our election to undermine our democracy to dishonor our constitution. i don't see that i think that would be harmful to unity. so you have a chance he has more from capitol hill. well when nancy pelosi sends the article of impeachment to the senate the rules say that the trial should begin at 1 pm the following day unless it's a sunday and then the trial will continue monday to saturday every week until it

until it ends. the sense that we got from from nancy pelosi and the reports we've had previously all that the that the wrangling over the format of the trial is still underway in the senate questions like who should. over the trial should it be the chief justice of the supreme court if it's a former president for example at what how long the trial should take what sort of evidence should be presented should there be with this is involved can the senate and the house conduct alleged of business in the mornings and the evenings and have the trial in the afternoon clearly joe biden has a big legislative agenda he also wants to get his cabinet nominees confirmed so will that be done in around the impeachment these are some of the details in addition we're actually getting reports of some pretty serious roadblocks ahead for the senate because mitch mcconnell the that the outgoing senate majority leader and chuck schumer be the incoming majority leader i still tussling over the rules of

the senate that may actually lead to delays as as well so there are a lot of a lot of problems right now in the senate according to according to reports we're getting between mcconnell and schumer the rules moving ahead but what was interesting about what he said was there's that sense of this could be done rather expeditiously once the trial begins because unlike the 1st trial which needed witnesses and documentation those who up are citing of the trial those in congress were eyewitnesses to what happened on john ritter 6 there isn't the need for all that ever dent shri evidently documentation of what happened on the day and we did actually hear there was some talk of maybe having a 3 day trial some agreement coalescing around that i was 11 possibility but there is that sense when it does happen there is a desire on both sides to get it over with as quickly as possible. a 15 day state of emergency has started in the central african republic in an attempt to stop rebel attacks a new alliance of armed groups known as the coalition of patriots for change is trying to get rid of president 1st our challenge to water or at least 100000 people

have been displaced since last month's violence over a disputed election malcolm webb has the latest on the capital bangui a coalition of armed groups controls about 2 thirds of the central african republic territory and in it's the most of the country's gold and diamond mines they're also not far from where we are here in the capital borghi they've been threatening to attack it they did attack it last week but they were 4th off by forces along with the government that includes the national army un peacekeepers but the most effective fighters are russian mercenaries and rwandan troops now the forces aligned with the government complain that it's not a fair fight because of the arms involved or they say they adhere to it but they say that their enemy the armed groups do not they say that means the army much heavier higher caliber weapons and rockets they have to fight against the communications minister we spoke to him a couple of days ago even said he thinks those armed groups are getting support and

weaponry from other countries in the region and possibly even from some european countries as well. the united nations envoy to the central african republic has appealed to the security council to increase its peacekeeping operations there 2 un peacekeepers were killed on monday during an attack with more than 11000 un soldiers stationed in the c.a.r. it's already one of the largest and costliest u.n. operations in the world. you need a strategy to manage the mandate a substantial increase of uniformed troops in the missions the police and the penal administration must be strengthened we must have greater mobility this is because of the increased ambushes by c.p.c. fighters which would lead to 7 deaths amongst the blue helmets. cooperation will need to be prolonged for several months and as many people as possible could come from the integrated mission of south sudan. a court ruling on monday will decide

whether the ugandan opposition leader bobby wine can be free to leave his house soldiers have been surrounding his home since friday over the government denies under house arrest why it has filed an arbitrary detention complaint to the united nations the musician turned politician declared victory in the presidential election that saw yarima 70 when a 6th term in office the netherlands is imposing its 1st curfew since world war 2 parliament approved the overnight curfew to try to stop the spread of the more contagious corona virus mutation on wednesday and banned flights from britain south africa and south america where the variance is presidents portugal is also banning flights from the u.k. over fears about that variant which is sweeping across the country it's also closing schools and universities for 15 days there is concern the hospitals could be overwhelmed with the rise and infections ambulances are queuing outside hospitals waiting for beds to become available. health officials in the u.s.

state of florida are clamping down on so-called over 1000 vaccine tourism the move comes after reports of elderly people traveling to the states to get vaccinated for as far as canada argentina india. are reports from miami. with over 1500000 cases in around 25000 deaths florida has been hit hard by the code 19 pandemic those over the age of 65 a demographic that makes up 20 percent of the population account for a majority of the fatalities here many are outraged that people reportedly from as far afield as canada india and argentina where vaccine access is more limited a flying in and taking advantage of the state's vaccination program it's especially galling for those facing delays amid reports that as many as 40000 out of state people have already received their 1st dose people are clamoring to get this

vaccine one way or the other. where ever they have to go to get it state officials say they're putting a stop to so-called vaccine tourism despite originally opening up the in occupation program to anyone 65 or older now we do have a part time residents who are here all winter they go to doctors here whatever and that's fine but we don't want is people taurus foreigner if you look some of these hospitals have foreign clients and that's why you have a couple of people that were in the news for this. but we want to put seniors 1st we obviously want to put people to live here 1st in line one nursing home in west palm beach is being investigated following reports that wealthy donors and country club members receive vaccines ahead of residents and staff it's hoped new rules requiring people to prove their florida residency will put an end to the kind of tourism many here don't want the state's governor is playing down the number of people that traveled here to get vaccines claiming it's

a sign of florida success in rolling out the program for those still facing delays who have serious health concerns it's emblematic of a rollout many see as too slow a problematic and agalloch are al-jazeera miami florida. trencher rain has caused widespread flooding at refugee camps in syria that's left thousands of internally displaced people and it lead without shelter while others have been forced to stay inside the flooded tents and as laura bird mally reports the conditions are increasing the risks of covered 1000 the aftermath of 4 days of torrential rain and snow thousands of people displaced by war are trapped in this camp and many have nowhere to go they do their best to clear their living spaces marta pushed up to the side the tents offer some protection from the water the rains came in the middle of the night forcing people out of the homes into the bitter winter

coat on tuesday one boy was killed after the brick wall built around his tent collapsed on top of him. thousands of families have lost their shelters and more rain has been forecast most every year we're having the situation great constant actual rains flooding the area becomes the roads are closed even for humanitarian actors who are on the ground who are trying to reach these families with assistance it's hard to get what we know so far is that at least 21900. further north along syria's border with turkey a freezing blanket of snow and weeks of rain make the unsteady ground in this refugee camp conditions here are already tough but covered 19 is adding to the misery of. cold weather seeps into the tents it comes from the floor

we are trapped between 2 things cold weather and winter and at the same time of the coronavirus we are trapped between 2 fires we cannot isolate for corona virus and we cannot protect ourselves from cold weather this heater does not help. families here have no choice but to grieve and fight the tents to keep away from the freezing temperatures outside. but living in such close proximity can also make them vulnerable to the virus or loophole in the world the. conditions are very hard here especially in winter where can we hide from the cold where can we hide from the coronavirus there infections here and temps are not isolated many people are unprepared for the treacherous conditions and some don't even have shoes to wear. the. rescuers in china are drilling new shots into a gold mine hoping to reach workers who've been trapped for almost 12 days they've

been stuck deep below ground since an explosion in the who's on mine in the major gold producing region of shine dong rescuers have been in contact with 11 workers but the fate of 10 others remains uncertain at least one miner died from his injuries china is expressing concern over twitter's decision to lock the account of its u.s. embassy the social media giant blocked the account after it made a post defending its policies towards weaker muslims the embassy tweeted that we were women were no longer baby machines thanks to government measures to eradicate extremism twitter says this violates its policy on dehumanization china has been accused by rights groups of forcing weaker women to have sterilizations and take birth control china denies the accusations. here's a check of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. president joe biden has signed executive orders to speed up the response to the

virus as plan includes requiring international travelers to quarantine.