just there were english streaming live on the you tube channel. plus thousands of our programs the winning documentaries and the dead loser folds. subscribe to you chewed forward slash al-jazeera english. hundreds of protesters arrested as crowds gather across russia demanding the release of detained opposition leader alexina valmy. the rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up doldrums the impeachment trial in the senate will begin in february he's accused of inciting an insurrection. but operate a virus vaccine manufacturer cuts its promise deliveries to the e.u.

by 60 percent blaming supply chain problems plus. we are in one of the most famous museums in the world in front of i could be some of the most famous paintings in the world and stephanie decker in the if it's a museum in florence whether it is raising a debate among italians about the need to control mass tourism. welcome to the program at least 200 people have been arrested across russia during protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina valley he was arrested last week on his return from germany where he was being treated for a near fatal poisoning alexia bryan reports. before the rally had even begun and moscow security forces got to work rounding out those who started together trying to ensure there be no protest here i

was seen as further east and out of our stop a riot police stopped the crowds and cut offs where they demanded president vladimir putin's resignation as well as the release of his closest critic alexey. valley. authority have gone to great lengths to prevent such acts of defiance including arresting several of the valley's top aides in the lead up to saturday's protests i don't see were calls for parts haitian and illegal actions constitute an administrative violation and can lead to punishment including arrest. it's alexina valley's arrest last week that's behind the protests he was taken into custody soon after he touched down in moscow on a flight from germany where he had received months of treatment for a poisoning which nearly killed him he's accused president coton of ordering his murder. violated the terms of

a 2014 conviction for financial misdeeds and jailed him for 30 days in a video posted soon after his arrest he said. don't be silent resist take to the streets no one will protect us except ourselves. his supporters have said his calls dozens of videos on take talk of gone viral showing students taking down pictures of person in their classrooms or covering his photo with novell nice image instead the kremlin's warned online platforms they could face fines of up to 50000 dollars for allowing content that encourages protests russia's largest social media network the contact has blocked all pages linked to the rallies today is an incredibly important moment. for the kremlin that wants to show that not only doesn't have the support that he. needs team they want to show that in fact

a large number of russians are willing to brave the cold to defy the restrictions against this process to show their support and around. and you could see they marched in minus 50 degree celsius mass protests have led to his release from custody before. let some analysts believe the tactic was going to work this time because he's become too much of a threat to president clinton's grip on power and extent brian al jazeera. alexander golts fraud joins us now on the sign from moscow and alexandra from the length and breadth of russia many protests of propped up in support of alexina valley we've seen demonstrations ongoing in the capital moscow what's the situation like that right now. while at this moment there is people streaming in on the square in a really big numbers there is this for sure a couple 1000 people at this point police keeps on the arresting and they knew well and they're getting really a rush of so far they have detained at least 50 people 1 here on them

also a square where the process is going on the police is calling the violence seekers for people to disperse because there is a pandemic and also because this process does not have a permit as so the numbers of people that can come to process a growing divide a minute and nor is the numbers of people detained by the police how were the authorities prepared to fold these protests what sort of numbers are we talking about in terms of those trying to control the protests. while they started preparing for this broaches the moment it was the hope for which like 3 days ago they started knocking on people's doors known activists telling them that the legal they saying people for sharing their intentions 1 queso tional network there is

a really big number of pleas to slow here there is dozens maybe 20 that i saw better than the ready to be filled with the same people and take them away and the whole area is send them off. alexandra of course the protests are nationwide we've got vladivostok over in the east and petersburg mt vladimir but in our camera of i mean there's a chance here that this could spiral. well yes indeed there is a chance that this fire spread the wealth started. because the countries from there are pari because. now here in the european part of russia. there's work and in the east mainly the moscow growth is that most of these the capital this being the center of power and authority. the 1st

against alexander god for our correspondent there in moscow thank you will keep her up to date with you through the day now the day it has been sirte donald trump 2nd impeachment trial gets underway in february senate leaders agreed to a 2 week delay allowing the chamber to focus on confirming joe biden's cabinet picks and covert 19 stimulus bill trump is accused of inciting insurrection when he encouraged to supporters to march on the capitol building earlier this month high jocasta reports now from washington d.c. . donald trump has left washington but not his presence will soon be the center of attention again as the defendant in his 2nd impeachment trial this scene from trump's 1st impeachment will be repeated monday when the house sends to the senate one impeachment article charging trump with inciting insurrection. egged on by

trump's call to overturn the election a mob of his supporters stormed the u.s. capitol on january 6th causing 5 deaths we all want to put this awful chapter in our nation's history behind us. but healing and unity will only come if there is truth and accountability and that is what this trial will provide will also and it is now standard the $100.00 senators will be sworn in as jurors on tuesday with the trial scheduled to begin in earnest the week of february 8th there's impeachment began with an on president and minimal process over and of its legal cannot be an information center. the former president tried to due process or damages the sunnah or the presidency it throw. president joe biden has stressed the trial should not jeopardize the senate's focus on

passing covert relief and we're trying hard to get up and running these crises the better the trials timing will depend on whether the senate will hear from witnesses how many hours of arguments will be allowed and if there's a way to make progress on biden's agenda simultaneously there is also the constitutional question of how to put a former president on trial a 1st for the nation really this impeachment trial is about whether mr trump will run for president again in 20241 of the punishments authorized by the constitution for conviction on pietschmann is disqualification from holding future office and that's a momentous decision to be made and enemy made with the solemnity and gravity conviction would require the vote of 17 republicans only one voted to convict trump after his 1st impeachment now resigned to his florida golf course polls show a majority of americans want to see trump gone from public office for good. castro

al-jazeera washington. u.s. president joe biden has signed 2 more executive orders this time focused on really relieving the economic impact of the pandemic the measures a short term fix is ahead of a much larger proposal by looking for bipartisan support in congress for a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package john 100 has more from washington d.c. . the new president pleaded for urgent and aggressive action to turn around a flown during a commie families are going home people are risk of being evicted job losses are mounting again we need act on capitol hill president joe biden is pressing for a massive 1.9 trillion. dollar relief package for workers and businesses hit hard by the global pandemic but that measure following the 900000000000 dollar economic

rescue in december faces opposition from republicans in a bitterly divided congress i don't think is bill's going to make it but we need to do something so in his 2nd full day in office biden took 2 largely symbolic steps signing executive orders to expand food assistance for families who need it and raising the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts to $15.00 an hour and the american people are hurting and fake can't afford to wait they need help right now and that's the motivation behind the actions that the president will take today i want to be very clear these actions are not a substitute for comprehensive legislative relief. but they will provide a critical lifeline to millions of families. the executive orders are stopgap measures in an economic spiral that 'd has 10000000 americans out of work as the

covert 1000 pandemic forces one business after another to shutter its doors. the economic recovery depends in large part on this speed of a vaccination program that seeks to deliver 100000000 shots in biden's 1st 100 days in office the goal herd immunity that would ultimately allow americans to take off their masks and get back to work but there are 328000000 americans and those shots might not reach most of them for 6 months or longer president joe biden says he's been playing catch up following a trump administration that never developed a comprehensive national covert plan costing precious months and lives mirroring the economic toll is the death toll here in the u.s. now topping 400000 likely to reach 600000 before the pandemic is over john hendren al jazeera washington. astra zeneca has cut its promise delivery to

the e.u. blaming supply chain problems the company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year only $31000000.00 doses are now expected to be delivered. to the blocks vaccination program that's already suffering after biotech slowed suppliants so fast and how small from amsterdam. this is a very serious setback for the 450000000 citizens of the european union the fact the nation program is according mated action among the 27 member states and they started a bit later already compared to the u.s. and the u.k. there was a lot of complaints about that there is quite a robust approval system here in place at the european medicines agency here in amsterdam where approval of accidents takes longer compared to the u.s. and the u.k. and now the 2 vaccines that have been approved in the e.u. e.u. that biotech pfizer and mow down are basically getting very scarce they're

struggling to keep up production. by intake fighter facilities their property trying to build new factories in germany and other places but they simply can't keep up with demand so in the larger states in germany they already have stopped vaccinating altogether also in italy and spain are similar problems italy and poland are now threatening to take buy and prices to court for not keeping up with delivery and then the art of vaccine astra zeneca where most of the european countries have put their money on the order of millions of those of this vaccine is now also saying the same thing they can't keep up with production they're already cutting 60 percent so instead of $80000000.00 there will only be 30000000 delivered but the facts it has yet to be approved and that will happen only at the end of next week. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. thousands ordered to stay at home in hong kong as the territory struggles to break

a growing chain of corona virus infection. the powerful storm hits an area of mozambique that has yet to recover from the devastating effects of cycling 80 less than 2 years ago. it's time for the perfect journey. sponsored point qatar airways the deep winter we saw anybody we carry speed for the time being from east asia for the encouragement of warmer weather which means rain has been falling in southern home surely it'll carry on that way with a bit of snow in the northern flank particularly on the higher ground mount fuji look even whiter beyond that and the west that mostly it's been a quiet picture but there is cloud gathering now and that will develop a sort of frontal system bringing some rain even snow as far north as beijing and lifting the temperature at harvard which should be permanently subzero in the

winter just above where the plus one degree 11 as the sun comes out in tokyo so the forecast for beijing unsurprisingly briefly gives you a bit of snow on monday and then we're back up to 8 degrees on tuesday back in the sunshine there has been some overturning of the atmosphere in new delhi that westerly wake of it is snowing it's in the forecast for sunday to do the same but by that time the wind will have dropped again and the forecast has deteriorated air quality has been unhealthy or worse for a long time that is not going to change or afraid the fog is the persistent feature through monday and tuesday and it's dry further south despite the northeast monsoon bloody know very few showers in town i do or indeed in sri lanka. sponsored pol qatar airways al jazeera is investigative unit obtained censored and unseen video for would harm filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning

to believe in an old bullshit and the facts is an attack on one exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. dot com and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigations 3 dates that stop the world. war. robin a reminder of our top stories hundreds of people have been arrested across russia during protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina valley protests under way in dozens of cities around the country. covert 19 vaccine make astra

zeneca has cut its promise delivery to the e.u. claiming supply chain issues is a severe setback to the box that's a nation program which is already suffering enough to biotech slowed their supply and donald trump 2nd impeachment trial will get underway the week of february the 8th the former president is accused of inciting the siege of the capitol building. tropical cyclone eloise has made landfall there mozambique's port city of barrow which was devastated by a cycle and less than 2 years ago rivers in the surrounding areas were already swollen before the storm hit at least 3000 people have been evacuated from busy district in the east and always expected to lose strength as it travels inland dumping rain across zimbabwe east and south africa but swine for me to miller has been tracking the cycling from johannesburg and said the subject. it's difficult not to compare this particular cycle into what happened in 2019 with cycle own it

die and in that particular case there was one of the worst storms to be seen across this continent on record and that particular case the government was criticized for not doing enough to prepare people for the incoming cycle on this time around it seems that there's been a bit more effort to prepare people aid agencies have evacuated hundreds of families from the bay area from the boozy area to temporary shelters we know a potentially around 900000 people but also what's important to remember is that just in december 8 there was a tropical storm that displaced around 90900 families so that's also a concern given the limited resources aid agencies have in terms of helping people there there as well to the biggest port in that area it provides it brings in goods for northern coastal mozambique that port has been closed so of course now resources are limited and that's

a major concern given how many people have to be taken care of and following that cyclonic 21100000 people are still displaced so we're talking about aid agencies and a government that has to deal with the aftermath of a cycle that took place 2 years ago and now having to deal with the latest aftermath of this particular cycle and it made landfall earlier today saudi arabia says it's. over the capital riyadh the kingdom's come under repeated attacks from who through rebels in neighboring yemen the saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in 2015 and has been at war with the who things ever since the rebels have not claimed responsibility for the attack. taiwan's defense ministry has reported what it calls an incursion by chinese military planes on saturday taipei says 13 chinese bomber planes and fighter jets flew into the southwestern corner of its defense identification zone it's deployed missiles to monitor the chinese planes tensions

between beijing and taipei are at an all time high after the u.s. lift a decades old self-imposed restrictions on direct contact with taiwan officials last week china has reported upwards of 100 new daily coronavirus infections for more than 10 days in a row it's the worst surge in cases it's seen since march last year now this comes on the anniversary of the world's 1st covert 19 lockdown when china sealed off the city alou hard between january and june testing has been ramped up in parts of the country ahead of february's a lunar new year holidays that's when hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel to visit their families. and thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home the lock down is the toughest pandemic restriction imposed on the territory so far it affects a densely populated district that accounted for half of all new crowd of virus cases over the past week on kong has been struggling to contain an outbreak since november adrian brown is in the district where the lockdown is in place and

explains why it's been hardest hit by the virus. well this is something the hong kong government probably wanted to avoid locking down one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city but the tate and jordan areas have been seeing very high infection rates during the past week to 10 days those infection rates running up between 70 to 100 a day so now over the weekend medical workers are going to be testing tens of thousands of residents who live in these pretty decrepit buildings you can see behind me and that's possibly one of the reasons why the virus has been spreading many people live in water basically subdivided apartments within a flood basically one room apartments where there's barely enough room very even a bed they share washing facilities toilet facilities kitchen facilities and government officials say they believe that the virus here has been spreading through broken sewerage pipes now so far hong kong has recalled recorded about

10000 coded infections since the outbreak began in january last year we've had more than $160.00 deaths but this is a 1st no lockdown up until now and of course the worry for many people is this lockdown might have to spread to other areas if we start to see infections rising in those areas. argentina has more than 3 weeks into a mass vaccination drive using russia's vaccine it was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lot done to fight covert 19 but while most lockdowns have been lifted thousands of people in the northern province of for most are still living in isolation. treason reports now from borders ariz. and isolation center in the province of formosa in northern argentina. people here say they are being held here against their will. this man says nobody is taking care of them back here for that yes the radio here we've had children here for 22 days and no specialists or

doctors have seen them please stop lying people are going to find out the truth about what's happening in this province. i reports indicate there are over 3000 people in isolation in the province argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a quarantine to prevent the spread of covert 1000. by one most lockdowns around the country have been lifted the lockdown in formosa has remained in place and broken since march last year human rights groups are questioning why people are taken to this isolation centers and the treatment they receive once they're there there are reports of people being picked up in the middle of the night in their homes and taken with their families and that's why human rights organizations are asking provincial authorities to ease this restrictions immediately for most us government says its radical measures are necessary to fight coronavirus the government claims

only 6 people have died of covert 1000 in the province and that their policy has been successful. was omitted but many for most i do not agree on thursday local legislator was detained when she went to an isolation center to demand people to be allowed to do the quarantine at home we spoke to her once she was released. new formosa feels like with 2nd class citizens because the rights that people normally have are not even respected here we don't have freedom to move we don't have personal freedom people are kept here in isolation for. the schools are controlled by the police the n o one until what psychologists doctors that's not happening human rights are violated the centers are guarded by the police people are not allowed to go inside their belongings are checked by the police it's like a detention center. indigenous communities have also claimed they are being

discriminated against for members and they were indigenous group were detained on thursday for protesting against local authorities for the most or is one of the poorest provinces in the country and has been ruled by the same man for 25 years old world over was in your dealings fran many accuse of controlling the province like a personal fiefdom argentina is struggling to contain the spread of covert 1000 over 40000 people have died in the past year and when many here justify extreme measures others say forethought have gone too far. when a status. families in mexico's capital of being forced to take credit virus health care into their own hands because hospitals are overwhelmed hundreds are queuing daily for expensive oxygen refills to help people recovering at home and some are using personal vehicles instead of ambulances at least 90 percent of mexico city's

hospital beds are full of thousands more infections are being recorded every day. this is a museum in florence has reopened its doors to the public lockdown rules to curb the coronavirus pandemic but the world famous museum was closed for almost half of 2020 but pandemic also means the usual crowds of tall resolved the people of florence are finally getting a chance to enjoy their culture and a more personal way stephanie decker went to meet the. intimacy with a masterpiece getting back to chile spring all to yourself would usually be unheard of the crew in a pandemic has stopped the mass tourism that would usually fill these corridors rooms and that means florentines are coming back to visit something many had long stopped doing she saw start to feel not sure if i lived here until i was 25 years old i would come on sunday mornings as you would go have

a coffee in the path of the then you come for a walk around the your feet see we would walk in and out with this of course was a long time ago. this. consider. if we consider it part of our culture as a florentine it's our home museum you'd have to book a month in advance then you'd have to stand in long queues you don't feel like it's your home any more it makes you lose the desire to visit these are arguably some of the most famous paintings in the world this is but to tell you spring and then over there you have the iconic the birth of venus to be able to observe them pretty much alone is an extraordinary privilege and it's raising a question here among italians about the need to control mass tourism. outside florence is unrecognizably empty. temp you know that miley. in normal times this would be fall you couldn't even take a picture there were so many people there was a queue here with the party that you're behind it's

a bit sad that florence needs people. for those who live here despite the hard economic times at the pen demick. caused something to change the rebel sit in the lunch i mean there should be a balance a bit less people i don't know how but there's a need to rethink it also for the future because it isn't beautiful for anyone not even for the tourists feel to come to find the city's so chaotic say for you can't even take a walk. with you until the director of the fi t. tells us that this is one of the most sought after museums in the world with around 4 and a half 1000000 visitors each year florence together with barcelona where the 3 top cases of really bad over tourism. and it's not just bad for the city for the inhabitants of the city but it's actually bad for the tourists themselves i think it's really important to take advantage now of this very difficult situation

and really really think how we are going to. project our offers in the future. arts and culture many here tell us is a right for all the coronavirus has forced us all to stop and here at least many hope it will result in a new better way for everyone to be able to enjoy and share these treasures of the past stephanie decker al-jazeera at the museum in florence. is there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories hundreds of people have been arrested across russia during protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina valmy protests are underway in dozens of cities around the country alexander god told us by phone from one of those protests in moscow at this moment that there is.