and activist avant is prettiest part of the viewfinder asian series on al-jazeera. play an important role ringback ready. thousands of arrested in russia after taking on a nationwide marches demanding the release of opposition leader alexina about a. player watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha fully back to also coming up. protesters in brazil calling for the president to resign over his handling of the covert 19 pandemic hospitals are

overwhelmed and scientists are warning of a possible vaccine shortage. is. a call for change in tunisia demonstrators say they're fed up with broken promises corruption and poverty and want the government out and cyclon eloise sweeps into malls on be causing less damage than expected but the threat of flooding we made this. thank you for joining us the u.s. and u.k. have condemned what they call harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia tens of thousands defied freezing temperatures and police warnings to demand the release of kremlin critic alexina vonnie who was arrested last week he was detained after returning from germany way us treated for a near fatal poisoning more than 3. 1000 people were arrested including the wife

sunny a day ago has details i from the far eastern city of lagos stock was the only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures was the searches have denied permission for the demonstration was that it didn't stop the crowd gathering to call for the release of the man leading russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capital moscow tens of thousands could gather it was at least using batons on the crowds so more fierce backed by protesters as a childhood freedom alexa never was was was are you from are you among those detained wife you. apologies for the poor quality

she wrote on her social media page very bad light in the police van was as much as president vladimir putin has attempted to play down alexina valise influenced feel rest of one of russia's most prominent opposition leaders has only inflamed his supporters was the law is being trampled on can an absolutely incredible man and this arrest is one of the most serious violations of human and civil rights in the russian federation but it will set a precedent that could lead to the destruction of all our civil liberties. if you're away at the with him earlier in the week novelli had released a video alleging president putin was the owner of a 1000000000 dollar property on the black sea this was denied by putin spokes person. one of only supporters corruption is a major source of my discontent and the constant crackdown on their movement is they say an attempt to silence them all to the video i was just going to i'm fed up

with keeping quiet we've been silent for too long and it's probably time to speak for my position and time to say that we have the right that we have the freedoms and that we have the desire to live in a completely different country. rather than our live only may not pose an immediate danger to president clinton's power but economic problems in the country are only going as is the discontent and some analysts believe the kremlin fears the potential of a bella roost style mass dissent and the prospect of more protests. so now you go. for that and i shall call it is a long time ally of alexei navalny an executive director by corruption foundation he says people are tired of years of corruption. in some cities where protesters came out it was minus 30 of course this social distancing requirements and

the increase in the repression there call this question on over the last 2 years against the protesters well we've seen the numbers that were quite similar to the biggest protests that were happening in russia in the last 5 years people are outraged there and they've seen how it was poisoned and by state security services and went through turned to his home country he was illegally arrested in a chorus that was really a more career of justice so off course people are not happy about that and they're wildly has become the symbol of fighting this rampant corruption that is corroding russia and his latest investigation his latest video out is has really been more stuff our fault and that our history because we went to direct him to put it to the president i'm glad that there was a big international outcry for us to with respect to poisoning of him and now with

his unlawful detainer and. i hope that the new u.s. administration is takes a more adamant stance but really. we don't know how much it will go places in the kremlin. thousands of people have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for president jay about sonera to be impeached over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic they're also angry about the delayed vaccination program meanwhile amazonas stages going into lockdown from monday as hospitals in the capital my mouse remained overwhelmed by a surge in infections one a an arche have reports or anything oh yes very. minor my goodness is among the lucky few in manaos. those are the worst of it thank god i am much better but after

a lot of work and physiotherapy it is called me a lot of hospitals in the largest city of the brazilian amazon have no room and oxygen is scarce to new strains of the corona virus have only made things worse for millennium. we were told to treat him at home because they have no capacity to receive more patients results or lack of oxygen tanks for patients and the cold those are full. many have died of suffocation but his modest children were able to see their 60 year old father by improvising in emergency care unit in his home they bought an oxygen cylinder on the black market and hired physiotherapists to help him breathe oh my dear it's a war with no gunshots but there are fatal victims the federal government and other states have helped my mouse and other cities of the amazon a state by sending oxygen tanks and vaccines indigenous people in remote villages

have received the 1st shots of the chinese corona back vaccine. corruption has put in operation in the amazon a state on hold health professionals. elderly indigenous people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are over again for some people like rich businessmen have managed to escape the law in. brazil has the world's 2nd largest proven 1000 death toll but it was late to start inoculation when it finally did a week ago there weren't enough vaccines to go around. 2000000 doses of oxford's astra zeneca vaccine have only just arrived from india. the thousands of brazilians took to the streets to protest against the government's handling of the pandemic treaty what the people want

a vaccine for everyone people want too much and support people one in our out brazil's president hateable so matter has always downplayed the virus he's once more down to the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some bolo and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica and i give. rio de janeiro. homies considering legal action against vaccine maker astra zeneca after it announced plans to cut its supply to the european union the company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year blaming production problems it's a major setback for the bronx vaccination program last week finds us said it would delay its shipments of the vaccine for up to a month said vasant has more from amsterdam on the delays me. well these delays are real setback for the 450000000 residents here in the european union the e.u.

has a coordinated tax of nations strategy for its 27 member states but it has been criticized for starting to late compared to the u.k. and the us and only to vaccines have now been approved by intact and now these 2 axes are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also to spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about old out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the art of back is that . that most come to see are in the you e.u. has most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved there are also concerns that vaccines could run

out in the u.s. the white house wants to send just so dizzy is controlled to investigate what is behind the shortage amish is a senior scholar at the john hopkins center for health security he says a u.s. x. nation plan faces several challenges. we have a logistical problem meaning that we have states that have vaccines on hand but they can't get them into people's arms quick enough and this was something that we predicted because our state health departments are over overtaxed under-valued under-resourced and they really had to scale up very quickly at the same time that we have a lot of community transmission so it's not surprising that we're having issues getting vaccine into people's arms i think it's less of a supply issue but more of making sure that these places have the resources in order to do it supply issues may crop up so as we get through this vaccination program but right now it's it's a little bit of a different problem right now so i think the issue is that there's just not enough predictability about when the supply is becoming so the federal government will

allocate it to a state government and the state will then allocate it to certain vaccination centers like a hospital and it's not necessarily something that you can it's not something that you can necessarily predict very well so you don't know how to plan how many vaccines you can give to individuals at a given time and then the other issue is that you just don't have people to put the vaccine into people's arms that there are issues with just the simple staffing that we have and we really have to change this approach in in the federal government has to help the states be able to meet them where they are and be able to be able to i'm really augment their staffing and i think it really needs the use of federal assets like like fema like the national guard and i think we're going to get there and that's all part of the biden transition plan team as it is right now. still ahead on al-jazeera he was considered tough but fair iconic u.s. talk show host larry king dies at the age of $87.00 plus.

a sound of music festival in chile that would not be silenced by economize from. the air. the weather pattern has changed in the us and although it's mostly wintry as you might expect the real deep cold up in the canadian prayer isn't significant snow with that cold comes across the open water as most of the great lakes if this snow has to change so that rockies yeah that's some snow but this rain again coming down the california coast you don't see it too often still be i think a frequent visitor of the next week or so san francisco for crushes on sunday then rain again on tuesday so it's just a brief visitor and then as that cold air comes of course this warm feet from the gulf we get the familiar picture which can produce tornadic storms certainly would

use a lot of rain then that northern edge is the snow cone from missouri and right through iowa indiana and beyond the heavy rain not for the south washington d.c. probably well to me to get sleet or snow or rain on monday we're mixture of all 3 then goes through briefly gets cold when the sun comes out on once is to is quite dire. now it's not particularly stoli anywhere around the caribbean or the gulf of mexico may be in want to have you know islands could be sharia here and that's disappointing the dismal sky from russia of nicaragua on shore breeze which is quite damp. on counting the cost a trillion dollar man we take a look at president biden's plans to revive the pandemic on a meat and create millions of jobs plus can he man fences with america's traditional allies we talked to multiply minister for the view from the. counting

the cost on al-jazeera i'm a lot. more than one documentary is that something nice and more than i on out using. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera this hour the united states and britain have condemned what they're calling harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia more than 3000 were detained at protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina vali. thousands have joined protests convoys

across brazil calling for president also now to be in the show over his handling of the cone of ice pandemic they're also angry about the delayed vaccination program and the end of financial aid and italy is considering legal action against vaccine maker astra zeneca after 8 announced plans to cut its supply to the european union the company has reduced its offerings by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year . at the tunisian government has extended a pandemic night curfew and banned gatherings until february 14th but it hasn't stopped hundreds of people protesting in several cities against repression unemployment and poverty. courts. the people want to bring down the regime a child that 1st emerged a decade ago has made a comeback on the very same streets what's newsy is just one revolution unfolded. despite it bringing political change people in the capital tunis and several other

cities are angry thousands have once again been protesting demanding further economic social and political reforms better living conditions and an end to police brutality the 1st of the th if you go to protests you will die if you go to school you will die there is always police repression and yet we haven't seen their presence when there are murders. rapes and terrorism. i let you know therefore you believe i will demands about the politicians have mercy on this country we're tired of the income. impotence of their lies and robberies leads to misery we want this country to stand up again we've had enough you see. some of this week's demonstrations have turned violent with security forces responding with tear gas and water cannons. activists say more than $1000.00 people including minors have been detained or charged with theft and vandalism of the

young men who marched the past few days must be released this is all to mourn and we will not give up they can say that they can suppress us with the police but we are not afraid of the police or the public prosecutor. so maziar faces severe economic problems made worse by the pandemic. a 3rd of its youth are on employed with some even trying to migrate to europe in a national address on tuesday to see him prime minister his german machine she tried to calm the situation another one and i am well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that they cannot make a social situation is a crisis deepened by cope with 19 your voice is heard and your anger is legitimate it is my role and that of the government to work towards your demands and make the dream of to come true. the government has announced a ban on gatherings until mid february and extended a nighttime curfew because

a growing number of coronavirus cases and even deaths but many are defying not to demand change so high that. the u.s. state department is reviewing the previous administration's decision to designate d.m. until the rebels as a terrorist called the move a day before donald trump's residency and bed was condemned by humanitarian organizations that concerns that he will worsen the humanitarian crisis complicate a deliveries and stalled u.n. brokered peace talks iran backed rebels took control of them and scampered off in 2015 so time barcott is the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute he says a recent attack on saudi arabia has complicated matters. he doesn't mention a version he was framed around the house he's being a foreign terrorist organization based on the attacks on saudi arabia and if the news is correct that we heard earlier today that therefore that it would make it

much more difficult for the by then a decision to review this is ignition however it is ignition on its own is unlikely to help and this is what we learn from many of the civil conflicts the designation will not help the enemies inside yemen as much as the saudis and the relationship with the enemy we. really the last couple of days since it's come into force has caused a major computer in among international agencies private companies who are supplying food to yemen shipping companies who are trying to carry that put into yemen a lot of them reluctant to engage in yemen not because they don't want to or the no need for their help but the designation and its blanket form at the moment without much detail and makes it. very difficult for them to engage and a high risk area for them to to engage so the easiest is to grow and ultimately i

think the public will pay the price and as you know yemen is already one of the worst human in the region in disasters and is likely to get worse. without further details on how this design issue going to work i think in a situation where worse u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer wants the justice department to investigate allegations that donald trump had plans to remove the acting attorney general and replace him with someone who would advance his election claims a new york times says considered pushing out jeffrey rosen and taking an idea who were to pursue his unfounded allegations that the poll was fraudulent show mccall the pants unconscionable boss in jordan has more from washington. well in that tweet from the new majority leader chuck schumer he also said that this is all the more reason why donald trump should be impeached because the new york times article alleges that the official paul clark was willing to do donald trump's bidding

which is to try to throw out the results of the georgia election and perhaps dissuade congress from verifying the electoral college votes on january 6th now these are pretty sensational allegations the majority leader is now calling on the inspector general for the justice department to investigate these charges and if there's enough evidence that can be mustered in the next couple of weeks you can expect that evidence would be entered during the impeachment trial of the former president mexico's leader says a new u.s. president desponding to launch an aid program for central american countries joe biden spoke with andreas money and office over adore and the leaders of canada and britain in his 1st presidential call since being inaugurated this week he might have been really making president joe biden told me they will other cute 4000000000

dollars to support the 3 central american countries and doris salvador and guatemala i thanked him for his decision to carry out an immigration policy that includes recognizing u.s. citizenship to millions of mexicans living work in the united states and in other news tropical cyclone and always has been lashing mozambique's for city of beirut which was devastated by a not a powerful storm less than 2 years ago the cyclon caused less damage than many had feared but there's still a danger of flooding in the area and that's expected to continue for the next 3 days has been tracking the cycling from johannesburg and has this update. in the area of prior nova embarras specifically this is an area where people live in informal settlements homes made from plastic sheeting corrugated iron it appears that hundreds of those homes have been destroyed by the psych loan and those people are now looking for shelter in places like schools where they isn't necessarily

adequate provision to take care of these people to look after them a few 1000 people have been relocated to places like schools to areas that are low lying so that people can be kept safe from the flood waters but the concern is that those flood waters are expected to continue over the next 72 hours and in areas outside of barrow like boozy which was severely impacted 2 years ago with this barely been a recovery from psycho it i once again we're seeing a very difficult dangerous situation there at a point now where aid agencies where workers can't get out to this area be they can only reach boozy by boat and at this point even that seems impossible so there's a lot of concern around the capacity of the aid agencies as well as the government to how people we know that the national disaster institute has said about half a 1000000 people could be impacted whereas the international federation of recross has said that could go up to 1000000 people so so far we understand potentially

devastating scenes are coming out of muslim beacon a lot of concern about how and where people will be kept safe and of course aside from the flood that they're experiencing there is a concern around the spread of disease as people don't have adequate shelter. the veteran u.s. talk show host larry king has died in california he was 87 king had a number of health problems in recent years including diabetes and heart attacks he conducted more than 50000 interviews in a broadcast korea spanning more than 6 decades john murray is a t.v. host and pop culture critic he says larry king had a unique way of interviewing people. he lived the legendary life i mean for more than a quarter of a century larry king he held a destination on c.n.n. as the face of primetime news i mean he took a fledgling news network and help expand them and give them visibility to a global audience and we're talking kings and queens presidents and pillars of pop

culture they all came to larry king when they wanted to share their story and speak to the world you know he was very matter of fact he could get a little scrappy he asked the questions that you were thinking and the sometimes he'd ask questions and you wonder what was he thinking but you know unlike a lot of media professionals who do the work and then they live quietly behind the scenes larry he became as big as the hollywood star as he sometimes interviewed the tabloids and the entertainment pages they all loved his life and his multiple marriages and they covered all 8 of them and so he lived a big light he was a kind man and he did it on his own terms and that's the legacy that you want to live when you do this type of work that larry king has done what he created a format the matter which larry king host of his show know was doing that and you know we know that c.n.n. and other networks have tried to duplicate that formula after he retired from that network and they were never able to do it and then like a lot of people he thought he was going to retire and maybe go play golf or

something but then after 2 years he decided to do it all over again in the digital platform with the reincarnation of his show larry king now which aired in syndication and on streaming platforms but he hosted so many hours on t.v. in this format during his time at c.n.n. that he ended up in the guinness book of world records. music and art festivals have taken a back seat during the pandemic but some events have gone online and that's allowed them to accommodate even more people than usual and that america is in a sea of new and went to check out one such festival in chimney. and the end is mountains surrounding the port deal ski lodge are often filled with the sound of music. 50 especially gifted young musicians from the americas are chosen each year to partake in classes from world masters all expenses paid. this year the pandemic is silence the noisy halls and salons of the port deal

international festival and academy of classical music but it's going ahead regardless good morning welcome to a new day of the portier international music festival or simply not the renowned chilean conductor and violinist alexander all routine is hosting a hybrid version of. resistance from many of the world's most prestigious orchestras are giving students personalized classes online we have this urge to to be able to communicate now even if we if we are so far apart there is a silver lining because the festival this year is being broadcast via streaming globally a far larger audience can now take part in master classes that aim to showcase the often unrecognized power of music not just to dissolve distances but often to repair fracture hearts and minds in spanish psychiatrist and therapist tippett all

middle left many speechless when he showed how music can stimulate the brain and revive memories in people with all timers disease and dimentia. this video demonstrating how hearing the music of swan lake reconnected former prima ballerina marketing. sallust has gone viral. or sort of thankfully it's been scientifically demonstrated that our musical memory loss and told very advanced stages of alzheimer's you can forget your son's name or your birthday but songs or music important in your life are main in an area of our brain that is less damaged . or all of just to show that music is keen for developing a creative mind but classical music is timeless says conductor killed that the god of the handbook state opera. distant touch with the common values system of human greed humanism well what movement was one of us.

he says that the shared mission of musicians is to ensure that these humanitarian ideals stay alive and relevant in these times of upheaval especially when art and science are being shown to be increasingly codependent you see in human al-jazeera scientists chile. where again i'm fully back to bowl with the headlines on al-jazeera the united states and britain have condemned what they're calling harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia while then 3000 were detained at protests demanding the release of kremlin critic x. a nevada. thousands have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for president abbas an arrow to be impeached over his.