thousands of arrested in russia after taking part in nationwide launches demanding the release of opposition leader alexei nobody. this is al jazeera live from doha fully backed or also ahead.

protesters in brazil call for the president to resign over his handling of the covert 1000 pandemic hospitals are overwhelmed inside is a warning of a possible vaccine shortage. that's cause for change in tunisia demonstrators say they're fed up with broken promises corruption and poverty and want the government alex and psychoanalysis we've seen to mozambique causing less damage than expected but the threats of flooding remain just. 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 defies freezing temperatures and police warnings to demand the release of kremlin critic alexei navalny who was arrested last week he was detained up. returning from germany where he was treated for

a near fatal poisoning one in 3000 people were arrested including the bonnie's wife sunny reports i was from the far eastern city of lagos stock was the only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures it 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 u.t.m.

. apologies for the poor quality she wrote in her social media page very bad light in the police van was as much as president vladimir putin has attempted to play down relaxing of ali's influenced feel wrist 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 spokesperson . 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 are the 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. sunny day you go out to 0. rather me a show called is a longtime ally of alexei navalny and the executive director is 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 increase in the repression of their police questioned 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 our that 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 the rally has become the symbol of fighting this rampant corruption that is corroding russia and his latest investigation his latest media art is has really been more stuff our fault and our history because we wanted 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 he is unlawful detainer and. i hope that the new u.s. administration takes a more adamant stance but really. we don't snore how much it will influence the calculations in the kremlin. thousands of people have joined protests convoys across brazil calling for president of all so narrow to be impeached over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic they're also angry about the delayed vaccination program meanwhile i was on a stage is going into lockdown for me from monday as hospitals in the capital my mouse remain overwhelmed by a surgeon infections want to pay and i care for course knowing all here it is. my god is among the lucky few in my nose. because of the worst of it thank god i

am much better 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 2 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 a 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 that scene's 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 the elderly indigenous people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are allegations some people like rich businessmen have man. despite the laws. brazil has the world's 2nd largest proven 1000 death toll but 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 that's right what the people want a vaccine for everyone people want too much and support people when bolton are out brazil's president hateable scenario has always downplayed the virus he's once more doubted the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some paolo and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica. rio de janeiro. italy is 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 offerings 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 a said it would delay its shipments of the vaccine for up to a month and has more from amsterdam on what the delays mean. 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 u.s. and only to vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 accidents are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new 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 also an out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side bag is that astra zeneca that most come to see are in the u. e.u. has put 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. ukraine is struggling to import doses of corona

virus vaccine authorities say the vaccinations could stop by mid february although no fixed delivery date has been announced all of ukraine's neighbors have started vaccination campaigns or about to but kiev has yet to receive a single dose there are also concerns that vaccines could run out in the u.s. the white house wants the centers for disease control to investigate what is behind the shortage dr amish adult is a senior scholar at the john hopkins said jeff of health security says the u.s. vaccination faces several challenges we have a logistical problem meaning that we haue 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 though 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 and 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. really augment their staffing and i think it really needs the use of federal assets like like. like the national guard and i think we're going to get there the top

part of the biden transition team as it is right now still ahead on al-jazeera we are in one of the most famous museums in the world in front of our give me some of the most famous paintings in the world i'm stephanie decker in the affixing museum in florence whether reopening is raising a debate among italians about the need to control mass tourism. he was considered a tough but fair famous u.s. talk show host larry king dies at the age of 87. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways not everyone's enjoying the wintry weather of late but sun will be those who can go up in the mountains of lebanon when i see this scene covering the trees covering

the mountains it's probably lay down that if you can go skiing well it's good to skiing will be good and the skies are open and blue knots true from turkey east was through iran no way science to science coast of a man very few shots if any around anymore the somalis blowing is weakening so tempers will rise a little bit in there are by both day and night but there's precious little else to talk about russia is creeping into turkey again but that's not exactly unusual. that was a violent weather recently for the south you know that's a tropical cyclone and it was it made landfall just south of barrier is pretty widespread flooding need to waist deep i think this is the other side of the river from bayer itself but that's just an example the winds died down there you cannot really cover it is a cogent storm one small so we're watching throughout sunday and monday the amount of rain this could form produce yet more flooding that will be true for central and southern mozambique for a 2nd zimbabwe but suppose one of these eastern side of south africa both on sunday

and monday those are going to be slow moving thunderstorms there be an awful lot more flooding yet to come. sponsored poll qatar airways. anti fascist anti establishment and pro vine. despite the recent official disbanding of its militarized wing a basque separatist movement is found alive and well on the terraces of the bilbao stadium. a place where political revolutionaries share a platform an ideology with violent football hooligans. and read all the death on al-jazeera. the end.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera at 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 iman critic alexina followed. thousands of joint protests convoys across brazil calling for president now to be impeached for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic there also angry about a delayed vaccination program in the end of financial aid and italy is considering legal action against vaccine maker astra zeneca the trade announced bonsa cutting its supply to the european union the company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year. not italian museum normally visited by millions each year has reopened to the public but this time without the crowds the galleries in florence have been closed since november due to the coronavirus restrictions and

with few tourists in town local people are getting a chance to enjoy there are 10 culture in a more personal way stephanie decker has a story. intimacy with a masterpiece getting back to chile spring all to yourself would usually be unheard of the crew on 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 stuck a few 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 p.f. of the war then you'd come for a walk around the your feet see we would walk in and out with this of course was a long time ago. 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 what the chinese 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 the mali we in normal times this would be full 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 of the pen democrats caused something should change the rebels that only 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 i feel to come to find the city sir chaotic said for you can't even take a walk. to the director of the feats he tells us that this is one of the most. off to museums in the world with around 4 and a half 1000000 visitors each year florence together with us alone our other 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 it's really important to take advantage now of this very difficult situation and really rethink how we are going to. project our offers in the future. arts and culture many here tell us is a right for all the krona virus 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 chargers of the

past stephanie decker 0 at the museum in florence and other world news a pro independent school been disputed western sahara has carried out a volcanic attack in the un patrolled buffer zone near the border with martini and the policy area fund says it's fine to scout out the attack in again the act in november the group declared an end to a 3 decade old cease fire after moroccan troops reopened the main goal to mali. in tunisia the government has extended a pandemic night curfew and banned gatherings until february 14th but he hasn't stopped hundreds of people in several cities protesting against repression unemployment and poverty reports. 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 needed 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 biggest of them are to you 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 pfaff's rape and terrorism. you know i look at the end of their fireplace i will demand about the politicians have mercy on this country we're tired of the incompetence of their lies and robberies. we want this country to stand up again we've had enough yes yes. 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 our demand 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. to mishear faces severe economic problems made worse by the pandemic than a 3rd of its youth are on employed with some even trying to migrate to europe in. 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 the economic and social situation is a crisis deepened by covert 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 newsier 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 under 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 yemen's who the rebels as a terrorist group the move a day before donald trump's presidency ended has been condemned by humanitarian organizations there concerns that it will worsen the humanitarian crisis complicate aid deliveries enstone un brokered peace talks iran back to the rebels took control of them and in 2015 or so time barack out is the director of the center of a conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute he says the recent attack on saudi arabia has complicated matters. he doesn't mention aversion 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 it would make it much more difficult for the buy in a decision to review this as 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 says it's come into force that 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 it's like its form at the moment without much detail in 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 would 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 does initially going to work i think the situation will worsen tropical cyclone and always has been lashing mozambique sports city of bear that was devastated by another powerful storm less than 2 years ago the cycle cost less damage sand many had feared but there's still a danger of flooding in the area and that's expected to continue for the next $3.00 days pamela miller 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 is 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 coming out of mozambique and 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 conducted more than 50000 interviews in a broadcasting career spanning over 6 decades given elizondo takes a look back at his scary why the with his trademark suspenders and rolled up shirt sleeves larry king was a legend of broadcast a career that spanned nearly a half century a fixture not only in america but around the world larry king died on saturday at a hospital in los angeles cause of death unknown he had been hospitalized earlier this month from cope and 19 came conducted nearly 50000 interviews over his career

with presidents and heads of states celebrities you name it he interviewed them earning himself the nickname of the king of talk and countless awards and recognitions like this lifetime achievement award bestowed on him in 2011 i'm very proud to have. been in this business still in. to doing other things i can't leave it i couldn't retire born in new york to orthodox jewish parents from eastern europe king started in radio before moving to television it was larry king live his trademark interview program on c.n.n. from 1985 to 2010 where he often landed interviews with world leaders who rarely spoke to western media news outlets our special guest tonight is brother leader moammar gadhafi the leader of the nation of libya what you used to be called colonel what changed from colonel to brother leaving. what sort of relationship do

you want now with the united states. some of. the looting. larry king or not recruited in any way i think king who married 8 times faced numerous health challenges later in life but as. he aged and his career wound down he was able to remain relevant party has never he never fully retired working the final years of his life hosting an interview program on the russia government backed r t an english news channel larry king as he was on saturday after his death was announced this scene it is star on the hollywood walk of fame and sadness by his passing by those who had listened to his voice for so many years i mean this tour star was here so kids i used to listen to him up in the bering sea with the secret peace of celebrities to barbra streisand tweeting in part he was one of

a kind rest in peace ellen generous i can think of few people in the world of television more iconic than larry king i don't know what to say except to you. my audience. thank you and instead of goodbye. i'm of soul larry king was 87 years old gabriel's andro. hello again i'm fully back with the headlines on al-jazeera the united states and britain have condemned what they're calling harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators invite more than 3000 were detained at protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina vonnie. thousands of people have joined protests convoys accost reza calling for president jalal so narrow to be

impeached over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic there also angry about the delay vaccination program and the end of financial aid money and ikea it hasn't.