some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. on a 0. play an important role ringback. the u.s. reaches 25000000 confirmed covert cases as the biden administration seeks to ramp up the vaccination campaign. don't tell you this is our 0 live from london also coming up. scuffles in israel as police try to close religious schools breaking lockdown rules. homeless hungry and desperate for help tens of thousands flee fighting in central african

republic many seeking safety in remote villages in the d.r. sea. and 11 gold miners are rescued in china 2 weeks after an explosion left them trapped underground. and are just over a year after it reported its 1st case of a drone a virus the u.s. has now recorded more than 25000000 infections they just milestone was reached less than a week after the country hit 400000 deaths hospitals in california and many other states are struggling to help the high number of patients and newly elected president joe biden has warned that it will take months to turn things around his chief of staff says the trump administration had no real distribution plan for the vaccine. the process to distribute the vaccine particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as

a whole did not really exist when we came into the white house as everyone american is seen the way in which people get vaccine is chaotic it's very limited we've seen this factor all over the country where millions of doses have been distributed but half of that has been given out so the process of getting that vaccine into arms that's the hard process that's where we're behind as a country and that's where we're focused in the biden ministration on getting that ramped up and is on joins us now from washington d.c. and gabriel that 25000000 figure. it is i mean there are so many things to compare to compare and contrast to 2 i mean 25000000 infections in the united states with kovar that's the entire population of the country of australia for example the numbers really are staggering here in the u.s. i mean it's now one in 13 americans that have to contract it krone virus it's about 7.5 percent of the population and the trend lines have just been remarkable as well

the 1st corona virus case in the u.s. of course march 20th of last year but it took the u.s. 9 months essentially almost all of last year to reach $10000000.00 cases and then it was the next 10000000 cases were reached in just a matter of 7 weeks that was during the holiday period it into into january. early january of this year and then now it's another 5000000 syria looking at 25000000 completely staggering numbers as you mentioned and a lot of health professionals here say that it's actually an under estimate that the real number of cases in the u.s. could be 5 by far much more than the 25000000 just because of health officials say that there are potentially millions of more americans that had it or have coronavirus but simply never got tested and don't even know they have it because

they're asymptomatic and in the meantime biden has that made kind of his 1st priority do you do people think this plan will work. well you talk to the by an administration officials and they say we have no choice our plan has to work and we will make it work because in their view the only way to fix the u.s. economy is to 1st get a handle on coronavirus so the biden ministration is basically put out a pretty comprehensive plan it includes nearly 2 trillion dollars in a relief package according and also he signed a wave of a flurry of executive orders and mask mandates people on the streets are in general pretty confident that things will get better but they have to get better because things were so bad for so long that really there's a real belief by many people in the u.s. that it can only get better with that said and with the numbers going down in the u.s. infections a hospital is ations the death toll kind of going down

a little bit still a very delicate situation here but the after the holiday surge of cases and deaths has started to level off a little bit with that said though president biden himself has said that he expects that right now at about 415000 deaths in the u.s. biden himself has said it potentially could reach 500000 or a half a 1000000 deaths just by next month gabriels and i thank you very much israel is banning passenger flights in and out of the country for a week to prevent the new code $900.00 strain from entering its borders from $2200.00 g.m.t. on monday only international absences with special permits will be allowed to leave the country israel has started to see a promising drop in cases after vaccinating much of the country it's not down is due to expire at the end of march. 1

protesters have clashed with police in 2 major israeli cities after regulators tried to shut down religious schools and he's moved in to try to close the schools for violating coronavirus restrictions 5 place officers were injured and at least 4 people arrested every force that has moral and west jerusalem on israel's right. this is may just by the israeli government something that's. has not been done during this and then make there was reportedly some concern on the deputy attorney general as to whether would even be legal to prevent israeli citizens from returning home during the course of a cabinet meeting on sunday we understand has now been approved that from monday midnight no. arrivals and no exits through israel's main airport will be allowed unless there is special permission granted in exceptional

cases this is an attempt to stop new strains coming into the country to a time when the vaccine roll out program is going at a much faster pace than anywhere else in the world already we're approaching nearly 30 percent of the population as a whole being vaccinated so there is evidence of the vaccine starting to work what they don't want in israel is for new strains which might escape the vaccine to militate against some of those effects and also there's been some political pressure on benjamin netanyahu as well when it emerged that it's even been a tends to prevent people coming in without a negative coronavirus test in the proceedings of the 2 hours that something that was eventually put in place just yesterday on saturday and is now being superseded by these much more stringent regulations. police in amsterdam have clashed with people protesting against stricter coronavirus measures officers used water cannon to disperse protesters in the city's museum square and they're fed to house some

are declared to the area higher risks in giving police the power to search people for weapons they're protesting against a nighttime curfew the 1st since world war 2 which came into effect on saturday parliament narrowly voted voted in the measure last week to help prevent the spread of any new coronavirus variance. overnight to young people rioting of the curfew tucked torched a code testing facility in the dutch fishing village of book police say they find more than 3600 people breaching the curfew and 25 were arrested the pubs have just closed in portugal's presidential elections held as the country deals with its highest code 19 infection rate to date 2000 extra polling stations opened in an effort to prevent crowding during the ongoing lockdown the country has the world's highest 7 day average of new cases and deaths per capita but the government rejected calls to delay the vote as it would require a change to the constitution.

u.n. says more than 100000 people have now fled central african republic to escape the violence triggered by december's disputed election 100000 people are displaced within the war torn country and almost 5000 people have traveled to cameroon 5000 to chad and 400 to the republic of congo but the vast majority 74000 people have crossed to the democratic republic of congo where they face an uncertain future many are getting their own canoes out of there again rare access to one of the patrol boats aid workers are using to track the refugees down even when they're found there's little un teams can do because funding is running out welcome web so this exclusive report from one village near some biloela in the democratic republic of congo. killing looting and rape by fighters from armed groups in the central african republic to send tens of thousands of villages on the run many of them of

crossed this river. in dugout canoes on the other side is a relative safety in villages in the democratic republic of congo only accessible by boat he went to look for them with the un refugee agency. and we found them in their thousands sheltering in villages along the riverbank. our arrival crowd people here say they've been waiting for help since they arrived here last week they lined up hoping we brought it. and more keep coming. others go back to retrieve possessions from their homes or crops and their farms. that's what it leads back home a tried. and she came back with nothing be made through the rebels attacked our village last week we heard a lot of gunfire they destroyed everything they raped girls. and they kidnapped

some of them who didn't say exactly what happened because we had to run. her sister aunt jo fled with her one month old baby daniel almost on the bubble as you know. it was 4 in the morning when the rebels attacked and started burning houses we all ran my husband ran into the forest where he fell into the hands of the rebels and they killed him. then you will never know his father one of an unknown number of civilians killed in the file and in the last month. russian mercenaries rwandan troops and u.n. peacekeepers have helped the government to keep the coalition of armed groups out of the capital pongee violence escalated since elections last month which political opposition says was rigged. the armed groups say the government must go. about 2 thirds of the country including most of its gold and diamond mines the armed groups now control the villages that we can see just over there on the other side of the

river people who live on this side say they can hear gunfire when they're fighting this is one of the homes of one of the usual residents of the village of song biloela it's basic for the villages being completely overrun its population is fallen by about 20 times of the new arrivals those lucky enough to have a mosquito net and sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structure is made of branches and leaves they're exposed to. malaria and everybody here says there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us to eating whatever edible plants they can find in the bush. the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it's operating on a car budget internally for supporting long term refugees who settled here after the last exodus 8 years ago are supposed to treat them with dignity and so let me

just saw absence and i want it up on the wall well i mean all. the land out there as they promised so they want to see their promises but. it's not safe to go home but without help they can't relocate and settle here in congo they're wondering how long they'll be stuck here. after a few hours we had to leave people here desperately hoping somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb al-jazeera. democratic republic of congo. thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed and almost 7000 people displaced after cyclon ellery's hit mozambique strong winds and heavy rain bore down on the san sebastian peninsula on saturday it wasn't nearly as bad as cyclon in which hit in 2019 killing several 100 people a say just storm caused a power outage in the coastal city of farah but there were few injuries reported.

we have been kind of lucky that this week. has not been as high as we were anticipating and as you can imagine it is. it's usually a result of the destruction so comparatively this has been my home however some of the work on the ground so the floods and. they are and until a communication system has been destructive to those around this half hour the difficulties of educating during a pandemic now the coronavirus is further widening the gap between rich and poor. and could the answer to the philippines energy crisis lie in this aging and unused nuclear power plant.

when the much of europe is color than usual and snowy this u.n. year for example wintering ground which go for many birds is documenting bad to be honest however that is the direction which will the storm systems are now going that's reached in europe right across the baltic states that's the general tenor of things where the comes in from the west gets stormy to the mediterranean and turns right and just goes up to western side of the black sea this is now a blocking area mosque is not as cold as it was for example but in plenty of snow on the outs as more to come in the balkans been snowing in the british isles as well and then you get the sun that's cold overnight but it's quite acceptable to add by day for those because of that sunshine. but here's the story of vilnius rollover cost here the wind only slightly picks up by tuesday you could see significant wind sure what you've got snow snow and snow with a pretty consistent round about 0 or just below a pretty nasty bitter winter but it's just this limited area you'll notice everyone

else sees an improvement day today the exception might be seen down here through greece and into western turkey where the storm system eventually gets through and istanbul's forecast shows a change we go from 15 degrees and suddenly when it starts to rain down to about 3 degrees the potential for sleet or snow showers not by thursday. but. al-jazeera is investigative tutting censored and unseen video from wu han filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning. leaning on all the bullshit the fact is an attack on more exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha ha ha and a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigations 3 dates that stop the world. to move.

forward. i am going to one of the top stories here i was there just over a year after it reported its 1st case of the corona virus the u.s. has now recorded more than 25000000 infections the number was passed just a few days after the country hit 400000 deaths. israel is suspending ashraful for a week to prevent the new covered 19 strain from entering its borders for monday only international epicenters with special permits will be allowed to enter or leave the country. and the u.n. says more 100000 people have now fled central african republic to escape the violence triggered by december's disputed election most have crossed into the democratic republic of congo. brazil's

a missouri state will go into lockdown from monday hospitals in its capital man hours or so overwhelmed by a surge in code 19 cases and infections are also rising in the major cities as monica reports from rio de janeiro already knowing it is. my god is among the lucky few in manaos. as i. 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 there's also a lack of oxygen tanks for patients and the called those are full. many have died of suffocation but his modest children were able to see their 60 year old father by

improvising in the emergency care unit in his home they bought an oxygen cylinder on the black market and hired physiotherapists to help him. read your mind yeah it's a war with no gun shots 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 scenes 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 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 pen demick that's right what the people want a vaccine for everyone people want too much and support people one paulson are out brazil's president hateable scenario has always downplayed the virus he's once more downbeat the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some ball and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading monica and i give. rio de janeiro. $1600000000.00 children and teenagers had their education severely disrupted last year because of the current of our spend and the destruction is far from over this

month 258000000 unable to attend school due to closures children in more developed parts of the world have been able to continue classes remotely but many without access to computers or the internet have been unable to learn so you're going to get reports. a school unlike any other they've known started classes mandatory hand sanitizer and of course one vital piece of uniform the face mask but when the number of infections in any given area becomes overwhelming they too are forced to close students then left at the mercy of their home circumstances especially those from households where parents are still going out to work. said it has and i mean. i'm a mother and i also have a job to do so i'm worried about leaving my kid to learn not harm during the penn demick i don't know if she will eat on time and study by herself staying at home a learn without the company of her friends may also cause some psychological

problems and i feel sad about this with parents taking on the role of educate his juggling their work and teaching has left many fearing for their children's futures digital learning has taken over the classroom but for those who have children with special learning needs that can mean an extra expense on already strained household budgets. i have a child who needs a special assistant he has autism he needs special assistance and special school one day per week is not enough for him he is in a 3rd grade he doesn't know how to read write or spell. the economic fallout of the pandemic has had far reaching consequences for children around the world for as well as losing out on their education many are being forced prematurely into work in order to support families. every day when i come back home.

i take a shower have a meal sit with my father and then go to sleep i go to work from 9 am to 9 pm i work for 12 hours. i do not want the chrono pandemic to affect my studies as i want to finish them to become a pilot a make my dream come true. educational experts predict that 10000000 of the world's most vulnerable children will fail to return to school and they're urging the international community to do all that is possible to prevent more lives from being disrupted and to get educators vaccinated faster so schools can open sooner rather than later it just community has and understood what's more the role the pictures play but it's not just that role of instruction and passing knowledge it's their role as essentially leaders in their communities in many teachers around the world really done the most good to keep in touch with the students and what is happening that's something we should be really chasing. the pandemic may have exposed the

inequalities in education systems around the world but also the role that educators have in students' lives which goes beyond just teaching so hagar al-jazeera. 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeast after being trapped underground for 2 weeks they were among $22.00 caught in a blast at a gold mine in chiang dong prevent at least one miner is known to have died it's not known what condition the others are in over but mentally report blindfolded to protect his eyes after 2 weeks in the dark but grateful to be a life this is a moment ago the miner was pulled to safety after being trapped hundreds of metres below ground he's part of a 5th group of miners rescued in is china's shandong province 7 miners were able to walk to the abelard's others were too exhausted from their ordeal rescue teams

say they pulled up those most in need 1st. the critical case comes before the light one which is the principle of mine accident rescue so the severe ones have been pulled up 1st and the following are in better physical and psychological conditions . but more a still trapped. and animation shows what happened a blast deposited large amounts of rubble in the shaft rescue teams then began trying to rescue those stranded a handwritten note from the miners was hoisted above ground using a metal cable it read don't stop trying to reach us rescuers load food and medical supplies to the kind of the rescuers checked the miners to see if they had any injuries and covered their eyes for protection generally speaking the rescue operation proceeded faster than expected after lifting all the trapped miners discovered will go on with the search for the other missing miners. the safety of miners in china has improved in the past few years following

a government campaign that's after hitting a peak of 5000 deaths in 2003 but what's went wrong in this mine is yet to be determined laura goes about the al-jazeera the u.s. has called on china to stop exerting what it calls military diplomatic and economic pressure on taiwan a warning from the u.s. state department comes after taiwan said 15 chinese bombers including 12 fighter jet entered its airspace on saturday taiwan's defense ministry described it as one of the biggest incursions by chinese will planes in recent years meanwhile a u.s. aircraft carrier group has entered the south china sea on a mission to prevent what the u.s. military called freedom of the seas. a police vehicle in the u.s. city of tacoma plowed through a crowd on saturday after responding to reports of street races in the city and police told local media they were notified of street racers and

a crowd of about 100 people blocking streets the driver said he was afraid the crowd would break his glass when they started pounding on the window one person was injured in the incident. southeast asia's 1st nuclear power plant has stood unused for decades but with electricity prices going up the philippine government thinks it might be time to give nuclear a try to me down into reports from the town where the dormant plant could finally be fired up. entering the philippines only nuclear power plant is like a step back in time the but the nuclear power plant was built in the seventy's and was the 1st in south east asia but it never opened it was marked bald and past presidents were hesitant to recommission it because it was a reminder they say of the excesses of former president ford in the markets his regime but the country's electricity prices are among the highest in southeast asia partly because it's dependence now on imported fossil fuels that means the average

filipina family spends between 10 to 20 percent of their monthly income in the electricity libyan's has for decades now been avoided as an investment destination in southeast asia because. electricity has either been expensive or in short supply unreliable philippine president rodrigo the turkey has ordered his officials to look into the possibility of including nuclear power into the country's energy mix and a possible revival of the butter on nuclear power plant it tells the whole world we're ready for a nuclear b. and b.p. has 3 sister plants that have been running for over 30 years exxon. in slovenia in brazil and in south korea but what people forget is that no nuclear plant in the world 'd operates without the blessings of the international atomic energy agency the watchdog it is quite clear that some parts of the nuclear

power plant are aging but regulators here tell us all it needs is a few years and an estimated $1200000000.00 of commissioning and it will be as good as brand new. but there are also those in government to see that but the and nuclear power plant belongs to a bygone era there's already a big push for nuclear technology it so now you get a jump start the bad which is all it broiled reversi we don't want to start a nuclear program in the wrong for the one that started in the right for environmental activists also believe that the government should focus on producing clean energy instead like wind and solar but whether but to and will be recommissioned by president or d. go to tear to or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that me worsen if there is no investment in the country's energy system to get al-jazeera but i'm province northern philippines

space x. has set a new record for the number of satellites launched into space on a single rocket it's a full kanigher rocket blasted off on a sunday carrying what space x. described as $133.00 commercial and government spacecraft as well as 10 space x. satellites firms and government paid our last company to send the technologies into speights as part of its rich ride share program. the top stories when i was there just over a year after a reported its 1st case of the corona virus the u.s. is now recorded more than 25000000 infections the number was reached just 5 days after the country hit 400000 deaths hospitals in california and many other states are struggling to help the high number of patients president joe biden's chief of staff.