this is incredible to survive the arab awakening actually. if you want to help shape the world. into your own. president joe biden finds to impose a travel ban on several countries as the total number of covert 1000 infections in the u.s. surpasses 25000000. who want you all just 0 life from i had quarters and the number of days also coming up israel closes its ties to most international flights in an effort to contain a new highly contagious strain of the coronavirus we meet the thousands of for f.

and g.'s forced from their homes in the central african republic after post-election violence. 11 miners trapped in a gold mine in china for 2 weeks are rescued but the fate of 10 others is still unknown. hello the u.s. plans to keep travelers from several countries out in a bid to stop the spread of a nuke over 1000 strain president joe biden is expected to impose a travel ban on saturday as the number of cases surpasses 25000000 the restriction will apply to countries where the highly contagious variant has been found but isn't expected to affect u.s. citizens more than 400000 americans have died from the virus making it the worst hit country earlier this week by then signed several executive orders to boost the response to the pandemic rosalind jordan is in washington d.c. and she explains who will be affected. well this travel ban was supposed to have

been lifted on tuesday day after tomorrow by the previous president donald trump and that was going to cover up people who were coming from the united kingdom from ireland and from the 26 countries in the shang and zone in europe as well as from brazil but starting on monday the new president joe biden is reimposing that ban because the government is trying to get its arms around the spread of the so-called u.k. variant of that 19 we should note that that ban is going to expand on saturday and that's going to include people who are not u.s. citizens or residents coming from south africa and it doesn't matter whether you're a south african citizen or whether you're from another country if you're not a u.s. person you're not going to be able to come into the u.s. starting on saturday if your point of departure was south africa the white house

chief of staff says the trumpet ministration did not have a plan in place to disperse the vaccines president joe biden has set an ambitious goal to have 100000000 vaccinations administered in his 1st 100 days. 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 has 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 dennis nass is the professor of epidemiology at the city university of new york he says the new covert 1900 strain may slow down the vaccination campaign . we're seeing you know very much accelerating spread over the course of the entire

pandemics history in the u.s. but a new strain that is more infectious and more more and more transmissible substantially more transmissible that becomes the predominant strain in the u.s. could greatly accelerate the you know what we're seeing it and begin to outpace the vaccination efforts and undermine those vaccines so this is why it's really important for us to to get vaccine coverage and roll out the vaccine as quickly as possible so that we can sort of you know win the race against this this strain and any other ones that may be coming our way at least in the u.s. it's going a long way that we now have a vaccine that is being rolled out you know slow slower than all of us would like and also goes a long way that we have a new administration who is actually putting together a national plan and ready to leverage our federal government to the fullest this is something we haven't seen in

a long time and i think that lack of that leadership the lack of that vision and frankly caring about the well being of our country's population. really caused a lot of anxiety and stress and so so i know that there's a lot of optimism right now in our country despite the very real ongoing threat of this and demick we really are in a place where we can begin to turn the tide over the coming months israel is suspending air travel for 2 weeks to prevent a more contagious train of covered 1000 from entering on to the government proposal only passengers with special permits would be allowed to enter or leave the country israel has started to see a drop in cases it's locked down is set to expire at the end of the month harry fossett is in west jerusalem with more on the flight restrictions that will go into effect on monday. this is may just by the israeli government some saying that it's. has not been done. and then make.

the deputy attorney general as to whether would even be legal prevents israeli citizens from returning home. the course of a cabinet meeting on sunday has now been approved monday midnight. arrivals and no exits through israel's main. 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 rollout program is going at a much faster pace than anywhere else in. 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. the merged that's even been in

a tent to prevent people coming in without a negative coronavirus test in the proceedings up to 2 hours that's something that was eventually put in place just yesterday on saturday and is now being superseded by these much more stringent regulations and ultra-orthodox protesters battled with police and to israeli cities off to regulators tried to shut down religious schools police moved in to try to close the schools for violating coronavirus lockdown restrictions several police officers were injured and at least 4 people were arrested. a growing number of us democrats have condemned israel for not vaccinating palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza while israel has already become the world leader and vaccinations per capita palestinians and occupied territories are yet to receive their inoculation human rights watch have called on israel to carry out its responsibilities and obligations under

international human rights law protests against the newly imposed curfew in the netherlands have spread to several cities the nighttime restriction went into effect on saturday and is the 1st of its kind since world war 2 police used the water cannon to disperse crowds in central amsterdam the city's mayor declared the area a high risk zone giving police the power to search people for weapons. of course this is a measure that is really minimizing our freedoms it's something that we are not used to in this country but again i think we have to do everything that's necessary now. so giving up a bit of freedom. well is the thing we just have to do and in a separate protest in a village north east of the city demonstrators set fire to a covert testing facility riot police were sent to the town after reports of the fires and damage to police cars nationwide more than 3000 fines have been issued

for violating the curfew. the un refugee agency says more than 100000 people have fled recent violence in the central african republic foreign forces supporting the government of the c.a.r. have been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to overturn last month's presidential election that saw the incumbent hold on to power most of the refugees have been forced to find shelter in remote border regions of the democratic republic of congo. got exclusive access to one area where people say there is hardly any food to or clean water to drink. killing looting and rape by fighters from groups in the central african republic to send tens of thousands of villages on the run many of them have crossed this river. in dugout canoes on the other side is relative safety in remote 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 that from. that small to leave home a tried. and she came back with nothing. the rebels attacked our village last week we had a lot of gunfire they destroyed everything they raped and they kidnapped some of them we didn't see exactly what happened because we had to run. violence escalated since elections last month which political opposition says were rigged. the armed groups say the government must go the occupy 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 some biloela it's basic 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 sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structures made of branches and leaves their exposed tomasky tows malaria and everybody here says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us of eating whatever edible plants they can find in the bush the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it doesn't have funds for the new arrivals are supposed to treat them with dignity so let that they make this all went back up so i'm not up

on the world i'm in the culture you don't want to see the promise of blacks by their absence. is 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 have to leave people here desperately hoping somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb al-jazeera tsonga lola democratic republic of congo. coming up on al-jazeera right after the break putting a smile on the faces of kurdistan's children doctors battle a poorly funded system to train their patients. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored point qatar airways

they'll be a breeze bit of rain or snow for many places throughout china on the korean peninsula of the next day or so as this week frontal system goes eastwards the real cold is held north and text back into dropping temperatures lou but that minus 80 we don't see a huge drop elsewhere the sun revives things elseworlds rain light in china we're redevelop a significant i think of a sudden japan where she's going to cause a bit more problem with potential flooding as a still some snow to get rid of to melt if you like south of that and again it's relatively quiet moment there are pretty big showers in indonesia but malaysia and most of the philippines most the southeast asian mainland a relatively dry weather too shallow around but not the extremes we've seen over the last few weeks sumatra still does look pretty sherry and you'll see does return to borneo come tuesday rain is not the story in india was frankly that they want to light showers and they're there in the forecast but we've got persistent fog from

bangladesh always through northern india less so in pakistan and the cold war which means pretty cold at night not so good by day so unsurprisingly the forecast for new delhi is still disappointing the fog is not going to shift on monday tuesday or wednesday which means yeah quality is also pretty dire. sponsored paul qatar airways. al-jazeera world takes a road trip across spain spanish people enough to tell you they are and where they come from and i am no exception. one woman's journey seeking her heritage and of covering new insights into christian spying it's of muslim origin it's a story that seems to have been airbrushed from history. in search of migrants on al-jazeera.

the word on the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. is imposing a travel ban in an effort to contain the highly contagious covert 19 variant nations affected include south africa brazil the united kingdom and a majority of european countries the restrictions will go into effect on saturday but won't apply to americans. israel is suspending air travel for 2 weeks to prevent that mystery and only passengers with special permits will be allowed to enter or leave the country. the u.n. says more than a 100000 people have fled the central african republic to escape the violence triggered by december's disputed election most have crossed into the democratic republic of congo. the current of ours pandemic has severely disrupted the

education of $1600000000.00 children and teenagers and this month 258000000 are unable to attend school through 2 closers and those 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 some new reports. the school year unlike any other they've known stockage classes mandatory hand sanitizer and of course one vital piece of uniform the face mask 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 the senate has a mini me that i'm a mother and i also have a job to do so i'm worried about leaving my kid to learn at home during the pandemic i don't know if she will eat on time and study by herself staying at home

alone without the company of her friends may also cause some psychological problems and i feel sad. this with parents taking on the role of educators 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 when the pilot 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's 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 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 my hands smell

like gas 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 and. i do not want the chrono pandemic to affect my studies as i want to finish them to become a pilot and 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. and understood what's more they're older pictures be able to it's not just the role of instruction and passing knowledge it's their role as essentially leaders in their communities in many regions around the world really done the most good to keep in touch with the students as you know and what is

happening that's something we should be really cherishing. the pandemic may have exposed the inequalities in education systems around the world but also the rule that educators have in students' lives which goes beyond just teaching sunni triangle al-jazeera. thousands of brazilians have held a 2nd day of socially distant protests against president valuable so narrow who is under fire for his government's handling of the pandemic cars paraded through the streets of sao paolo and more than a dozen other cities as demonstrators called for his impeachment anger is mounting over the slow pace of the country's vaccine rollout which began last weekend's the fellowship about. how i feel as if brazil doesn't have a government brazil has been left to fend for itself we have psychopaths in power and the time to stop no one can take it anymore we're not going to wait for a 1000000 of our people to die for people to rise up nobody can take it anymore.

because there's all this horrible news that is deceiving people and the president is disapproval rating is greater than his approval to have the strength we have to get rid of that guy brazil will go under he will bring an end to the economy so impeachment now out with. a report by the reuters news agency has found multiple cases of soldiers raping female refugees in ethiopia gray region many of the attacks happened weeks after the government announced it had secured the capital mackellar and did its conflict with rebels last november the military entered too great to dislodge the governing party and rebel groups triggering a humanitarian crisis thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed in mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone elouise 7000 people have been forced to flee their homes after strong winds and heavy rain lost the san sebastián pencil on saturday and also caused power in the coastal city of beara the region is still

recovering from another devastating cyclon in 2019 which killed hundreds of people . 11 chinese miners trapped underground for 2 weeks have been rescued they were among 22 caught in a blast at a gold mine in shandong province at least one miner died but the others are unaccounted for laura burdon mally reports blindfolded to protect his eyes after 2 weeks in the dark but grateful to be alive this is the moment a gold miner was pulled to safety after being trapped hundreds of meters 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 ambulance others were too exhausted from their ordeal. rescue teams say they pulled up those most in need 1st. 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 the al-jazeera. portugal's center right president marcel a rebel of the susa has won a 2nd 5 year term the 72 year old captured more than 60 percent of the vote in saturday's polls but turnout was low amid a surge in coronavirus cases the president holds a largely ceremonial role but can veto some laws and declare a states of emergency members of the u.s. house of representatives will deliver the article of impeachment against donald trump to the senate on monday paving the way for a trial the senate majority leader says trump's 2nd impeachment hearings will be fair but move it pastes everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability which this trial affords

and so we will forward with a trial it will be fair but it will. at a relatively fast pace the philippines is looking to revive a dormant nuclear power plant to solve its energy crisis experts say it could reduce soaring power prices by up to 70 percent. and visited the facility. 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 a lecture city philippines has for decades now been avoided as an investment destination in southeast asia because. electricity has either been expensive or in short supply and unreliable philippine president rodrigo to 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 p p s 3 sister plants that have been running for over 30 years x. . in slovenia in brazil and in south korea but what people forget is that no nuclear plant in the world 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 say that but the and nuclear power plant belongs to a bygone era there's a big push for nuclear technology now you get a jump start which is all embroiled in controversy we don't want to start our nuclear program in the wrong foot you want to start it in the right foot 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. good at their day or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that may worsen if there is no investment in the country's energy system. al-jazeera but on province northern philippines

doctors in kurdistan say they're struggling to treat their patients because of a lack of public funding the health care sector has been hit hard by 3 decades of political instability in the country since the breakup of the soviet union charles stratford went to a clinic in the northern districts. the uk sue rehabilitation center in northern kyrgyzstan was built by the soviets in the 1950 s. to treat polio victims. in outreach children suffering from a neurological condition the doctors say could be prevented if pregnant mothers receive basic health care. but not something often not available to many women forced to rely on what experts say is a struggling government health sector stuck in the past 7 year old aziza has suffered from cerebral palsy since birth it's a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to move maintain balance and speak. her mom brings you here to

the center of a physio and voice their plea every few months as easy clearly enjoys it mom says she's improving it isn't just. previously she couldn't talk sit down or eat but this therapy is helping and she can now even play with her sister our lives are beginning to improve with us in a t's on shockingly basic proof experts say of years of government neglect but around $3000.00 children come from all over the country every year for treatment for cerebral palsy. despite lacking basic modern equipment and few professionally trained staff the center has built up a reputation for being the best in the country in treating children with cerebral palsy. it was constructed over a hot spring because of the therapeutic qualities of the water. shame and then clear off drugs his son is 8 hours from the capital bishkek to get the hydro and

physical therapy he needs. his condition does not affect could need to function like intelligence he can be treated but not cured. janet as a cough will graduate this year with a degree in i.t. he's been receiving treatment here for almost 20 years and staff say he is proof that despite the difficulties they face success can be achieved. i want to be a good auntie specialist and work for a big company that's my plight he says it's hard work constantly trying to improve yourself but you have to and that's my advice. they don't he says there's not enough government money to offer basic medicine and vigilance let alone more specialized treatments some of the children need to. get a book they do we have difficulties i believe the government is trying to help us

to provide free treatment but it has to fund every sphere of the health sector it can't just focus on us. the challenges are immense as her family from the start for the center but with the cancer piece she needs there is every reason she should live a long and fulfilling life charles trafford al-jazeera norden kidney stone. space x. has successfully launched its reusable falcon 9 rocket with a record number of satellites on board it's taken 143 into orbit the most ever deployed in a single mission private companies and governments paid it on musk's firm to transport the spacecraft. ever. tell again the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. is imposing a travel ban in an effort.