mexico's president becomes the latest world leader to test positive for corona virus but says his symptoms a mild and he remains optimistic. along daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president joe biden plans to renew a travel ban on several countries as the total number of covert 9000 infections in the u.s. a pass is 25000000. israel closes its skies to most international flights an effort to contain a new highly contagious strain of corona virus. called the edge of the atlantic

in the city of st louis and sinegal in what is a disco world heritage sites being destroyed by the rising you should find out next why people here are struggling to cope with a changing climate. mexican president and there is money lopez obrador has tested positive for coverage $19.00 the 67 year old said he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace while john holdren joins us live now from mexico city john so the president testing positive for corona virus what more details do we know at this stage. well so far we just know that there's a team of medical experts there are around him and treating him as he said he said these symptoms a moment it's also the 1st day that he's reputed to have to keep what to listen see what happens to be 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he was or had

a heart attack in 2013 so this is a president that even when he got into power there were certain questions about his health so far during his tenure as time in power he hasn't had any serious health problems but we'll be keeping an eye on this and it comes at a time in mexico when there are serious problems for the country trying to deal with the pandemic the hospitals in the capital are close to full and have been for some weeks now there's a real i'm sure teacher oxygen tanks for those who are trying to treat their relatives at home so it's a real critical situation this week alone recruits have been broke a rule that once of the number of people that die daily from coated and the number of daily patients from coated and president and his men will look at dort throughout this pandemic he and his administration have been criticized the handling of it he's someone who has not liked to his equations refused to wear a mask especially at the beginning of the pandemic he was hugging his support since

when he went out on tool was his own administration was in a blazing people maintain social distancing so a lot of people said that he isn't the example that perhaps the leader of the country should be setting now and he has created himself and i think the opinion will be shifting in the country really see it on social media or looks a lot of people rivals of his saying that they hope he gets better soon and that they can recover from this and meanwhile he said to continue working out from the national palace and actually on monday he has a cool with russian president vladimir putin the russian leader to talk about vaccines so he's trying to keep working and he's hoping his symptoms don't get any worse all right a gentleman live for us they are in mexico city john thank you. united states will reinstate a travel ban in an effort to contain highly contagious coronavirus variants but it

won't apply it to u.s. citizens and residents president joe biden has promised to administer 100000000 doses of covert 900 vaccines in the next 3 months and also wants congress to pass on any 2 trillion dollar pandemic relief bill rosemann jordan has more now from washington d.c. . it's the worst affected country in the world nearly a year after the u.s. recorded its 1st covert 19 case that number has climbed to more than 25000000 but the focus will be that one in 14 americans infected with the disease almost 420000 of them have died president joe biden says the pandemic is his top priority but his team is already revising his goal of that's an eating 100000000 americans in 100 days it was a little bit of a misunderstanding what we're talking about is 100000000 shots in individuals so the shots as in other words when you get down to let's say

a certain part of the 100 days at the end of 100 days you're going to have some people who will have gotten both shots and some will still be on their 1st shots what the president is saying 100000000 shots in the arms of people within $100.00 days and buy into fish oils are accusing the trumpet ministration of making a grave mistake and it's an demick response plans 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 about half of that has been given out the president wants congress to approve nearly 2 trillion dollars in pandemic relief spending this on top of the $900000000000.00 measure passed back in december biden's fellow democrats say supporting the economy is critical right now but congressional republican. say not so fast idea that we need a stimulus is a little hard to understand because i'm one of those is convinced that if you want

to see this economy get going we've got to get beyond covert if we get beyond covert i believe that the economy is going to come roaring back and spending and borrowing trillions of dollars from the chinese among others is not necessarily the best thing we can do to get our economy to be strong long term. before donald trump left the white house he lifted a coke at 19 travel ban on not americans coming from europe and brazil but on monday that band comes back and will extend to those coming from south africa by the end of the week the u.s. reportedly is trying to stop the spread of the so-called south africa variant of code that 19 another variant from the u.k. has already been found in 20 u.s. states and it said the list of countries could get longer if that's what it takes to end the pandemic rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington israel is suspending air travel for 2 weeks to prevent new variants of code 19 from entering the country

only international passengers with special permits will be allowed to fly the country stopping to see a drop in cases office with vaccine rolled out for such as in west jerusalem with move on the new restrictions. this is a major step by the israeli government something that's has not been done. and they make. reportedly some concern on the part of the deputy attorney general as to whether would even be legal prevents israeli citizens from returning home during the course of a cabinet meeting on sunday and has now been approved from monday midnight no. arrivals and no exits through israel's main. 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 rollout program is going at

a much faster pace than anywhere else in the world already approaching any 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 proceeding 72 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 ultra-orthodox protesters battle with police in 2 major israeli cities author regulators try to shut down religious schools police moved in to try to close the schools for violating coronavirus lockdown restrictions several officers were injured at least 4 people were arrested. a growing number of us democrats are condemning israel for not vaccinating

palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza while israel has already become the world leader in vaccinations per capita palestinians in the occupied territories are yet to be inoculated human rights watch has called on israel to carry out its obligations under international human rights protests against the newly imposed curfew in the netherlands have spread to several cities the night time restrictions went into effect on saturday police used water cannon to disperse crowds in central amsterdam the city's mayor declared the area a high risk zone. of course this is a measure that 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 is well it's a thing we just have to do. in a separate protest in a village northeast of the city demonstrators set fire to a code testing facility riot police were sent to the town after reports of fires

and damage to police cars more than 3000 fines have been issued nationwide for violating the curfew. now several world leaders are set to attend a virtual summit to discuss how to mitigate the effects of climate change one place on the threat from rising sea levels is the city of san luis in senegal france on the world bank have donated more than $14000000.00 to help people living in the unesco world heritage site adapt to climate change the close off reports. an unexpected tide to swept away xena goofballs home with it a lifetime of memories remember she says to her son at emma how in a matter of hours our living room where you used to watch t.v. kitchen and your bedroom were wiped away by the ocean's currents you now live on the outskirts of the city with thousands of others displaced a new life the city council told them to adapt to no i sound but being forced to live

a difficult life here this was supposed to be temporary and we're living here now for 2 years there's no food no help and no sign from authorities anything will change we won't be able to return home. to save what is left of what used to be the capital of the colonial era french west africa france and the world bank have raised $40000000.00 for what they call climate adaptation the funds have so far been used to buy more tense educate displaced children and construct new embankments but when the tide recedes the ocean's destruction appears entire neighborhoods of a historic unesco world heritage site are swallowed into the atlantic in 2006 the city cut a 3 metre breach in an embankment thinking it would empty out the water instead it allowed more of it in with the breach growing to 8 kilometers long making matters worse you sand formation has made it dangerous for fishermen to navigate. with but it's a catastrophe more than 500 fishermen have drowned because of the breach people are

desperate now that's why so many young people are leaving suddenly to try to get to europe. more than 20000 people made it to spain's canary islands last year many from saudi weak as a result the spanish coast guards can now be seen patrolling southeast shores. first spain protecting europe from a wave of illegal migration starts here but there is no protection against the rising oceans for this and they believe living here and rich polluting countries asked for countries to adapt to a changing climate people here say the damage is done it's too late. the indignity in the camp and elder takers in abu son adam aside you have nothing to lose he explains showing him a picture of a young man who is now in madrid with so much loss adapting to a changing climate means letting her son go and brave the ocean's tight in search of a safe place to live because hawk al jazeera. senegal. time for

a short break here in al-jazeera when we come back the difficulties of educating during a pandemic the coronaviruses for the widening the gap between rich and poor. and 11 miners trapped in the coal mining china for 2 weeks are rescued but the fate of 10 others is still more that stay with us. the u.s. pacific seaboard is interesting in san francisco's forecast because from sunny to rain and then rain again. and for all the way down the coast it looks as though you're going to see rain or snow in the rockies and the cascades right down to before california the same time more normal weather seems likely in most places this is the extent of real cold wind with snow falling from the morning eastwards

and then just south of that the rain because you get a few. he'd of walls and when these 2 come together you're out to get somebody sundries scar is the whole lot's moving slowly eastwards and you see that change from windy and wet on mondays in missouri down to possible snow 2 degrees on wednesday is a cold starts to edge down behind the right and when she probably get down as far south as atlanta now is not particularly violent weather from the most part and even quieter the 1st science you go this is rather boring if you're on the east coast of nicaragua has been overcast and drizzly for an os for a couple days and the same is true in the forecast i think that's possibly true in costa rica as well very few showers elsewhere were to the lesser antilles in the southern part of the americas sixties around southeast brazil in prague it is dungaree. for the. welcome to down from every one of us.

even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax and enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done our cats are always welcome to our home. movie. on the our. welcome back amount of our top stories here this hour mexico's president and his money lopez obrador has tested positive for coverage 1967 year old says he's being

treated for mild symptoms that will continue to work in the presidential palace mexico has the world's 4th highest death toll. the biden administration has reimposing an intra ban on most known u.s. citizens who are in countries with highly contagious variants of cope with 19 nations affected include brazil the u.k. a majority of european countries south africa are also adding to the list. and israel is suspending air travel for 2 weeks to prevent new coronavirus variance from entering the country only passengers with special permits will be allowed to fly the country starting to see a drop in cases after a swift vaccine rollout. now thousands of brazilians have held a 2nd day of socially distance protest against president jaya both of our road was under fire for his government's handling of the pandemic calls paraded through the streets of sao paolo and more than a dozen other cities as demonstrators call things impeachment anger is mounting

over the slow pace of the country's vaccine rollout which began last weekend. the fellowship of the battlefield. 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 has come 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. there's always horrible fake news that is deceiving people and the president's disapproval rating is greater than his approval gather strength we have to get rid of that guy brazil will go under he will bring an end to the economy to impeachment now out with. well a coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the education of $1600000000.00 children and teenagers this month 258000000 on a board to attend school due to closures 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 reports. the school year unlike any other they've known started classes mandatory hand sanitizing 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. the senator 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 alone without the company of her friends may also course in psychological problems and i feel sad about 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 . 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. 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. has and understood what's more there all the pictures play which is not just that 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 and what isn't 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. but katherine allison is a child psychologist she says the absence of school not only affects education but the safeguarding of children. there are wide differences depending on poverty and even gender so at a very basic level the loss of structure and routine has a huge impact on children psychological well being. of seeing their friends the loss of key people in their lives their teachers and it's important to remember those teachers are the 1st line of defense in terms of safe parenting against neglect and abuse so there are so many aspects of this from the beginning with social learning and right up to protecting against neglect and abuse well within south africa ghouls has remained close for an extended period of time and for many children there attending school is the one place where they can access the needy so

they media who know their parents may be either unemployed or so going out to work so you can either have financial hardship or lack of supervision there is lack of access to electricity for hours at a time lack of access to devices and internet so the education is extremely patchy and what it's doing is it's taking any disadvantage that are vulnerable or saying that was already within a family in just magnified means many times over and if you look as yemen schools were closed for quite some time and after the 1st wave schools began to reopen in october and what we're seeing are huge overcrowding within classrooms and many children didn't return so for many children this is their premature end to their education we have increases and domestic violence substance abuse gender based violence and sexual abuse and early child marriage and child labor so there are

huge extremes. a report by the reuters news agency has found that multiple cases of soldiers raping female refugees and ethiopians to grow a region many of the attacks happened weeks after the government announced it had secure the capital and its conflict with rebels last november the military entered to great to dislodge the governing party and rebel groups triggering a humanitarian crisis 11 chinese miners trapped underground for 2 weeks have now been rescued they were among 22 caught in a blast of a gold mine in shandong province at least one miner died but the others i want to counted for more bird money 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 east 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. a 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 move 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 mine is 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 brazilians have held a vigil marking 2 years since the dam collapsed at a mine killing more than 250 people cars and motorcycles formed a procession to remember the victims in the state of menasha race the collapse was one of brazil's worst environmental disasters and released a torrent of toxic sludge bearing some mines facilities and a village for to go center right president marcello has won a 2nd 5 year term the 72 year old secured more than 60 percent of the vote in south polls but turnout was low amid

a surge in corona virus cases. members of the u.s. house of representatives will deliver the article of impeachment against donald trump to the senate later on monday paving the way for a trial the senate majority leader says trump's 2nd impeachment hearing will be fair but moved quickly 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 move forward with the trial it will be fair but it will be. at a relatively fast pace. thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed in mozambique in the wake of tropical cyclone eloise 7000 people have been forced to flee their homes after strong winds and heavy rain on saturday it also caused power cuts in

the coastal city of berna the region is still recovering from another devastating site clone in 2019 which killed hundreds of people now for more than 300 years the netherlands colonize what is now modern day indonesia and took thousands of cultural and religious artifacts after years of negotiation the dutch government returned some items but as just a washington reports from jakarta indonesia historians want more to be returned. this dagger is called the christian indonesia it's made from gold and is covered in precious stones it's one of $1500.00 items returned last year for more than 300 years dutch colonizers occupied what is now indonesia. they stole thousands of precious cultural and religious artifacts and took them to the netherlands. after years of negotiation the artifacts were finally handed back the 1st time such a large collection has been returned to indonesia. it includes this shield used by

the dayak people in cali month on hundreds of years ago decorated with the hair of their enemies. but given that i think that i am it shows that as a colonized country we had our historical culture and this is important for future generations to understand getting these items back took 6 years of planning and putting them on display was delayed due to the outbreak of covert 19 the dutch government offered to return more than $12000.00 artifacts in total the indonesian authorities chose to select only a small percentage of them indonesian historians say some items should remain in the middle and so that indonesian culture can be experienced there too but there were also financial reasons for it at the dock and we did and which i mean that is we don't want to museum to become a warehouse by taking items which are not important it would just add to our maintenance costs because all artifacts need special care this manuscript for

example contains instructions for protecting against witchcraft it needs to be stored at $25.00 degrees so that it isn't damaged by humidity there are thousands of indonesian artifacts still in dutch museums and authorities hope to eventually bring more for them home but it's a long and complicated process and historians say they'll need to carefully curated items that are returned. those of great interest are the ones that reveal more about the country's past but when they get out and as you know many of our items are related to us an auger free they add to our understanding of the many ethnic groups in indonesia which we did not have before in october a dutch commission on colonial collections recommended its government return items taken from former colonies that includes this diamond which once belonged to the sultan of punjab muhsin and used to be 70 carats it was violently seized by dutch troops who are bullish the sultanate and sent the rough diamonds back to the

netherlands to be conned into this rectangular 36 karat jam. if something belongs in the nature they should return it to indonesia but the repatriation of such a valuable item is complicated the descendants of the sultan say it should be given to them and not to the government jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. time for a quick check of the headlines on the al-jazeera mexico's president and that is not the lopez obrador has tested positive the covered 19 the 67 year old says he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace mexico has.