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

the city of. what is this world heritage sites being destroyed by the rising you should find out next why people here are struggling to cope with a changing climate. he's been criticized for his handling of mexico's pandemic now president and raise money and lopez obrador has tested positive a covered $19.00 himself the 67 year old tweeted that he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work from the presidential palace john holdren has more now from mexico city. he's 67 years old he has got high blood pressure he also 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 will be keeping an eye on this and it comes at

a time in mexico when there are serious problems for the country in 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 shortage of oxygen tanks for those who are trying to to treat their relatives at home so it's a real critical situation this week alone records have been broken more than once of the number of people that die daily from coded and the number of daily patients from coated and the president and his men are a lot is oprah dork throughout this pandemic he and his administration have been criticized the handling of it he's someone who has not like tunas equations refused to wear a mask especially at the beginning of the pandemic he was hugging his supporters when he went out and tool was his own administration was in a vising people to maintain social distancing and meanwhile he said to continue working from the national palace and tomorrow actually on monday he has

a coup 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. the united states will reinstate a travel ban on travelers from europe and brazil in an effort to contain the highly contagious corona virus variants but it won't apply it to u.s. citizens and residents president joe biden has made the pandemic his number one priority and is focusing on bringing down the number of cases while reviving the economy rolls in jordan as more 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 people but it appears 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 days and by the 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 republicans say not so. asked idea that we need a stimulus is a little hard to understand because i'm one of those who 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 covert 19 from entering the country only international passengers with special permits will be allowed to fly the country started to see a drop in cases after a swift vaccine rolled out its lockdown is set to expire at the end of the month before sets in west jerusalem with more on the new restrictions. this is a major step. of the israeli government something that's. has not been done during this and then make there was 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 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 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 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 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. protesters battle with police in 2 major

israeli cities after regulators try to shut down rather just schools police moved in to try to close the schools for violating coronavirus lockdown restrictions several officers were injured and 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 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 nighttime restriction went into effect on saturday and use water cannon to disperse crowds in central amsterdam the city's mayor declared the area a high risk reserve. 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 the village northeast of the city demonstrators set fire to a code 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. several world leaders are set to attend a virtual summit to discuss how to mitigate the dramatic effects of climate change one place on the threat from rising sea levels in senegal france on the world bank of the one $114000000.00 to help people living in the u.s. to world heritage site adapt to climate change reports. an unexpected tide swept away zena booth calls 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 they now live on the outskirts of the city with thousands of others displaced a new life the city council told them to adapt to. 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 he 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 in 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. 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 sun week to try to get to europe. more than 20000 people made it to spain's canary islands last year many from sunday week as a result the spanish coast guards can now be seen patrolling se shores. first 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. in the camp and elder takes 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 al-jazeera when we come back the difficulties of educating during a pandemic how the coronavirus is for the widening the gap between rich and poor. and 11 miners trapped in a gold mine in china for 2 weeks a rescue but the fate of 10 of us is still unknown more on that status. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways temperatures in the levant slowly rising the wind strength in the shambolic wind

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sunday monday and tuesday this whole area is to risk of yet more of them monday specifically is going to be still south mozambican east inside south africa on tuesday it spreads further west into botswana. sponsored by qatar airways. when all that seems to matter is the headline is always 2 sides to a story when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality the leader on the one hand the enemies of believe there on the other hand the listening post strips away the spin what kind of reporting if you can see on the ground misinformation is right lays bare the bias a lot of people believe things because they want to believe them and uncovers the uncomfortable truths do you think they did enough to scrutinize the case for war listening post on al-jazeera.

welcome back a trooper amount of our top stories here this hour mexico's president and raise money lopez obrador has tested positive for cope with $19.00 the 67 year old says he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work in the presidential palace mexico has the world's 4th highest death toll. the biden administration has reimposing an entry ban on most known u.s. citizens who've been in countries with a covert 19 variant nations affected include brazil the united kingdom and the majority of european countries south africa will be added to the list. and israel is suspending air travel for 2 weeks to prevent new variants of covert 19 from entering the country only passengers with special permits will be allowed to fly the country has started to see a drop in cases after a swift vaccine rollout. now the 1st lockdown imposed in hong kong has been lifted

after a mass testing campaign residents living in parts of calhoun district were ordered to stay home on saturday of the 7000 people screen for corona virus only 13 tested positive the area accounted one half of all new cases and hong kong over the past week the city's been struggling to contain a surge in infections. thousands of brazilians have held a 2nd day of socially distance protests against the president jab balls and arrow 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 call for his impeachment and there's nanjing over the slow pace of the country's vaccine rollout which began last weekend. well the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the education of $1600000000.00 children and teenagers and this month 258000000 are unable to attend school due to closures those in more developed parts of the world have been unable to continue classes remotely but many without access to computers or the internet have been

unable to learn some of the 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 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. senate has an enemy there 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 pen 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 of course and 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 when. 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 they're older pictures play with it's not just that role of instruction and passing knowledge it's their role as essentially leaders in their communities and 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 cherishing 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.

catherine alice 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. the 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 growing up to protecting against neglect and abuse well within south africa those ghouls have remained close for an extended period of time and for many children their attending school is the one place where they can access the

need so they need to be a home 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 at 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 streets a report by the reuters news agency has found multiple cases of soldiers raping female refugees in ethiopia's to grave region many of the attacks happened weeks after the government announced it had secure the capital mackellar and its conflict with the rebels last november the military entered to great to dislodge the governing party and rebel groups triggering a humanitarian crisis or some will get to choose a journalist with the reporter he says the situation in tiebreak is dire. i've been speaking to half a dozen people in the past week they're echoing what's being reported by reuters there are many many people that are suffering in terms of not just sexual harassment but literally running out of food and all kinds of stuff still a conflict area. and again people are desperate and yet many people are still going to the sudan and many are coming to the other side of ethiopia including the region

and also coming to addis ababa there are many many people that are attempting to just leave the region because again it's an area that's in conflicts that's been depressed that's been neglected and there are no jobs many companies have been looted many factories have been destroyed again it's a very dark. you know era of this conflict the government is insisting they're sending donations donating products to the region but there are many many people are still starving no food no medication this has been a conflict area for the almost for the last underland 100 days and i don't know how much is enough to help these people but i guess it's a very desperate situation that's being echoed by all sides 11 chinese miners trapped underground for 2 weeks have been rescued they were among 20000 caught in a blast at

a gold mine in shandong province at least one died but the others are unaccounted for norbert money reports blindfolded to protect his eyes after 2 weeks in the dark but grateful to be a life this is a moment ago the mind 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. 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 brazilian's of held a vigil marking 2 years since the dam collapsed of a mine killing more than 250 people cars and motorcycles form a procession to remember the victims in

a state of national race collapse was one of brazil's worst environmental disasters it released a torrent of toxic sludge bearing some of the mine's facilities a village. portugal center right president marcello rebel of a 2nd 5 year the 72 year old secured more than 60 percent of the vote in south days polls but turnout was low and as jim coronavirus cases the president holds a largely ceremonial role but can veto some of those and declared states of emergency 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 lashed the san sebastián peninsula on saturday it also caused power cuts in the coastal city of beara the region is still recovering from another devastating cyclone in 2019 which killed hundreds of people . now for more than 300 years the netherlands colonized what is now modern day in

the asia and took thousands of cultural and religious artifacts after years of negotiation the dutch government returned some items last year but as jessica washington reports in the capital jakarta indonesia historians want more to be written. this dagger was called the crease in 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 colonise is 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 mountain hundreds of years ago decorated with the hair of the enemy. but given that i think that i am it shows that as

a columnist 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. 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 are about it and it's you know many of our items are related to dougherty 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 the 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 caught into this rectangular 36 karat jam.

if something belongs to indonesia 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. a quick check of the headlines here on the al-jazeera mexico's president under his manual lopez obrador has tested positive for covert 19 the 6 to 7 year old says he's being treated for mild symptoms and will continue to work in the presidential palace mexico has the world's 4th highest death toll. the biden administration is reimposing of entry badnaam most non us citizens who have been in countries with highly contagious.