part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the pond so much i'm happy to take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. with almost 100000000 coronavirus infections globally countries continue to grapple with locked measures in vaccine rollout to try and contain the surge in cases. but again i'm peter sagal you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up . i recently indian capital news batons and tear gas to try to stop farmers who are protesting against new laws. italy's prime

minister just come to resign so he can form a new government has been under fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. also head business is booming in iraq's anbar province with government regulations may scare some investors away. from lockdowns to infection milestones countries still grappling with a virus that has multiple strains even though there are several vaccines being distributed around the world at the moment the world is edging closer to 100000000 cases of covert 19 here's how it looks now according to johns hopkins university the top 20 countries are almost all recording at least $10000.00 cases per day let's start with indonesia which has now surpassed $1000000.00 cases of cope with 19 is the worst affected country in southeast asia with almost 30000 confirmed

deaths the health care infrastructure is close to collapse doctors say they've been forced to turn away critically ill patients jessica washington reports from jakarta . on indonesia's most populous island java hospitals are stretched to their limits he's covered 900 patients were able to get treatment but many others are missing out added that they're not fastened on among we have rejected so many people in the hospital that reject patients every day because there's nothing else we can do the doctors having to reject a critically ill patient is a heavy burden for the new well i gotta say and it makes me so sad to turn down patients i read the files of patients who are referred to our hospital they can hardly breathe but we cannot help them. the indonesian hospitals association says hospitals on the island of java and bali are close to collapse doctors are forced to turn away patients because of a lack of intensive care unit beds and

a shortage of health care workers. indonesia's covert 19 task force says in some cities all hospital beds are full and health specialists say on average more than a quarter of people are testing positive for the disease. across indonesia the positivity right is 27 percent it's hard the w.h.o. standard is 5 percent to ensure that the pandemic can be controlled many have struggled to get care for their loved ones it also must. the emergency unit was full there was a tent for all the positive cases but all the rooms were full so my parents were sent home with medication. out of desperation some families have turned to a local cove a daunting data agency to help them get their relative into a hospital often it is too late. from our cases one died in the health center another died in a taxi after being rejected by many hospitals another died in hospital because the

i.c.u. was full. despite the rise in cases and deaths indonesia's president says the situation is under control. we're grateful that indonesia is one of the countries that can control this crisis well that many health workers have criticised the government for failing to properly implement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus and allowing a crisis to unfold in their hospitals jessica washington jakarta. to the u.k. where there's talk of imposing a mandatory in burned hotel quarantine for all arrivals into britain most travel across already need to self isolate but there are concerns that people aren't following the rules people have already been warned not to book summer holidays until an announcement is made let's talk now to china and the live for us this london's heathrow airport so charming on the one hand that the knock on effect here

for the airline industry could be huge but hotels need to make money and it can't just stay with airport hotels because of the number of people would be talking about. yes some traveler experts estimate that we could be seeing 15000 people a day arriving in the u.k. needing to be put into a hotel so it wouldn't just be airport hotels that they'd fill up very quickly would have to be hotels further outside the perimeter of the airports too but they've got a shooter is still waiting with bated breath for an announcement and hopefully that will come later today or tomorrow it seems that ministers are divided some ministers are looking for at blank measures for all arrivals into the u.k. similar to what happens in australia where. for the past a hotel for us to spend 10 days in isolation so that rain expends other ministers including the transport minister is saying that that is too strict it should be

more specific just measures for u.k. residents returning from high risk countries south africa and brazil and also portugal which has a lot of direct flights from brazil those a countries with a more contagious variant of covert that could put the u.k. at risk but the airline industry says that any measures are really going to mean a closure of borders to the u.k. it would only be very hard and traveler that we willing to put up with 10 days stuck in a hotel room probably not being allowed to leave for exercise a costing over a $1000.00 and they say that you. it's policies already some of the strictest within europe and before leaving for the u.k. travelers do have to provide a negative covert test on arrival they do have to self isolate either at home or at the destination where they say they're going to be and they can be checked on by police and given spot fines if they are not found to be self isolating and direct flights from south africa and brazil have already been banned but the government

here is incredibly worried about an unknown covariant developing abroad and being brought into this country on an airplane and on that note we just heard from the health secretary matt hancock who's offering up u.k. . expertise to help countries analyze any new variants of the virus they might encounter countries that might not have the ginormous expertise that we have in this country which would give the u.k. a heads up what they're saying is that was finally seeing the u.k. infection rate full and we can't do anything to jeopardize those gains we wait and see charlie thanks very much charlie angela there at heathrow airport well the e.u. has reacted angrily after the vaccine maker astra zeneca said it would not be able to meet supply targets the use vaccination program has been hamstrung after both astra zeneca and pfizer bio announced they would fall short of their promise to deliveries. 180 people in the netherlands have been arrested as protests against

measures continued for another moment. in the city of holland demonstrates a search on some clashed with police. included the port city of rotterdam the anger centers around the curfew it's the 1st time restrictions on movement since the 2nd world war start more from amsterdam. they're calling these rioters corona hooligans basically young people mostly a man who have been attacking police provoking police looting shops and destroying all kinds of property and it's an odd burst of anger of course that the netherlands hasn't seen for many many years so everyone is actually wondering what triggered this and of course we've seen this curfew in place since saturday night but 3 nights in the road there have been riots so there are protesters also actually been

protesting against the corona matches but these seem to be young people who are really dissatisfied distrusting the government who actually also want to show their anger as well it's a combination it seems of a conspiracy think also backed by a q a non this this movement in the united states but also protesters who are actually also been very peaceful but this makes has also been sort of provoked by far right politicians i have to say who also actually called on people to resist against this curfew from 9 pm in the evening basically saying or liberties are being taken away from us well that's not much really being taken away from the dock since the beginning of the pandemic because the lockdown was much more lenient than we saw in other countries the government has been very hasn't and also been protecting businesses but now of course they sort of lost the battle with the virus and decided very last minute that they. that sounds like the marshal thinks it's now

this curfew so people are also a bit at last with these governments and decisiveness so to say doctors in israel say the vaccine program is working with almost every recipient free of covert 19 off for the 2nd injection the 2nd tense tests people have taken the. vaccine have also shown it to be effective against the u.k. strain israel's travel ban kicked in overnight stopping all foreign passengers from entering israel force it has more now from west jerusalem on those results the. initial findings social almost say 100 percent encouraging what we've had is this plan by israel to native population as quickly as possible in return for giving pfizer the manufacturer. by far the majority being used here the very comprehensive data that israel through its 4 main help provided is to you can

digitized on its population and so pfizer will be able to use israel as something of a massive test bed of its vaccine and so far as i say those figures not very encouraging a week after the 2nd dose of the pfizer vaccine in one study by one of those health providers they found that of nearly one 130000 who'd gone through that. only about 20 had any interaction in the health ministry put out similar figures for a wider would of the population as well this does have implications far beyond israel it's these results maintained obviously this is the scientific study there is no control group there's no direct causation that we can establish but this is very encouraging senior advisor on the coded front to president joe biden this is huge tweeting in response to the news last night. ok moving on to the other top

story this half hour to india tens of thousands of farmers have traveled to the capital new delhi in the biggest show of strength yet against the government they breached the historic red fort just hours after a large military and cultural parade was held to mark india's republic day farmers have been demonstrating for months against agriculture laws which they say will destroy their livelihoods and favor large businesses catcha lopez who began reports . frustrated and angry thousands of farmers occupy india's most prominent landmark the iconic red fort blocking highways and roads. they say new agricultural laws being introduced by the government will devastate their livelihoods and favor large companies. what began as protests months ago has turned into a movement with farmers marching into the center of india's capital. in the outskirts of new delhi police fired tear gas when

a group of farmers breached security barricades with their tractors a copy of the traffic that we had designated routes for protesters many follow the orders but others hold stones at police vandalized barricades and tried to run us over. the demonstrations coincide with india's republic day as farmers rallied nearby this. is what another side of the capital looks like a festive display of the country's cultural diversity and military strength except for the you. know the entire country watches delhi on republic day so when the farmers roll the tractors into delhi and the message goes out that the farmers fight is not yet over it's just started we are fighting for our rights by entering the city. opposition just 3 agricultural last pass in november is challenging the authority of prime minister narendra modi. the refer. forms will relax rules on the

sale price and storage of farm produce the government says the changes will boost incomes and private investments but farmers insist they are an invitation for conglomerates to take over agriculture in india if the moxon to. leave them out the government has passed these laws without any discussions without any thought they just imposed them. about half of india's 1300000000 people work in agriculture the government's offer to delay the new laws for 18 months has been rejected by farmers. they say they will continue protesting until the laws are fully repealed. katia locus of a yawn how does it. still to come on this program why ron says the us should recommit to the 2015 nuclear deal before it's too late plus the law provides for the people of uganda is done for the right ugandan opposition leader bobby why in

rally support to bring down the president. hello the weather's quieten down for the time being in japan but we have got more unsettled weather coming through as we go on through the next couple days hopefully less in the way of snow more in the way of rain right now in the process of pulling out of the way dry brush the weather for good parts of white sand that filed by the stretching across the korean peninsula was more than cause of child but this little clutch of wintry showers they will gather they'll make their way across the korean peninsula north korea to see some very heavy snowfall that could cause some disruption as we go on through thursday it will eventually make its way towards northern pass of japan as we go on through the weekend said but most of that 10 souses that we have in tokyo for thursday thought in trying. parts of china got to

10 celsius there in shanghai as well somewhat warm in hong kong temperatures here at around $23.00 degrees with some pleasant sunshine and the sunshine stretches across much of china much of india also dry and quiet we have still got the mist and fog problems of course across northern parts of india on to was more than pakistan lahore and delhi around 18 degrees then over the next couple of days for the south chance of what it says showers just coming into that eastern side of india was a possibility of wanted to shout over the next couple of days pushing across much of sri lanka. will come to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey.

and when you leave with a smile we know a lot of day's work is done counts are always welcome to our home. already. ok let's recap our top story so far this half hour the world is quickly closing in on 100000000 cases of covert 19 countries are struggling to keep infections under control with new restrictions being rolled her almost daily. indonesia has now surpassed 1000000 reported cases of covert 19 as the worst affected country in southeast asia with almost 30000 confirmed deaths the health care infrastructure is

close to collapse. tens of thousands of farmers have traveled to the nation's capital in india new delhi and their biggest show strength yet against the government they enter the historic red fortum blocked roads farmers have been demonstrating for months against the pricing. the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the palestinian israeli conflict in using stands this time for a number of reasons is the 1st briefing with the new u.n. middle east coordinator it's also the 1st time the council looks at the region since the new u.s. president joe biden was sworn in last week live now to the u.n. and our diplomatic editor james bay so james is this a get to know you process or will they come up with something substantial. i don't think we're going to hear anything substantial but clearly so much has changed since the last one of these meetings they happen every single month so much has changed in 2021 as you say new u.n.

envoy the new special coordinator talk one has learned a veteran norwegian diplomat is looking at some very new situations with regard to this conflict we have elections coming up both on the palestinian side starting in may presidential and parliamentary elections there and we have elections on the israeli side we've got the backdrop of covert 19 israel is beating all the records compared with other countries in terms of vaccinating its own citizens including its arab citizens but it is not vaccinating palestinians and we've just heard from riyadh maliki of the palestinian foreign minister speaking in the security council making that clear that they have an obligation as the occupying power to also vaccinate palestinians this time in addition to that clearly we have the new peace accords that have gone into force at the end of last year how will they affect things certainly the palestinians still feel very marginalized and probably

more marginalized by those peace deals which i think leads us to the most important thing that's changed which is the new york component of the white house joe biden how is u.s. policy going to respond to all of this how are they going to respond to the fact that israel at the very end of last year and now it's about $800.00 new settler homes will be looking very closely for the comments of the u.s. representative for this meeting but it is worth telling you that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. or the new secretary of state have yet been formally confirmed in their jobs so we'll get a steer i think but it's from a pretty low key official richard mills who is the deputy u.s. ambassador a career state department official james thanks very much james beers our diplomatic editor there at the u.n. in new york. france says iran must comply with the obligations of the 2050 nuclear deal before the us returns to this landmark agreement tehran says it's waiting for

washington to make the 1st move. on no plan for talks of contacts with the u.s. still waiting for the off chance of the u.s. government about their return to their commitments in removing sanctions which is part and parcel of the commitments any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the u.s. will take to meet its obligations under the reason lucian 2231 actually america's time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european embers of the g c p a remains open for a limited period. italian prime minister we can't say has resigned in a bid to form a new government he went to the presidential palace to submit his resignation presidents will start consultations with party leaders from weapons day in the meantime conte will stay on in a caretaker capacity in effect lost his majority want a vital junior partner in his coalition quit over his handling of the pandemic

conti's resignation is seen as a gamble stephanie decker has more from rome. political consultations party consultations develop meeting with the heads of different parties over the next 2 days or so to figure out who will be the right person to get that majority a lot of analysis here about how it's going to go i think the consensus is that perhaps something perhaps because everything is still up in the air pressure that just epic want to maybe given a 3rd chance to form a 3rd government that will then be more acceptable to those who have been you know shuffling for power party political around him which is led to this political crisis so we don't know at the morning what's going to look like other people say that potentially you know there could be a situation where someone else is appointed so i think we're going to have to wait and see but certainly speaking to many italians over the last couple of weeks this is been bubbling before those votes actually happened is that this was not the time to pull the political crisis there's a lot of issues to be dealt with you know they call economical situation has been

the worst since world war 2 in terms of public debt small businesses struggling people the homelessness is up for example in the last year here people can't pay their bills having lost jobs the vaccination campaign has been whittled back because those are not being delivered by belgian and you schools are making clothes people are frustrated there's a lot going on so it's a means of strong government to push through legislation get a strong hand on things and serving at the moment that's not happening. the ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says the police siege of his home was a form of torture he'd been under house arrest since the presidential election 12 days ago which mr warren claims was fraudulent security forces have now lifted people ok of his property his home after a court order but one says the police are still monitoring him the law provides for the people of uganda to stand for their rights and we encourage them to stand against one results that we. should not

be president of uganda. and we encourage the people of uganda to use all really go and all nonviolent means and ideas that they have to free themselves from them a 70 dictatorship. following that story from the kenyan capital nairobi this press conference was held in his home after the police and soldiers while withdrawn in compliance to the court order issued yesterday and basically he reiterated that he has overwhelming evidence of widespread rigged a widespread irregularities including rigging he did not provide this evidence but he said that his party the national unity platform is considering the option of going to court even if they do not trust the system and don't trust the judges will give him a fair hearing then he went ahead to call on ugandans to use every means nonviolent

means legal means to free themselves this will likely upset many government officials and president yoweri museveni has also spoken about the election he was speaking in entebbe during the country's labor liberation day celebrations where he said that the election was free but there are some people who are trying to cause trouble he said that the government will not tolerate any form of violence he also said and i'll quote this we are not a shallow force which shall be tossed around by opportunists forget about threats so definitely a looming showdown but like i said. a strong statement he made but then he was also careful saying that whatever is going to happen whatever is going to happen going forward is going to happen using within the confines of the low. hundreds of women have been protesting in honduras against

a congressional decision to strengthen a ban on abortion is now outlawed under all circumstances including rape and incest rights groups of called it an abysmal step backwards for women those who have an abortion and honduras face up to 6 years in jail. protestors engine is either a back on the streets today voicing their anger against poverty and social injustice they're demanding the release of other demonstrators arrested over the past from this human rights organization say more than a 1000 people have been detained including hundreds of minors protesters are defying a government ban against gatherings put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus . 4 years ago iraq's province of anbar was freed from ice storm there are signs of some rebuilding but some believe government red tape is holding it back from further expansion and a similar folds in reports from the provincial capital ramadi the regional government wants more control over its affairs. 4 years after it was largely freed

from eisel construction in iraq's western anbar province is booming once complete this mall in the provincial capital of the mahdi aims to be the largest of its kind in iraq if took out a little more are following these projects are needed in this province and according to our assessment in feasibility study we believe this project will be successful how precious the jobs have been created at a time when iraq suffers from economic downturn and rising poverty rates just. minutes before this project started i was an employee to project how many young people to get jobs it has helped produce and employment in the province. it's estimated unbar has an on our sector investment portfolio worth $2000000000.01 of the highest among iraq's 18 provinces the director of un parson vestment commission says the relative stability around ramadi over the past few years has created a business friendly environment. and society believes in the authority of the

civilian government because of that we haven't had any armed groups. no one is allowed to carry weapons except for the government security forces. the local government wants to develop vast untapped mineral and gas resources and says it needs to attract more foreign investors especially from the gulf but the sunni province is demanding more leeway to circumvent the shia led government in baghdad known for its cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. we hope the central government gives us more authority in energy and electricity production and many international companies proposed projects in end because of a limited a forest in the complicated procedures of the central government things are going to light up with. the local governments push for investment doesn't just aim to develop unbiased economy it also underpins its political ambitions for greater autonomy from the central government in baghdad. but some businessmen say

decentralization alone won't solve their problems this investor says it has taken more than 2 years to complete the paperwork for this hypochlorite plant and blames the local and central governments equally. he has spent millions of dollars but is yet to receive a license he didn't want to speak on camera for fear it might further complicate the process experts say until the government overhauls its regulations few foreign investors will take their risk of setting up shop here seem on a 14 hour jazeera in iraq's western anbar province with less than 6 months to go to the olympics the world health organization says athletes are not a priority for the covert 19 banks seen lympics organizers continue to deny reports that the games in turkey will be cancelled more than 11000 athletes are set to compete at the games with the shuttle to begin late july we have to face the realities of what we face now it was not enough vaccine right now to even serve

those who are most at risk and it's not about saying it's putting one priority in front we should address all of these issues over time right now we're lives are focused on solving our biggest problem which is vaccinating health workers in all countries and allowing people who are vulnerable from dying from this infection to access rexy. this is al jazeera these are your top stories the world is quickly closing in on 100000000 cases of covert 19 countries are struggling to keep infections under control with new restrictions being rolled out almost daily indonesia has surpassed 1000000 reported cases of coronaviruses the worst affected country in southeast asia with almost 30000 confirmed deaths.