the listing posts on. india. have been excluded from the least but. when a speech the family's life to live along. israel's top military leader puts iran on notice wallowed in the white house to avoid rejoining the 10 to 15 nuclear deal. hello i'm down in jordan this is our 0 alive and also coming up we expect these additional 200000000 doses to be delivered this summer the u.s. soldiers more vaccines as the global number of confirmed corona virus infections reaches 100000000 also. saw you.

standing in judgment u.s. senators are sworn in for the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump. and a global hot spot down under logging native forest is fast becoming a severe threat to wildlife and the fight against climate change. israel's most senior military commander has revealed the development of new offensive plans against iran left on a general vivah harvey says he's old and his forces to step up preparations for possible military action in the coming year is also urging president joe biden to step back from any return to the 2050 nuclear deal are in force at reports from western lucilla. congratulations mr president. and it's up to joe biden was sworn in as u.s. president last week israel's prime minister released

a congratulatory video. referencing a warm personal friendship and also his government's immediate priority for the new administration and to confront common challenges chief among them the threat posed by iran on tuesday israel's top general turned up the volume saying he was preparing new attack plans targeting iran. i have instructed the i.d.f. to prepare several operational plans in addition to existing ones which we would develop throughout the coming year the power to initiate them lies with the political echelon however they are friends of options need to be prepared ready and on the table. the general will the new u.s. administration that returning to the iran nuclear deal from which donald trump withdrew in 2018 would be a mistake that would allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon cause less chemical in even if there's a similar agreement with a few improvements it is operationally and strategically wrong it's operationally

wrong because they will again allow edits in our even before in iran to enrich uranium to develop centrifuges to develop even the capabilities of the weapons until developing a bomb. the message was delivered on the same day that joe biden's pick for secretary of state was confirmed by the u.s. senate after week and 3 blinken signaled that the u.s. was not preparing to rush back into the deal and would consult with israel and other regional allies on its policy for its part iran says time is short for the u.s. to revive the deal is the joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. . any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps that the u.s. will take to meet its obligations under the reason lucian $2231.00 actually america's time is limited and the window of opportunity for the u. s. and the european members of the g c p a remains open for a limited period iran is still reeling from

a series of blows inflicted during the last year of the trumpet ministration including the us assassination of its most revered military figure custom still a money and the killing of its chief nuclear scientist most in fact residing which tehran attributes to israel. and israel a shift away from troubles hardline on iran is a major foreign policy challenge provoking a debate about whether the government should confront the biden ministration publicly or lobby behind the scenes in this instance the public confrontation has come from the head of its army air force it al-jazeera west jerusalem. well one cases of covert 19 have now topped 100000000 governments around the world are racing to vaccinate as many people as possible but those efforts in some areas storming the drug companies to honor their commitment to supply doses up to 2 firms

said they would struggle to fill orders new coronavirus mutations are also raising concerns about the effectiveness of some approved vaccines katrina you has more from beijing. one year ago the central chinese city of work went into what was then an unprecedented lockdown 11000000 people were isolated from the rest of china and the world in a desperate attempt to prevent the spread of a deadly corona virus that attempt failed cases of a quickly identified in thailand japan and south korea and the united states began restricting travelers from china in mohan authorities makeshift hospitals to treat thousands suffering from the illness the world's 2nd largest economy was at a standstill as authorities to contain the outbreak. in february the virus was officially named 19 and europe faced its 1st major outbreak a certain cases in italy spread a lockdown in the body well it also arrived in iran on the 11th of march the world

health organization declared a global pandemic we have never been before seen a pandemic spark could by virus this is the 1st caused by a quarter in our voters and we have never before seen a bunda me that can be drawn at the same time the number of corona virus infections around the world now exceeds 100000000 and more than 2000000 people have died the u.s. brazil and india have recorded the highest number of deaths more than 50 countries are now racing to inoculate their populations several vaccines have been approved for use internationally but poor countries are struggling to secure doses meanwhile fast spreading virus mutations are raising concerns of a vaccine efficacy concerns health experts are trying to address there's a thing called a cushion effect so if you have a vaccine like the moderna and the pfizer vaccine that can suppress the virus at

a delusion let's say of one to 1000 and then you influences it by bringing it down to maybe once of. do 800 or something like that you are still well above the line of not being affected in china months of tough measures and closed borders have seen the outbreak largely controlled but in the north authorities are now battling for sergeant cases in beijing mass testing and tracing measures have been reimposed . countries previously devoted follower numbers of infections have reintroduced restrictions due to increases in cases 2021 may be a new year but the power has grown but the global fight to contain covered 19 is far from. katrina beijing u.s. president joe biden has made a commitment to vaccinate millions more americans sooner than previously anticipated biden said the vaccine program he inherited is in worse shape than

expected he's now announced the purchase of an additional 200000000 doses of the flies and the down the shelves after a review of the current vaccine supply in manufacturing plants i can announce that we will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions of states tribes and territories from $8600000.00 doses to a minimum of $10000000.00 doses starting next week that's an increase of $1400000.00 doses per week and you all know if i may say no parent that agree you all know know that the vaccines are distributed to states based on population based on population and so the smaller the state the less vaccine the bigger the state the more they get and so this is going to allow millions of more americans to get vaccinated sooner than previously anticipated well let's bring in the adam comrade scott he's an associate professor at the university of sydney and specializes in global health security joins us live via skype from sydney adam welcome to the

program said 100000000 infections around the world no sign of the virus slowing down what's your brief assessment of this milestone where we've gone wrong. well unfortunately this is a situation where we've seen those countries that have acted early and have the way political leaders have listened to public health advises we've seen that they've tended to do much better in containing the spread of the virus than those countries where we've seen populist leaders and most notably the united states whereby the science was disputed and they've tried to forge a different path which hasn't really worked regrettably though as the shows indicated this is still probably unfortunately early days with a pandemic there's a lot more work that needs to be put in to help see this attained contained as rapidly as possible and it's an interesting point you make about politics and science let's talk about the u.k.

now a 100000 deaths that's a staggering figure by any stretch of the imagination is this then about a failure of political leadership in estimating the spread and the dangers of this virus. yes it is a political leadership and it's a tragic one and ted tragic consequences and you know we see so many examples being drawn around the world and people have tried to sort of say it will is different countries and they face they confront different issues but the u.k. is like a stranger and like new zealand in the sense that it is an island country and if you were to compare the u.k. response to a stray new zealand it really does highlight the other tragedy of the situation at the moment having said that this situation is reversible and what we really need to see in that context is much more stronger leadership on contain the virus that in the u.k. the deaths here and there's there's growing anger adam towards some of the drug

companies like astra zeneca who now say sorry we can't meet our delivery targets what impact is this like to have on the rate of infection do you think. well of course the vaccine is only one public health measure out of the raft of public health measures so a lot of work can be achieved without access to the vaccine and we've seen that in countries all around the world so there's a lot of focus understandably on vaccines we see governments very much now competing at a global level to try and get access to those next scenes but even once vaccines. accessible and you see widespread vaccination campaigns you're still going to need these other public health measures like social distancing face mask wearing regular handwashing and they're going to be critical to still containing the virus because not everyone will be able to have the vaccine you have people that are mean logically compromised and other sort of clinical medical conditions which preclude them taking the vaccine so it's important as other public health measures are still

kept in place to see the pandemic containing out i'm just a final thought to you and you touched on it earlier i mean australia where you are seems to have things under control and like new zealand australia was one of the 1st countries to close its borders quickly that pulled up the drawbridge what lessons can other countries like the u.k. learn from australia in controlling this virus. well of course this is one of the k. differences that leaves seign really in countries all around the will destroy did move quickly as you indicated and as as an island country it gives us much greater control of the points of entry so we've got limited options for people to enter the country and those countries that a landlocked will that have come and share common borders maybe it presents more difficulty but certainly hotel quarantine has been really critically important here in australia we've so far prevented for instance the introduction of some of the dairy and strains that we've seen spreading already globally and which

a higher rate of infected notice so they saw some of the measures that have worked effectively in a continent you know strain new zealand they occupy could be applied in the u.k. but obviously the scale is much larger in terms of even trying to institute a hotel or a team system there is so there are challenges there are measures and more other public health measures that can also be put into place to see those numbers come down adam come on scott great to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you thank you for having me. and we'll have more on the pandemic later here on al-jazeera but still to come we'll report from mexico where the outbreak is testing the capacity of the public health system that plus. the law provides for the people of uganda to stand for the rights ugandan opposition leader bobby wind ronnie's support to bring down the president stay with us.

it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways we got more snow in the forecast for 2 paths to go through the next couple days of the here and that was not too bad is improving we've got cloud and rain some of that wetter weather that wintry weather pulling out of the way for wettest day brighter skies coming back in behind and warming up 15 sells his solo with that warmth that could lead to more of a thaw it could lead to a lot of snow melts it could lead to some localized flooding but at least look at to see too much coming out of the skies as we go on through wetness diet by thursday we're looking at more snow sliding across the preamp and pushing through the sea of japan eventually making its way into one shoe into hokkaido a something to watch out for the weekend for china behind that it is fine and dry cooling off once again in beijing temperatures no higher than around minus 2 degrees celsius to be off on a dry across a good parts of southeast asia the usual heat of the day showers i suspect the

heaviest of which will be into indonesia over the next philippines certainly looking somewhat dry than it has been recently and stays dry there across in china in front of the dry weather it's a much of a in the f.b.i. and right here is where we got a few showers just running into us for lying to the east side of sri lanka in particular northam in the east impasse could see wanted to showers over the next few days but if you add sharon to edition but elsewhere it's settled and sunny. qatar airways ok calm. and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table the law is in the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls dads off in the jet mines and legalized pedophiles. online jump into the comments section and leaching to be part of the discussion this stream own out is there

a. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al jazeera israel's most senior military commander has revealed a development of new offensive plans against iran that's in a general at the heart he says he's all that his forces to step up operations for possible military action in the coming year is also urging president joe biden to step back from any return to 2015 nuclear. global corona virus infections have now topped 100000000 scientists believe the real number is likely to be higher due to known levels of testing earlier in 2020. and more than 100000 people in the u.k. have now died from cope with 19 britons recall that around 3600000 infections and

health officials are still struggling to contain the outbreak. mexico's deputy health minister says the government must authorize the emergency use of russia's sputnik covered 900 that seen within days the country's death toll has crossed 150000 that's the 4th highest in the world on sunday mexico's president announced that he tested positive for codeine teen and was being treated for mild symptoms but as more fun. in mexico continues to worsen this week deaths in mexico from corona virus surpassed 150008 figure much higher than the one health officials had predicted for the story of the year. news that mexico's president and. tested positive for the virus has sparked renewed criticism over his handling of the pandemic. critics point to the president's refusal to wear a mask in continuing to hold public events even as health officials warned be

outbreak in the country was worsening but he doesn't we had a face mask that's what happens when you're going to be at a face mask the problem is people that they simply thought their problem is that what happened they make sarti the president did not take a. so seriously unfortunately he tested positive and now they have to take measures for him to recover we are all exposed from the president to any citizen that president look is over the border now joins the list of other latin american leaders who have tested positive for copd 19 a list which includes brazil's. guatemala's alejandro jama day in honduras is one orlando in on this. sources close to lopez over the sea the mexican president is being treated for mild symptoms it president then there's only one president of mexico undress manual lopez obrador and it should be clear that he remains in full exercise of his duties as president of the republic mexican billionaire slim has

also tested positive for corona virus slim one of latin america's wealthiest people has helped in the financing of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine he's also reportedly experienced only mild symptoms from the virus and though mexico's national inoculation efforts have slowed the country recently reached an agreement with russia for delivery of 24000000 urgently needed doses of the sputnik 5 back seen mexico is still experiencing record numbers of corona virus cases and daily deaths here in the mexican capital the outbreak continues to test the limits of public health services. and it's not only hospitals that are at capacity according to mexico's national association of funeral directors about 40 percent of funeral industry workers have been infected with copd 19 since the virus arrived 11 months ago more than 3000 have died. al-jazeera mexico city. u.s. senator has been sworn in as jurors in former president donald trump's 2nd impeachment

trial he's accused of inciting supporters to ryan to the capitol building ungenerous 6 but early indicators show very little republican support for conviction al-jazeera is a custom reports from capitol hill who do impersonal dressers record of a constitution and laws so help you guard shortly after senators took oath to convene the court of impeachment against defendant donald trump accused of inciting an insurrection a test vote on how the chamber may decide the case in february it came at the request of republican senator rand paul a trump ally who argued the trial should and before it even begins because trump is no longer in office this proceeding which would try a private citizen and not a president a vice president or civil officer violates the constitution democrats called that argument ludicrous the theory that the impeachment of

a former official is unconstitutional is flat out wrong by every frame of analysis constitutional context historical practice precedent and basic common sense. dr drew prior to. 40 far and the vote tally on the motion was in favor of proceeding with the trial but for democrats it was a hollow victory only 5 republicans joined them in opposing an immediate end to the trial far short of the 17 republican votes needed later for a conviction. minority leader mitch mcconnell was among the 45 senate republicans now on record for opposing the trial a reversal from his earlier position of being open to conviction while trump is the 1st former u.s. president to be tried after leaving office he is not the 1st u.s. official nearly a 150 years ago a u.s.

secretary of war resigned and then was later put on trial for impeachment the senate then was asked just as it was now whether proceeding with the trial was constitutional and they too answered yes but then the war secretary was acquitted with enough senators citing concerns that they lack of jurisdiction to convict it appears trumps fate may be headed in the same direction despite democrats arguments he should be convicted and disqualified from holding office in the future we have a president who incited a violent attack on the united states capitol and our very democracy so it's absolutely critical that we call that out and made sure that future presidents understand that this is completely unacceptable behavior the impeachment against trump will now move behind closed doors for the next 2 weeks before arguments return to the senate floor on february 9th heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington

nigeria's president bihari has replaced his top military commander as it comes amid concerns about a worsening security situation but it's something politicians have been demanding for several years address has more from port harcourt in southern nigeria. the appointment of the new military chiefs comes at a time when nigeria is witnessing an uptick in violence in the north east backcourt i'm attacks still continue in the northwest attacks by armed men were thought of as here called bandits is escalating leading to several deaths in recent weeks now the the nigerian army is overstretched having to deploy so many soldiers to deal with so many fires of the same time banditry in the north west of the country in the north east of the country armed robbery kidnappings and other violent crimes of been going on all over the country the army has been deployed to deal with would be issues that while traditionally the role of the nigerian police force now the president has come under increasing pressure to replace the service just following the increase in these attacks however in recent weeks we've seen how the military

was able to take the fight to book this will surprise many who support the idea of keeping the army chief in their position until now now the nigerian president has also come under pressure from the parliament to replace the service chiefs since july last year when they called on the president to replace them or cite them because they have overstayed their the service years in power in office now the nigerian president who that the new appointments will lead to better tackling of the criminal activities that's been going on in nigeria in the northwest in particular the banditry as well as the northeast of the country where boko haram still attacks civilian and military targets ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says the police siege on his home was a form of torture even under house arrest since the presidential election told days ago that wind claims was fraudulent security forces have now lifted the blockade

after a court order one is promising to bring down president during the 70 through peaceful means within a year. the law provides for the people of uganda to stand for their rights and we encourage them to stand against one their fragile and results that were read by mr b. about common mr 70 should not be president of uganda and we encourage the people of uganda to use all really go and or 9 violent means and ideas that they have to free themselves from them in 70. catherine so his following the 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 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 world leaders of course for more funding to protect vulnerable communities on the final day of a climate summit at the hague to stress the importance of addressing the impact of climate change on migrants and refugees among those who spoke was former u.n. chief ban ki moon he said the pandemic poses a threat to progress already made towards addressing climate change. now australia as an environmental record is under the spotlight again with a new report listing it as a global deforestation hotspot comes as well thora has faced mounting pressure of a logging in state forests many of which were devastated by fires a year ago nicola gage reports from south room and state forest in new south wales . straightly is bush land is still recovering from the black some of fires that ripped through the land a year ago blackening 35000000 head and killing or displacing nearly 3000000000

animals soon after logging started a fire affected state. many plant spaces and almost all animals they simply can't deal with that double disturbance in rapid succession and that makes. harvesting standards were tightened after the fires but in the south broome and state forest local spend evidence of bloggers breaching their license allegedly cutting down large hollow bearing trees which provide crucial shelter for threatened species or thirty's or investigating but activists have continued their campaign to end logging in the region we were shocked we were just shocked that that level of noncompliance was going on and that forestry corporation itself picked up the new south wales forestry corporation says its operations are

sustainable and carefully managed with forestry generation after being logged but as the climate hates up so too has debate on the future of logging and how a stray leader is more broadly managing its land the world wildlife fund has listed as strongly as i global hope support for de forest station with the land being cleared mainly for agriculture and farming whether it's land clearing for farming or logging in state forests like this one many environmentalists believe if this trial is serious about action on climate change it needs to rethink how it manages its bush land and forests or they warn habitats and risk of a reparable that. recent research is also found evidence that logging native forests is making folly is more severe from debris left behind. and forests are important sources of carbon storage. that's the greatest

source of carbon sink mature trees without them what are we doing you know what are we going to do with astronomy inlaid is under pressure to address climate change the question will be how the nation manages its land while also balancing business interests al-jazeera south proven state forest. to africa check of the headlines on al-jazeera israel's most senior military commander has revealed the development of new offensive plans against iran left and general at the heart he says he is although his forces to step up preparations for possible military action in the coming year is also urging president biden to step back from any return to the 2050 nuclear deal. had instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans to the excess.