part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera. the. tough talk from israel's military chief as he warns the white house against rejoining the 2015 ironically a day or am threatened to use force if needed. hello i money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up we expect these additional 200000000 doses to be delivered this summer. the u.s. orders more vaccines as the global number of infections reaches 100000000. the people's vote 2 thirds of those around the world say climate change is

a global emergency and. i'm natasha potter in the french alps where workers than 50 resorts feared for their jobs as another knock down looms. israel's military chief says preparations are being made for a possible offensive against iran it had been general. also urging u.s. president joe biden against rejoining the 2015 iran nuclear deal saying that it threatens israel the new u.s. administration is drafting its approach on dealing with their iran are a force that has moved from west to receive them. 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 resourced week anthony blinken signal 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 us to revive the deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action or j.c. . any progress in this regard is totally dependent on the practical steps of the tech to meet its obligations under the reason lucian 2231 actually i may because 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 kassam salah 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 that al-jazeera west jerusalem. has talked to door is ajar is life for us in tehran a fighting talk there from israel's military chief have we had a response yet from iran. well president hassan rouhani has been holding his weekly cabinet meeting this morning and he didn't directly respond to the threats made but his chief of staff spoke following that meeting where he said that these are just empty words but iran does is not interested in starting any conflict

but it will defend itself if need be the chief of staff for the president also said that this is the kind of rhetoric that is indicative of a desperate system after seeing their ally a strong ally former president u.s. president trying to leave office this is now their acts of desperation when they're talking in such a manner we heard also from the president he didn't specifically talk about the threat but he talked about where things stand with that nuclear agreement and what iran hopes they will receive in the coming weeks from the remaining signatories let's listen to what he had to say yet one whole year we waited and listen the europeans made promises which they either couldn't or wouldn't deliver on we then began putting aside some of our commitments and if they rejoin the deal will do so as well and for an entire year we kept going forward this way but we've always said as soon as you return to deal we'll return to full compliance the next hour. or so

what should we make of that clip of those comments because it doesn't sound from that clip and from all the comments made from iran that they're ready to make any kind of move. no i think it's a very much in a standing pattern holding pattern but they have issued a deadline for the new u.s. administration of president biden the. government has said that if they don't show any action in terms of what they're going to do to return to the nuclear deal iran will go ahead and limit access to i spect or is for now under the additional protocol of the nonproliferation treaty iran voluntarily has allowed the i.a.e.a. inspectors to make surprise visits to nuclear facilities across the country since they sound a nuclear deal in 2015 but as a result of the u.s. leaving that deal and imposing sanctions the parliament has passed the bill demanding the government accelerate the nuclear program to put pressure on the u.s.

to relieve some of those sanctions now one of the things they have done so far on january 5th was a crease enrichment levels up to 20 percent under the nuclear deal they were going at it rich in uranium at 3.67 percent so that has drastically changed the next step will come in the february where they said that they will limit the access of the i.a.e.a. inspectors to pre jacey. patterns that is the i.a.e.a. inspectors will have to submit requests to come in ahead of time and they won't also have access to 24 hour cameras that are available within the nuclear sites the restricting the access to the nuclear inspectors is one of the major steps that they're considering for now they are very careful about how they phrase and the tone that is coming out of this government in terms of it because they're waiting to see what the biden and ministration will do and they're hopeful that they will eventually return to the nuclear agreement and lift some of the sentients many

thanks for that dosage of our their 1st life into iran. well the wide cases of covert 19 have now surpassed 100000000 governments of racing's have vaccinate as many people as possible with concerns rising about the virus mutating in the united states president joe biden has announced his government plans to buy an additional $200000000.00 doses of both the pfizer and the modena vaccines after a review of the current vaccine supply in manufacturing plants i can announce that we will increase overall weekly vaccination distributions the 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 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 go allow millions of more americans to get vaccinated sooner than previously anticipated. in mexico the death toll from kevin 1000 house crossed 150000 that's the 4th highest in the world on sunday the president announced that he tested positive a cave in 19 the government is very close to signing a contract for russia's sputnik vaccine manual repond a report. that 19 alberich 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 start of the year. news that mexico's president and this man who. 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 and 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 most that's what happens when you're going to be at a face mask the problem as people in the past and their problem is that wind up in them excited the president did not take it 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. president lopez obrador now joins the list of other latin american leaders who have tested positive for coded 19 a list which includes brazil's. guatemala's alejandro jama day in honduras is one orlando in numbers. sources close to lopez obrador see the mexican president is being treated for mild symptoms it briefly then there's only one president of mexico undress manuel 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. 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 seem 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 monday at an apple al-jazeera mexico city. still ahead on al-jazeera another day of protests. grows against government on the claimant property and pennies per town to take. on why australia is a global hotspot for deforestation. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways however got some time out there pushing into parts of western europe at the moment in the form of cloud and rain just tumbling in from the atlantic lined up from a westerly direction that's always a amaldi direction central air is still reasonably calm with high pressure and chachi but it was east we have got some stormy weather just around western parts of

turkey pushing up towards the black sea some very heavy rain coming through here and some snow on the northern flank and some snow over the turkish mountains that snow runs all the way up into western parts of russia moscow temperatures getting up to around freezing in the heat of the day there's not quite the weather into central prosperous in the snow coming back in across the alps and his that malda weather 910 celsius there for london and paris and betrayed getting up there at 18 degrees elise despite a poor school it should be lousy dry as we go through a wedding day average temperature this time of year in madrid is around so it really is exceptionally mild mild i will continue to drive its way further race was bumping into the snow so some more snow on the leading flank and it hits the colder air where the weather will continue to trundle its way in behind not too bad to the south as that may have wanted to show is all happening along the coastal shoals of northern africa making its way towards the northeast in the region some rain.

qatar airways gay com 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 allowing child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls dads often legitimize and legalize pedophiles. online jump into the comments section and the team to be part of the discussion this street on out is there. will. be watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour israel senior military commander lieutenant

general of vehicle harvey says he's ordered his forces to speed up preparations for possible military action against iran he's also the us president joe biden against rejoining the iran nuclear deal. china is pushing to test $2000000.00 people in just 48 hours to contain a new car that $900.00 plus in beijing people into downtown districts have been lining up for testing 19 new cases have them reported in the last few days. u.s. senators have been sworn in as jurors in former president donald trump's 2nd senate impeachment trial he's accused of inciting violence at the capitol building earlier this month but as hadija castro reports there is little republican support for trump's conviction. you know do impartial justice of court of the 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. of true crime the. $45.00 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 on 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. president joe biden has signed executive orders to tackle racial injustice it includes limiting contracts for private prisons and addressing discrimination in the housing market i believe this nation and this country need to change your whole approach to the issue of racial equality equity yes we need criminal justice reform but that isn't nearly enough we need to open the promise of america to every american and that means we need to make the issue of racial equity not just an

issue for any one department of government it has to be the business of the whole of government. russia says the kremlin and washington have agreed to an extension of a shared nuclear arms control pact but on the moscow's terms deputy foreign minister made the comments to state media and u.s. president joe biden had proposed a 5 year extension the deal is set to expire in about a week it's the last remaining arms control pact between the 2 nations off to donald trump withdrew from 2 others during his term. in lebanon people are protesting against lockdown measures for a 2nd day. activists are calling for more protests in tripoli security forces have been deployed to protect government buildings a list 60 people have been injured since monday. hundreds marched to tunisia's

heavily barricaded parliament on tuesday was the biggest rally since demonstrations against inequality and police abuses began any of this month they halting reports. 10 years after the uprising that started the arab spring protesters are back on the streets in tunisia demanding reform protesters want solutions to poverty and social injustice since tunisia's $21000.00 elections the economy has tanked. people are desperate for change but the police are cracking down. you know we need to do some but we still have the same demands the same slogans this is the biggest proof that what is called a revolution did not happen the revolutionary path has been compromised and today we protest to bring back the pol the revolution was on and on a of the victims who lost their lives hundreds joined in the capital of tunis on

tuesday after clashing with police several nights this month. riot police then used water cannon to try to disperse the crowd human rights organizations say more than a 1000 people have been detained including hundreds of minors earlier in january amnesty international condemned tunisia for its response to the protests saying nothing give security forces permission to deploy unnecessary and excessive force including when they are responding to acts of sporadic violence on tuesday tunisia's parliament approved a cabinet reshuffle while the prime minister pushed for the move the president tried to block it saying it was unconstitutional but not the member actually said it for 10 years now we have been stuck in the back and forth in political pushback for to create a did a deep abyss between the ruling elite and our people this deepened the feeling among all to nations that they have the marginalized. feelings that the ruling

class ignore and neglect their demands struggles and bishan the prime minister said he hoped his 11 new ministers would inject new blood into his government but during a break in the meetings some opposition leaders actually left parliament to join the protests outside and then look. before it is too late we need to listen to the voice of our young men and women who are truly angry and join hands so we can all work in all honesty and determination to find the need to solutions for their problems. tunisia's free disorient party is among those demanding the withdraw of confidence from the government a move these protesters would welcome. your heart in al-jazeera. the un and oxford university have conducted the largest ever survey on climate change they found 64 percent of people recognise it as a global emergency they polled 1200000 people from 50 countries on the attitudes

towards climate change and how they'd like their governments to respond off those polled the most concerned were in the u.k. and in italy but a general trend showed the higher the level of someone's education the more worried they were in every country more young people than old believed there was a climate emergency and more than half of respondents want their governments to conserve forests and land invest in renewable energy promote climate friendly farming methods and create green jobs stephen fisher is co-author of course also an associate professor of political sociology at the university of oxford he says the survey threw up many surprises. the most surprising perhaps important finding for me is that of all the 18 different climate policies we asked about people were willing to pick as many as 8 on average and that number went up to 10 in some of

the high income high education countries and even as high as 12 in in a few countries even those who didn't think that climate change was a global emergency who don't use that term still they want climate action still they pick 6 that's a 3rd of the 18 policies we asked about and those policies are over wide variety of different things nature energy the economy transport farms and food protecting people and one of the top 4 policies is investing in green industry and jobs and that's going to be particularly important as countries start thinking about economic postcode recovery plans and wanting to make those environmentally friendly and this survey shows that there's demand right across the globe to make this postcode recovery a and environmentally friendly one. australia is an environmental record is under

the spotlight with a new report listing it as a global de force deforestation hotspots authorities that are facing mounting pressure because of logging in national forests many of which were devastated by fires a year ago nicola gage reports from south broome 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. blackening 35000000 and killing or displacing nearly 3000000000 animals soon after logging started a fire affected state. many plants 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 truman state forest locals found evidence of bloggers breaching lawson's 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 it up the new south wales forestry corporation says its operations are sustainable and carefully managed with forests regenerating after being logged but as the climate hates up so too has debate on the future of logging and how it's trial years 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 it is serious about action on

climate change and 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 forest is making 5 is more severe from debris left behind and forests are important sources of carbon storage for g c emissions that's the greatest source of carbon sink mature trees without them. what are we going to what are we going to do with this trial in late is under pressure to address climate change the question will be how the nation manages its land while also balancing business interests gauge al-jazeera south proven state forest. and france as a 3rd national lockdown looms the government has conceded ski resorts will probably remain closed for the rest of the season the french winter sports industry employs

400000 people and brings in 12000000000 dollars the pandemic has devastated the sector the tasha butler reports from the alps spectacular views and abundant powdery snow in the french alpine resort of flying but few visitors or skiers to enjoy either the french government's decision to keep lifts closed across the country until at least the end of february because of cove it has dealt a crushing blow to the winter tourist industry and its workers frederick gasnier has relied on the ski season in flint for work for nearly 2 decades this year he was supposed to operate a lift instead he's an employed. that we just don't understand at all resorts have put in place special sanitary measures against coded so that people can come but we're told we have to stay shut financially it's catastrophic for the workers the government says that opening lifts would encourage crowds at a time when cases of the more contagious covert strains are rising but without

lifts skiing is out of the question for most only the very determined to hike up for a downhill run. the alpine ski industry is the backbone of our winter economy it's hard for us to survive without the lifts and the economy link to them of course we have other sports like cross-country skiing and sledging but 90 percent of our february income is from skiing without it we'll make half that this would normally be paid season here in flame the resort would be packed with tourists many from abroad and the slow. would be busy with skiers and snowboarders instead it feels eerily empty all the main square restaurants and balls are shot to under covert restrictions this hotel is one of the only ones open but the manager wonders for how long is the government is considering a 3rd full lockdown one of the she goes on there all the reports we just need answers for science deadlines so we can organize it because we have 30 seasonal workers here and we want to know if we'll have enough work for them until the end

of the season we're not complaining about the government's decision but we need to be able to plan months of uncertainty little business and the looming lockdown people here say resorts like flying will need government aid to survive without it tens of thousands of workers will be left out in the cold natasha al jazeera. this is al jazeera these are the top stories israel's senior military commander lieutenant general a vehicle harvey says he's ordered his forces to speed up preparations for possible military action against iran is also urging u.s. president joe biden against rejoining.