too often tonight's. this is al jazeera. hello again i'm peter double you're watching the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a growing dispute between the e.u. and astra zeneca about vaccine deliveries as governments around the world struggle with lockdowns and a rising number of infections. israel warns of a possible offensive against iran creating a challenge for the new u.s. president joe biden tehran done plays the threat is psychological warfare. security remains tight in the indian capital a day after a major protest against new farming laws we'll look at what options the government

has now and. i'm not in the french alps where workers in the resorts join as another. around town of commerce with all the sporting kidding manchester city are back on top of the english premier league after bashing at west brom 5 nil. welcome to the program the world has now surpassed 100000000 cases of cope with 19 the devastating effects of the virus are being laid to bear as nations around the world face economic crises the challenges of vaccinating entire communities and the struggle to control the spread of the disease nepal mian mar and bangladesh have now become the latest countries to launch mass immunization campaigns the south

asian nations received astra zeneca has kovi shield doses from india in what's being called vaccine diplomacy in europe astra zeneca and the e.u. are squabbling about the delivery of 400000000 doses there the e.u. is angry after the company was forced to cut supplies citing production. but its c.e.o. says it wasn't a contractual commitment and the u.k. is expected to announce tougher restrictions on citizens and residents entering the country prime minister barak johnson says the government will look for ways to come out of lockdown in the coming weeks and the government take full responsibility for all the actions i have taken we've taken during this pandemic to fight this disease and yes mr speaker there will indeed be a time when we must learn the lessons of what has happened reflect on them and prepare now it is big i don't think that moment is now when we are in the throes of

fighting this wave of the new very good 37000 people are struggling with coded in our hospitals and i think what the country wants is for us to come together. and in lebanon people are protesting against lockdown measures for a 2nd day. activists are calling for more protests in all northern city of tripoli security forces there have been deployed to protect government buildings at least 60 people have been injured since monday so you know how hard it is live for us in tripoli in lebanon where as we mentioned a strict lockdown has fueled protests rory chalons will be live for us a gatwick airport south of london 10 via chartres in dhaka where that mass vaccination program is now officially under way 1st let's talk to dominic kane who's live in berlin for us on this dispute with the e.u. and astra zeneca hi there don so basically this comes down to the way that there was a 3 month time lag between the u.k.

signing the contracts with astra zeneca and the e.u. signing the contract that's the line from astra zeneca anyway. the line from astra zeneca as you say peter is that the the difference in time has put them in a situation now where they're not going to be able to deliver as they say the very many millions tens of millions of doses that they expected to deliver to the european union in the course of the 1st 3 months of 2021 now the point here is that something in the order of 408000000 dollars was handed over upfront by the european union for $300000000.00 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine with a view potentially to making that $400000000.00 doses and when they were told that's the e.u. was told that it wasn't going to happen in the way that they thought it was going to be there while they were very angry indeed of access and over the course of the past few days we've seen that anger seep through in the way that officials high

officials that is from the e.u. have have talked about it and today we've seen a strange situation unfold we've heard as you were saying in the introduction that that's the c.e.o. of astra zeneca has referred to aspirational targets in so far as the e use deal was concerned not commitments and then the fossil fuel situation where it was reported at one point that the astra zeneca had pulled out of a meeting with e.u. officials high officials today to discuss the situation and then all of a sudden they had no longer pulled out of it we've been waiting for some sort of news conference from the european union it's not been confirmed quite when that will happen today the what we understand is that there is going to be some form of meeting between astra zeneca and the e.u. high officials today but whether they'll be a meeting of minds about how to take things forward well that's an entirely

different question we know here in berlin the federal health ministry has said that it expects astra zeneca to deliver the consignments of vaccine that they. i had promised to do so and one final thought here is that right now remember right now the astra zeneca vaccine has not been approved for use in the european union that is expected to come this week perhaps on friday and the other thing here is many e.u. countries have based their mass vaccination strategy on having a large consignment of the astra zeneca vaccine well if that's not going to happen it explains why they're so concerned about it particularly when they see as you were saying in the introduction the rising numbers of cases right across the continent dominic thanks very much dominic kane reporting live there from berlin live now to get weak airport just south of london and our correspondent there rory challenge so rory we think we're going to get confirmation of some sort of in burn

koren scene but it won't be blanket it will be super stringent but it will relate to a very particular group of travelers. yes but i don't think we're going to get much in the way of a surprise from pretty big when she stands up to speak to the commons in roughly an hour's time before that we have a statement from boris johnson the prime minister. probably really relating to something around schools then we hear from the home secretary off to that she is very likely to announce it's being trailed in all the main newspapers here is that the u.k. is going to implement a. hotel quarantine system tracy means that people coming from certain countries will have to put themselves into a hotel near the airport or wherever they land in the country for 10 days and they have to do that at their own expense about $1500.00 pounds so not

a small amounts of money there has been some debate going on in the cabinet for a few days about whether this is going to be a partial restriction or accomplish. the restriction applied to everyone who came into the country and it seems that there were divisions the pretty patella self hancock was well more in favor of a comprehensive approach to this but the prime minister who had a letter a letter written to him by the chief executives of the big airlines british airways . virgin atlantic ask him and not to go down that route well he seems to listen to them and perhaps follow his own instincts as well labor recalling the government's approach when it is announced heartbreaks they think there should be a more comprehensive. treatment of returning travellers as well and scientists of insanely you can't really expect to keep new strains of the virus out of the

country if you are only putting certain sections of returning travelers into quarantine you don't know where these strains are going to come from so you might be getting the wrong country when you're putting these restrictions in place the day after boris johnson said that yes he regretted all of the $100000.00 plus deaths in the u.k. so far but that the government couldn't have done anything more while i suppose that this kind of the halfway house reinforces those who say that well yes you absolutely could have done more rory thanks very much. at gatwick airport to dhaka and our correspondent there tanveer tanveer we've seen these pictures of this nurse being vaccinated is the vaccination campaign completely up and running or is it going to take a few weeks to bed in yet. it's likely going to take you away examine what is happening today is

a more symbolic fuss kicked off we started off with a nurse and military officer police officer and some emergency responder and then another 5 to 600 people across the city in other hospitals all those great fights just found another government is saying they're targeting next week for a mess vaccination right now that nearly 7000000 doses of vaccine all imported from. sorry. carry on time being. we seem to last a line to turn be a child we will go back to turn b. if we can before the end of the program al-jazeera is in a hole is live for us in tripoli zina we've been reporting on trouble on the streets we can see a group of people there behind you on that roundabout is there a sense there for people in tripoli in lebannon they can't take any more.

people say they're struggling we've been speaking to many people in this impoverished city over the past few hours and they say if we don't work today we cannot feed our children people have started to gather there promising another night of protests there's a heavy army presence in the city even before this coronavirus lockdown even before the pandemic was the tech that in lebanon there was an economic collapse a financial meltdown more than half of the population now living below the poverty line according to the united nations one 3rd of the workforce on unemployed so people are are struggling and they're saying that the authorities didn't put any social safety net in place for the poor a locking down the country it's now in its 3rd week it's supposed to last until february 8th and it can be extended and in return the government is not providing

any assistance this morning the caretaker prime minister said that he will be providing support to the most vulnerable families he's also asking people to be patient but for many here they just don't have that choice the currency has collapsed if you can see in the square there's no sense of of a lockdown they're supposed to be a 24 hour curfew with only essential workers allowed to venture out you can see vendors in the street selling coffee biscuits faceless even if we make 10000 liras which is equivalent to just over a dollar at the black market rates were able to buy bread for our children so what people here want is not just a new strategy on the part of the government money from the government they want a new leadership because the way out of this economic crisis is for the politicians she agree on a new cabinet that's ready to fight corruption so that lebannon will be eligible for international financial assistance that it really it really needs. to kick

start the economy but what the politicians are doing instead is fighting overseas and the next government thanks very much and a lot of their reporting live from tripoli in lebanon let's bring in jeff lazarus he's the head of health systems at the barcelona institute for global health he was a senior technical officer at the world health organization is last europe he joined us on skype from copenhagen geoff lazarus good to talk to you why has this now begun to descend into a blame game over who signed the contract and what was or was not in the contract. so it's really descended into this situation because of the situation we're in europe which is that baxi rollout is going quite slowly with very few exceptions like in the case of denmark and so with their laser eyes are buying into that scene and now the new deal is with astra zeneca the european union countries don't want

to have to continue locked down and. concerned about the reaction of our relation to. and why is it a country like the u.k. which has been criticized for its overall response to dealing with the pandemic was 3 months ahead of the e.u. i mean the you know those european union institutions are massively overstaffed you would think they would have a contract medical department someplace and somebody would say actually you know this is really good you've got the sun but you've done the news conference to a relevant president or prime minister or whatever but you've actually got to sign this bit of paper so. well i'm not an expert in contracts and as we know the contract with astra zeneca is not but what we understand is that the e.u. placed the order they've invested in the vaccines and now the vaccine companies are announcing production slowdowns and not delivering according to the country the numbers across europe are getting worse consistently day to day week to week people

might find it astonishing that the vaccine hasn't yet been given across the e.u. approval we're expecting it on friday may not happen on friday but doctors nurses clinicians are waiting and waiting and it still hasn't been approved how does that happen. the european medical agency reports that they're working around the clock and they're reviewing all of the materials or so many of us are surprised that it's taken so long but they're doing their due diligence that they report that they need to do so it's a challenging situation yesterday and a vaccine would be approved quicker but the regulatory agencies need more time the c.e.o. of astra zeneca saying or fessing up to the fact or confirming what we've all known for a few days they're basically 22 and a bit months behind where they wanted to be at this point in the fight against coronavirus last cove at 19 will they be able to make up that 2 month time lag

faster than the next 2 months. it's hard to say i mean imagine you're doing a phase 3 trial with us at astra zeneca you get approval quicker than you've ever gotten approval for a medication or vaccine before and you already have a demand for hundreds of millions of doses so they've had to carry out a production enterprise they've never done before what they probably need to do and i think pfizer's discussing this with sanofi is look to other companies to its production and that's really you need to do everything they can to help astra zeneca and other companies produce the vaccine as quickly as possible and that would be really the only way i can make up for the shortfall that works now last quick question jeff when you were a senior tech officer w.h.o. europe were you aware of the political or the politicize ational or the potential politicize ation of this kind of it's you i mean you have on the line is being

criticized he's she's being accused now of deliberately tying up exports of the vaccine outside of the e.u. in red tape to make a political point now that's an accusation we cannot prove that to be true but it does sort of chime with this idea that the politicians are good at doing politics but the scientists should be left to do the science. well regarding that position i can't really i can't really comment regarding your last point yes the scientists do the science and the politicians are negotiating the contracts but what we understand there was a good contract in place and the e.u. feel so strongly about it that they're willing to make it public and the last i've heard is that astra zeneca won't make a lick i think astra zeneca you know is facing the real challenge of production something we saw so earlier and i met with masks this effect in gel with respirators and now it's vaccines but now you know going

a year into that and demick the populations the economy they can't take it anymore so we need to vaccines it as quickly as possible and the e.u. is standing up and saying we want you to meet we set out in the contract and we've been willing to make that contract that to show that we we did what we had to do from our side ok we must leave it there jeff lazarus there in copenhagen good to get your thoughts on that story jeff thank you very much thank you plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including find out why australia has been called a global hot spot for deforestation. and in sports the young hawks outlast the p.c. the l.a. clippers son i will have all the n.b.a. action for you coming up. israel's military chief says preparations are being made for a possible offensive against iran lieutenant general of the wco carvey is also

urging the u.s. president joe biden against rejoining the 2015 iran nuclear deal saying it threatens israel the new u.s. administration is drafting its approach on dealing with tehran. we. had instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans in addition to the existing ones we are taking care of these plans and there are people there in the coming year those who decide on carrying them out of course the political leaders but these plans have to be on the table ready practice. iran's presidential chief of staff has said israel's comments amounts to psychological warfare. get out on you has they just dark they are leading a psychological warfare and have practically no plan no capacity and are not able to start a war our armed forces are trying to defend iran the different maneuvers that we have done are signs that we do not intend to attack nor go to war but that we are

serious in defending our country. ok we have 2 correspondents covering this story can really help kids in washington we'll get to her in a moment 1st also joins us live here on the news from tehran so it also we've had a reaction now if only just to dismiss the noises coming out of israel. yes exactly peter and that's how it's being viewed here as just that noise no official has really gone out of the way to comment on what was said last night and even the president hassan rouhani during his weekly cabinet meeting didn't directly address the threats that were made against his country this is something the iranians have a lot of experience with and they actually themselves engage in this kind of behavior there's a lot of rhetoric that comes from iran over the past few weeks we've seen from various officials including the head of the revolutionary guards who said they warn their enemies that they're ready willing and able to defend themselves the main

issue here now is as president rouhani highlighted this morning is the return of the united states to that nuclear deal of 2015 the reigning position is that because the u.s. left in 2013 and impose a series of sanctions iran is not going to comply completely with the agreement so they've taken steps to reduce their measures under that agreement and that the latest was there was a law that's been passed in early december which is in 8 its goal is to get the sanctions relieved from the united states government the rainiest have now sped up in richmond levels 20 percent as of january 5th the next step will be in late february and they've given that line to the by the administration they say if the united states doesn't show any signs of returning to the lifting any of the sanctions iran will go ahead and reduce its commitment further by limiting access to the i spector's as of now the iranians have allowed those inspectors to come in

without any advance notice about it after the end of february if nothing has changed then iran will no longer allow that and then they will have to go to the system they had before 2015 that is they will have to announce in advance and get permission to come into the country and visit those nuclear facilities all this is playing out very very differently. also domestically there is a presidential election coming up in june here and there is only a few months for this administration to try and pressure the new u.s. administration to return to the nuclear agreement but as far as the comments made from this high ranking official in israel there in his are simply dismissing them as empty words doso thank you very much joseph in tehran joins us live from washington kimberly the u.s. israel of course friends strong allies but does this put mr biden in a difficult situation. a conundrum to say the least i think doris a really outlined the tough position that the united states now finds itself in

given that iran really is holding all the cards at the moment the bottom line is is that the official reaction from the biden white house is that it wants to engage closely with allies and partners including israel on a way forward with iran but it's very clear that the status quo in other words the position of the united states pre the donald trump administration is not going to be one that can quickly and swiftly be returned to and then the problem becomes is that so much has changed since then namely that there were all those snap back sanctions the trumpet ministration put in against iran iran wants those lifted the united states' position is look at you've done a few things since then that is not going to make all of that possible we need you to come back to the table but the argument from iran is just the opposite look we're not coming to the table until you lift those sanctions and so that's where

the problem is the united states gravely concerned that there is now this sort of stockpiling or amassing rich uranium that could be potential for a nuclear weapon so the secretary of state anthony blinken saying look at we want to get back to some sort of agreement but we're a long way from being there so this puts iran in the power position this puts the united states almost in a state of brinkmanship and so they're treading very carefully right now very delicately and also wanting to engage the partners and allies of course the european allies particularly who were not too happy with the united states when it pulled out of the jay c.p.o. way in the 1st place so there are a lot of relationships to consider in terms of trying to move towards joe biden stated goals son from what you're saying kimberly's if the budget ministration will not. be rushed into signing up the g 8 with the g c p u

a again because the iranians have in effect put a deadline on this which i guess must have raised eyebrows when that was the iranian reaction to bite making positive noises about the overarching principles of the agreement but underpinning that with well we might want to readdress certain central issues in there absolutely i mean there's no question that even when this was side the united states had this view that this was the best of the bad options it wasn't a perfect agreement everyone acknowledges that but it was certainly something that they felt was a valuable framework and so much has changed since the united states pulled out of that one of the strong feelings of the body and administration is that the goals of the trumpet ministration in other words to really cut down on iran's malign activity as they allege in the broader region was something that they wanted to accomplish the by the administration says look at that didn't happen so look the

bottom line is that there is a complex scenario here the biden administration just about 7 days in now trying to carefully navigate a complex situation and engage the partners in order to try and do so thanks very much kimberly correspondent reporting live for the new stuff from washington. the indian government has tightened security in new delhi after an unprecedented day of protests by tens of thousands of farmers the police in delhi say more than 200 people have been detained in connection with the violence on tuesday and they're warning more arrests could follow catch a lopez hold a gun reports. the large protest is over but the tension lingers in the indian capital farmers who rallied against the government's new agricultural loss are gone removed from new delhi's famous landmark the red fort instead of demonstrators now there are additional soldiers guarding the city. but the protesters are

nearby planning their next move there back in the outskirts of the capital where many have camped for the last 2 months and we're leaving that package slightly early to take you live to the house of commons in central london boris johnson the u.k. prime minister addressing the commons of course this being broadcast live all over the u.k. as well on the day that the country comes to terms with the reality that 100000 people in the u.k. have lost their lives to cope with 19 imminently from critical tell her some secretary are expecting an announcement these are quarantine in people going into the u.k. within 5 to exceed 6800000 people more than any other country in europe and over 13 percent of the entire population in england we now delivered 1st doses there are 4 fifths of those aged 80 or over and over half of those aged between 75 and 79 and 3 quarters of elderly care home residents and there it remains an exacting

target we are on track to achieve our goal of offering a 1st dose to everyone in the top 4 priority groups by the middle of february i can also reassure the house that all current evidence shows that both the vaccines we are administered 3 remain effective against the new variant was 1st identified in london and the southeast by means of our leading capable. keith in genomic sequencing the u.k. has now sequenced over half of all coded 1000 viral genomes that have been submitted to the global database 10 times more than any other country and yesterday my right home from the health secretary announced a new variant assessment platform through which we will work with the world health organization to offer our expertise to help other countries because a new variant anywhere poses a potential threat everywhere to guard against this danger we must also take additional steps to strengthen our borders to stop those strains from entering the

u.k. we've already temporally closed all travel corridors and we're already requiring anyone coming into this country to have proof of a negative code test taken in the 72 hours before leaving they must also complete a passenger locate a form which must be checked before they board and then current team on arrival for 10 days i want to make clear that under the state home regulations it is illegal to leave home to travel abroad for measure passes and we will inforce this at ports and airports by asking people why they're leaving and instructing them to return home if they do not have a valid reason to travel we have also banned all travel from $22.00 countries where there is a risk of known variants including south africa portugal and south american nations . and in order to reduce the risk posed by u.k.

nationals and residents returning home from these countries i can announce that we will require all such arrivals who cannot be refused entry to isolate in government provided accommodation such as hotels for 10 days without exception they will be met at the airport and transported directly into quarantine the department for health and social care is working to establish these facilities as quickly as possible and i write home a friend the home secretary will set out the details of our plans in her statement shortly my arrival her friend the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster as this morning spoken to the 1st minister of scotland wales and the 1st and at the 1st ministers of northern ireland and as we have throughout this pandemic we will be working closely with the da's to implement these new measures so that where possible we continue with the u.k. wide approach misspeak it was the emergence of a new variant up to 70 percent more transmissible that forced england back into

lockdown and i know everyone yearns to know how much longer we must endure these restrictions with all the consequences for jobs livelihoods and most tragically of all the life chances of our children we will not persist for a day longer than is necessary but nor can we relax too soon because if we do we run the risk of our n.h.s. coming under still greater pressure compelling us to reimpose every restriction and sustain those restrictions for longer. so far our efforts do appear to have reduced the our but we do not yet have enough data to know exactly how soon it will be set to reopen our society and economy at this point we don't have enough data to judge the full effect of vaccines in blocking transmission nor the extent and speed with which to reduce. and deaths nor how quickly we throw stones and

really confirming what's been the best kept secret in london return over the past 24 hours anybody in coming off a list of certain countries going to be asked to isolate quarantine in a government provided accommodation i.e. at whole in hotels without exception all travel has been banned from $22.00 countries into the u.k. people will also be asked if they are leaving the u.k. be a ports airports etc i guess that couples railway station is like your tunnel service as well eurostar they must have a valid reason to travel we need to find out what that actually means or what will be on a list of valid reasons to travel he also started his address just as we joined him there in the house of commons basically saying that the u.k. is doing very well on vaccinations and he also pinned this idea that the vaccination as it's been minister in the u.k. to target age groups and people with underlying health issues the vaccine as far as

they know at the moment because the done the genome research the genome sciences does also give people immunity against all of the new variants as they know about them so far let's stay with these pictures of boris johnson we'll talk to rory challenge who is our correspondent at gatwick airport rory lots of people who are probably planning on coming to the u.k. and are going to be pulling the plug because the alternative is 10 days 2 weeks in a hotel bedroom. yeah possibly but then in a country that has a 100000 deaths so far going up by thousands every day more than a 1000 you would have to watch how many people are actually fighting or coming to the u.k. at the moment anyway where i am gatwick airport it's absolutely quiet it's never seen it says it is empty as ghost like is it is of the moment. yeah we know that

the government's is about to unveil new corps and see restrictions for people coming back to the u.k. has been trailed in the newspapers and we've just heard from boris johnson what's you know a brief outline of what pretty is how it's going to be announcing she's the home secretary just after he finishes speaking i mean essentially he's kind of setting that up and saying that yes we are going to be tightening up restrictions this hotel warranty policy is something that the newspapers ok you're talking about basically austerity requiring people coming from certain countries to put themselves into a hotel as soon as they arrive into the u.k. and stay there in corridors saying for 10 days now today in parliament a promise questions he was asked why is it that the in the in in england schools

are closed but the borders are open and i think he's trying to address that at the moment by pointing out all the ways in which travelers into the u.k. are all being monitored being oss quarantine are being restricted trying to show that the u.k. his government does have a handle on this worsening crisis as the u.k. spirals as you know with one of the worst death rates in the world. ok rory and thanks very much. reporting live from. russia's lower house has ratified an extension to its nuclear arms control pact with the united states as the last remaining arms control agreement between the 2 nations after donald trump withdrew from 2 others jure in his term the new president mr biden had proposed a 5 year extension the deal was to expire in about a week let's go live to moscow and our reporter there alexandra gold for an exam this is good news on the face of it they've got something that they can actually

work on that might represent real progress and and build a difficult relationship perhaps between washington and moscow. well peter yes yes indeedy eat eat these are starter and i have to say this has been done basically in the last minute to extend the last standing nuclear arms control deal between these 2 countries now russia is saying it is done on our terms which in essence is the truth since the what they insisted on at the since the countries could not agree during brown's presidency on the new treaty the at least of the existing one is prolonged and without additional conditions and that is exactly what is happening now in russia they view it as. buying things so that there is next 5 years time enough they say to renegotiate the

nuclear arms treaty between these 2 countries to really have comprehensive dialogue comprehensive negotiations and they are showing also in relation to the u.s. russia relations some optimism some hope but they are very very very cautious what they are saying order to minister of foreign affairs said is that they see biden team as more inclined to have a responsible and comprehensive negotiation on this issue then the associates of trump showed but still they are being very cautious and the russian president vladimir putin called these suspects in the right direction when it comes to the use of global tensions but then he added that the global situation can develop unpredictably if nothing is being done there also saying they're ready to negotiate

they're ready also within these know to negotiations to have some compromises to have some concessions but they're all of the emphasizing that they're not going to be the only ones giving in they want to these negotiations on equal basis alexandra thank you very much alexander got for us in moscow. ok let's take a closer look at this pact it's known as the new start accord it was signed in 2010 by u.s. president barack obama and the former russian leader dmitri medvedev it limits each country to an equal number of deployed nuclear warheads missiles and bombers it also covers sweeping on site inspections to verify compliance russia had originally offered to extend it for 5 years but donald trump has been pushing for major changes joining us knows julie norman a lecturer in politics and international relations at u.c.l. julie norman welcome back to the news. does this have any real immediate impact it was one of 3 it was the only one that was about to die but now it's back

on the table well peter it is certainly notable as you mentioned this for the last nonproliferation treaty between russia and the u.s. it was set to expire next week i'm february so there were insurgents in behind i miss the with nuclear weapons the nuclear agreement the whole idea is to be protecting against long term risks but the fact that this agreement went forward is notable it is important and it's important to both russia and the us to put this hour from the beginning that they don't want the arms race to accelerate any further or we understand there has been a telephone conversation between mr biden and mr putin as well they discussed everything from afghanistan to alexey novell nea of course he's a key kremlin critic back in moscow behind bars as we speak and also allegations of russian meddling in the last u.s. presidential election campaign not the one just gone i mean the one for a bit years ago now so the tenor of that conversation must've been i guess warm

welcoming but a little bit robust perhaps even a little bit spiky at points. indeed sarah this conversation did take place the kremlin reached out to the biden team last week saying they would like to have this conversation it did take place we've heard that it was quite in code frank which means there was probably a pretty direct conversation going back and forth by it did take place and what we understand and what you would expect in the biden administration is saying look we will take any action necessary to protect u.s. interests but we're also not looking to provoke or looking for a fight and we will cooperate on areas where there is mutual interest like the new start treaty like. the iran nuclear deal and other areas of mutual concern but biden didn't hold back from raising the other very i'm serious concern that the moment for the for the u.s. as well as for russia in the fall need attention the attention of protesters the

cyber attack last march in united states as well as several other issues that are going to stay on the table for quite a while going forward really interesting conversation great to get your thoughts on the tribunal and there in london thank you very much thank you. spanish government says it's opening up a new camps on the canary islands for undocumented migrants in preparation for a significant influx of new arrivals the government there was refusing to transfer the migrants to the mainland to spain to prevent more people which in europe critics argue this move will not be good for the migrants all the local population but it might even complicate their access to certain rights but the authorities there are still adamant on opening up more comes in the middle of next month. ethnic groups in central mali have signed peace agreements after months of mediation there have been years of violence between nomadic herders and farmers in mali and the wider region tensions have existed for generations but an upsurge in

attacks began 5 years ago with the arrival of armed groups there nicholas ark is monitoring developments from dhaka in neighboring senate girl so nick is this something of a breakthrough and do we think it'll last. absolutely peter it is a breakthrough of course there's been these negotiations before and accords like this before that were broken 2 years ago but it comes at a time where there's been an intensifying of violence and attacks in that specific region and so this peace agreement is for specifically for the full lonny in the doggone community living in the core area which is in central ma in the next month and what was happening what has happened so far peter is that in the absence of the money and state and of security well these 2 ethnic groups have resorted to armed militias so the doggoned have resorted to our militias for protection and the following is have mostly sought protection from armed groups such as with islam

with the mean and al qaeda affiliate and at the heart of all of this is access to land for the full on these were mostly herders it's access to land to graze their animals and for dogo and who are mostly farmers it's access to land to grow food and because of these intensifying drought because of the changing climate it's become increasingly difficult for these 2 communities that have been living side by side to share these common resources and so this peace agreement that brings these farmers and herders together to find a way to live as a community is significant because 2 years ago peter we saw deadly violence fall on the villagers being killed decimated burned to the ground 170 people killed in one day and do go on villages as well being being affected and killed and i have the peace agreement with me i mean some of the. of the of the agreements means that

the there will be no longer people traveling with arms or weapons with them no no longer will there be any checkpoints. and crimes that were previously committed will be forgiving the idea here is to try to get those displaced to return to their homes. the unit here or last week announced that almost 2000000 people have been displaced in this region mostly in central mali and so this is good news for them and as part of the peace agreement of course is for these those this place to return to their homes and what's interesting here is that it seems that this peace agreement comes at a time where the peace accord that was time signed in 2015 well that has so far failed from being implemented the states have the money instead have have failed to to apply the measures to give more resources and more power to the local officials and this small agreement is

a step forward towards peace that will allow these farmers and herders these falana and doggone communities to work together and return to their homes peter nic thanks very much. reporting from. the syrian government fighter jets flown over the city of daraa for the 1st time since a truce with rebels in 20 team that has been fighting since tuesday because of government demands to hand over former rebel leaders to be sent to the north the fighter jets are seen as a warning for a city already devastated by bombardment the government has given there are central committee until thursday to meet its demands or to face attacks. in france as a 3rd national law nums the government has conceded that ski resorts will probably remain closed for the rest of the season the french winter sports industry employs 400000 people it brings in 12000000000 dollars but the pandemic has devastated the sector up to touch about the reports from the french alpine resort of. 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 kind of 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 unemployed. 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 all 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 inflame the resort would be packed with tourists many from abroad and the slopes would be busy with skiers and snowboarders instead it feels eerily empty on the main square restaurants and balls a shot to under covert restrictions this hotel is one of the only ones open but the manager wonders for how long has the government is considering a 3rd full lockdown one of its leaders on the eve of the hippos we just need answers precise deadlines so we can organize 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 on so. didn't see little business and the looming lockdown people here say resorts like plane will need government aid to survive without it tens of thousands of workers will be left out in the cold natasha buchla al-jazeera. fires are burning in large areas of forest in southern argentina for a 2nd day the course is yet still to be established but 2020 was the country's driest in 15 years already 6000 hectares have been destroyed in rio necco province . you know evidence shows forest fires logging and land clearance are creating an environmental crisis in australia he doesn't now under pressure to come up with new policies to protect biodiversity 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 fire affected states. many plants and almost all animals simply deal with that double disturbance in rapid succession and that. harvesting standards were tightened after the fires but in the south broome and 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 forester corp itself picked it up the new south

wales forestry corporation says its operations are sustainable and carefully managed with forests regeneration after being logged but as the climate hates up so too has debate on the future of logging and how its trial years more broadly managing its land the world wildlife fund has listed a strategy 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 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 forests is making fall is more severe from debris left behind. and forests are important sources of carbon storage. that's the greatest source of carbon sink.

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 it and while also balancing business interests. forest still to come here. between 2 former teammates at the details.

time for sports usama thank you very much a pito a man just a city have returned to the top of the english premier league after his rushing at west brom 5 nil and. go into a gun that continued his whole streak scoring a twice as conciliatory at mata as and by him sterling also got on the scoresheet this is city's 11th straight victory in all competitions there not one point clear of man united or an action data few days off and sheffield united is all i'm concerned today just finished the 1st round 1st leg so we have a still making games using crowd on my phone and we're going to drop points we're going to lose games it important this would happen because like we were when we were 12 in the table. understand why we didn't win that game and immediately when the next one does only in conserving. chelsea are back in action on wednesday

against wolves it will be thomas to hose 1st game in charge she is taking over the stanford at stanford bridge the 47 year old german a had already held to his 1st training session ahead of the game he was most recently in charge of sound armada where he won 2 french league titles so has signed an 18 month contract with the blues. ac milan side latin abramovich clashed with the former man united teammate to omeo lukaku during a heated milan dobie and italian cup quarterfinals both players were following a spat at the end of the 1st hostile at the empty sense era stadium which apparently continued into the tunnel during the break from of it to cavemen on a 1st health lead to but was sent off after picking up a 2nd yellow card game finished 2 on to into their now through to the semifinals. calculus for clearly the fact that will lift after the red card in such an even and

complicated game made the match even tougher i think it was the turning point it shouldn't have happened but unfortunately it did and who paid the price in the last 30 minutes because we were tired unfortunately we were not able to go home with a positive result which we were really looking forward to in 4 which we prepared very well barcelona have had financial trouble with debts and excess of $1000000000.00 and it's now being reported the players were paid in december coach ronald koeman has denied any knowledge of the wages situation the players had already agreed to salary reductions late last year to help the club through to the through the pandemic also or more than 150000000 dollars to other clubs in relation to transfer deals for you cricket but so long as the learner is one of the many big clubs that because of the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of spectators in stadiums have a problems also the fact of lack of tourism in barcelona is affecting the economic

situation of the club i think in general all the clubs have had very bad numbers not just here i don't know anything about the subject with the players i have only seen them today during training and they were focused and working i haven't seen them worried about it the international in picking miti and tokyo organizers say they will roll out a rulebook next week that explains how the games will be staged safely for the 10s of thousands of people set to enter japan in less than 6 months meanwhile the international paralympic committee remain confident that there are games that can take place and say a plan is in place for the event to happen even if all competitors haven't been vaccinated we've got a plan for the worst case scenario. the worst case scenario is that no waffly in the world attending the games these days is vaccinated ahead of the games if we can

believe we can build a plan that delivers the games with that parameter there were more stronger position if say half the population who comes to the games has been vaccinated in the n.b.a. the atlanta hawks i have and did the l.a. clippers 7 game winning streak the clippers that were playing with the top scorer. trey young had 38 points leading atlanta 208299 when young dedicated his 3 pointed to n.b.a. legend kobe bryant on the one year anniversary of his death. one thing i think about duke over these big shots. you know to close our games and hit big shots big moments with me. and again i was 14 and 1st i thought it. and that's as well for mandy back to pizza. santa thanks very much for me come back i'll have 30 minutes of world news hopefully we will see you very soon the moment.

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