probably changing the world we live in argentina's congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit by country on al-jazeera. a 4th night of clashes in the lebanese city of tripoli fueled by anger over the strict coronavirus lockdown. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program why germany looks set to limit the astra zeneca vaccine to those under the age of 65 only. a russian court rejects kremlin critic alexina

valley his appeal against his detention. and pakistan's supreme court orders the release of the man convicted of last in mind in the kidnapping and murder of journalist daniel. hello welcome to the program our top story protesters in northern lebanon are refusing to back down as i go rises over corruption a collapsed economy and the impact of a strict code 19 lockdown they've been rallying for a 4th night in lebanon's poorest city more than half the people in tripoli live below the poverty line but it's also home to some of lebanon's richest and most powerful people one protest has died after wednesday's demonstrations and rage and people even more they blame the government for mishandling the corona virus outbreak which is led to a harsh lock down many say is ruining their livelihoods. but we prefer through

demonstrations withdrawing anyway at the same time they should not long to us regarding the coronavirus. these are some of the pictures from clashes that took place on wednesday they appear to show security forces using live ammunition to disperse dozens of protesters police say they were responding to hand grenades thrown up by demonstrators then a hoarder is live for us in tripoli she's been following the story what do we know about the the use of force against protesters. the well they've been we've been we've been here over the past few days security forces are being accused of firing live ammunition in fact the protester who was killed died from a gunshot wound the doctors at the hospital say that he was shot in his back now there are conflicting reports some say that this is security forces opened fire at

the protesters the internal security forces in their statement made no mention of his death what they did mention is that the protesters are using grenades and throwing grenades towards them and towards the main government building in fact what the protesters have been trying to do is storm. that building security forces have been really accused of using having had the top it's not just during this ground of protests for more than a year now since lebanon's economic collapse we've seen the protests not only in tripoli but other cities across the country and they have been accused of firing rubber coated bullets at choice day so regardless of the very fact that live ammunition was used yesterday and we heard it ourselves people are back on the streets which just shows you how much anger there is that these people are saying you do you lock down the country now in its 3rd week you're not allowing us to work there you have to don't give us any financial assistance and this lockdown is

exacerbating an already deep economic crisis in this country so people here say they have nothing to lose they have no jobs and many of them work in informal labor which means if they don't work today they don't earn money today they can't feed their kids kids at night. right and this is the issue because it's important to remember that the economy was already in freefall before this lockdown and before before the pandemic but it's much exacerbated now because there is no social safety net to help these people. you know for more than a year now an economic collapse people savings trapped in banks those who had dollar accounts are now being given their money and in the lebanese the local currency which lost 80 percent of its value over the past year or so the purchasing

power has been affected food prices are on the rise the government continues to subsidize fuel medicine and flour but this cannot last for long because the reserves are depleting and the central bank this country is hungry for hard currency for dollars and that is why these people say that the politicians just don't care about that there's even no government there's a caretaker government in place the previous resigned following that explosion at beirut port that killed 200 people since then what politicians have been doing is fighting over cabinet seats instead of agreeing to reform agreeing to fight corruption in order for lebanon to be eligible for much needed international assistance so yes this is about the coronavirus lockdown that triggered the latest protests but people here say there needs to be an overhaul of the system and they need to be provided with jobs but that is unlikely to happen because like i

mentioned right now those in power those who have been running this country for decades are focusing on how to divide the spoils of the state divide the control over ministry says you can hear these confrontations are ongoing people. still determined. to try to storm that government building our thanks very much and hunter approaching just that from the northern city of tripoli where the been another night of clashes and also concern about the use of live ammunition there against protesters as well thank you saina. portugal has. extended its nationwide lockdown announced limits on international travel as it scrambles to contain what might be the world's worst coronavirus surge of been 303 new deaths and more than 16000 cases in the space of 24 hours this is a wreck or daily rise more than

a quarter of portugal's 11600 deaths are over 11 and a half 1000 deaths from that 19 have been in the past 2 weeks alone it's a small country it has the world's highest 7 day average though of new cases and deaths relative to its population was. really it really is equal with the situation very close to the limits of physical resources and already difficult to deal with in terms of what we heard of the medics nurses available which is a limited number this means that in a few weeks' time in february we live a situation in which we still be able to respond juicer lucky medical personnel. all germinal visuals of cause fresh doubt in the efficacy of the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine as a route of a surprise in europe continues and approvals panel is saying it should only be used for people under the age of 65 years old if there's not enough data on the effect it could have on older people european regulators are due to issue that decision on

friday meanwhile the european commission's demanded belgian authorities inspect an astra zeneca plant in the country after the company said deliveries in the e.u. would be delayed its lead to threats of export blocks and arguments over contracts al-jazeera is dominant cain has more on this now from the german capital ballin. astra zeneca vaccine is not officially available for use in across the entire e.u. until it's approved by the e.u. now the approval process is supposed to happen tomorrow on friday but interestingly we have seen here in berlin that the scientific commission which advises the german government the german health ministry about vaccine approvals and that sort of thing is said that because of an insufficiency of data regarding the way that the vaccine operates in those over 65 that it believes that the vaccine should not be approved for those over $65.00 until more data has been collated and has been

analyzed now interesting lee the federal health minister who in effect that commission reports to the end sram the federal health minister has said has played down this these suggestions that there's anything definitive there because of course the decision might devolve to him anyway certainly in germany and he said well let's wait to see how things. are decided upon at the e.u. level which will happen on friday one final thought then we know that public health england which would be the regulator re body that would approve vaccine uptake in use in england anyway which has already approved the use of astra zeneca as vaccine has said that it understands this idea that there is not a great deal of data about the performance of the vaccine in the over 60 five's but that 1st analysis has been very reassuring corona virus death in one of america's west to states might have been grossly underestimated according to a new report an investigation by new york's attorney general has found deaths in care homes may be more than 50 percent higher than officially reported the study

zana discrepancies in the number of fatalities recorded by state officials and the caravans them south we have to make sense of this we have to get the full truth and we have to make sure it never ever happens again nothing like this happens again and we have to be honest about the numbers to get more from christensen in new york any more detail on how this happened. yes well it comes down to the way that new york state was counting nursing home deaths specifically the state did not count the deaths of people who were transferred from a nursing home to a hospital for care and then died in the hospital not in the nursing home and so this is why a report that was conducted by the state attorney general found that the actual deaths may be almost 50 percent higher than the 8700 that are currently on record

it doesn't change the overall rate of fatalities in new york which are the highest number of deaths in the country for coated and one of the highest fatality rates in the country but it does reignite a controversy surrounding governor andrew cuomo and one of his policies specifically that he required nursing homes to accept coded patients. being discharged from hospitals they were not allowed to turn away these patients and many people felt that that was contributing to the spread of coronavirus in these facilities something the governor has always always denied but this report found that it was perhaps in the words of the attorney general may have put residents in extra harm's way she also found that. states that nursing homes with less staff also had higher rates and so on and so forth but again the

real controversy and the real issue here is this policy which may have contributed to more deaths among this very vulnerable age group it's interesting to note that governor cuomo who typically has a daily briefing. for the media on coronavirus and other issues that this is not spoken today has not held a briefing and has not responded to these allegations and these concerns that were raised by this report but i'm sure this will continue the discussion and the controversy going forward all right thank you very much from new york kristen salumi. more protests are being planned in russia after a judge rejected alexina vollies appeal to be released from prison prominent kremlin critic will remain in jail until a hearing on alleged parole violations could be held next month a volley was arrested after attending from germany where he was being treated for a poisoning that's been blamed on the kremlin police have since raided his offices

and the homes of his allies reports. the latest arrests connected to russian opposition leader. this time targeting those closest to him. police raided the apartment of his brother and detained his wife yulia at the a promise they rented not even allowing access to her lawyer. we say that a series of raids on members of the n.t. corruption foundation were launched on tuesday it's a clear and prejudiced violation of the right of defense as a lawyer i consider that yulia has rights have been violated. i greeted the police with music as they came to her door to arrest her. when alex saying that only appeared in court through video conference from prison he told the judge he had been denied access to his own lawyer here i understand my rights i

want to draw the attention of the court to the front but since i've been to tell you and i've not had a single opportunity to meet with my lawyers in private not a single one night at the police station nor at the detention center i since saturday when tens of thousands of people protested across russia in anti kremlin demonstrations more than 3000 people have been arrested. because. you have only who president vladimir putin betty was to blame it's becoming a concern for the russian leader especially since worsening living standards in russia are doing little to come public anger this is an all out front against alex and of all the him and his supporters and and also people who came out in the streets to protest not just his detention but also to air just their their general grievances with again about about corruption the like they've they have they really

they have spared no effort to undermine and to undermine the law in washington president joe biden's new secretary of state made clear how the administration sees russia's treatment of the opposition leader we have a deep concern for mr involve the safety and and security and the larger point is that. his voice is the voice of many many many russians and it should be heard not i as russian authorities continue to take tough the measures against the opposition it is unlikely that will deter and of all these supporters for the kremlin is detractors any time soon so in a day ago al jazeera. for you on the program we'll be looking at joe biden's health cabbage americans could find it easier to get health insurance but will it be cheap . and fine wines and gore made cheeses getting stuck his bristles truckers try to

digest the brakes and. we've got much smaller approaching into western parts of the year but we are going to still see a fair bit of snow in the forecast is because through the next couple days because that moderate streaming in from the atlantic is pumping into decidedly colder air is it does so what rain we do have coming in from the west were really turned to snow on the leading flank so we see some snow coming in across germany poland austria easing further east was fair bit of snow coming in across eos maybe another meter also a fresh snow coming in here to be some snow to around the balkans and of course to the east we've already got snow there into ukraine pushing up into that western side of russia through the baltic states but here's that mall rat wetter weather

which will eventually talk its way over the next couple of days temps getting up to 15 celsius in madrid will see highs of around 17 into pretty good weather coming in here that moderate that wetter weather will continue to push its way further race with so some heavy downpours moving across france as we go on through saturday still some rain around across southern parts of england and wales and still a little bit of snow there into east anglia the low countries pushing down into southern parts of germany will see some snow too by this stage making its way across central and eastern parts of turkey and turning very wet and windy for the eastern med. welcome to doha from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey.

her. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. who knew the all the. the old. come back look at our top stories this hour now hundreds of people in the lebanese city of tripoli have protested for a 4th day in a row the anger at the government from posing a harsh coronavirus lockdown which many say is ruining their life gets. germany's top vaccine committee says the astra zeneca job should only be given to people under the age of 65 because there's not enough data on older patients european

regulators are expected to issue their approval for the shot on friday as aroud a surprise to the e.u. continues. on russia's most powerful opposition figure alexina valmy will remain in jail after a court dismissed an appeal against his detention it was arrested after returning from germany where he was being treated for poisoning that's been blamed on the kremlin. or in other news pakistan supremes court has ordered the release of a man convicted of the murder of u.s. journalist daniel pearl 19 years ago british born ahmed omar saeed shaykh was handed a death sentence back in 2002 last year he confessed to a role in the kidnapping but not the killing has more. after 18 years in prison almost side shakes acquittal has been confirmed pakistan's supreme court rejected an appeal by daniel pearl's family and the provincial government one of the country's high courts had acquitted last year but had remained in prison while

appeals were lodged and heard before the supreme court however after years of denial has admitted in a handwritten letter to the court of playing a minor role in the killing of the american journalist in pakistan although it's not clear what that involvement was 1st year chaired one tree to his position for the last 15 years he admitted there he had to. rule he says here the minor role in the induction and murder of daniel pearl arundel because of his minor role he had to there to sentence reduced and more importantly he also said their team knew. their to the real killers of daniel pearl world he named someone daniel pearl was abducted and beheaded in 2002 he was the south asia bureau chief for the wall street journal a graphic video of his beheading was sent to the u.s. consulate in karachi a month after his abduction pearl had been investigating links between the british

man richard reid the shoe bomber and al qaida in pakistan at the time box stands president pervez musharraf had sided with the u.s. against the taliban in afghanistan a move that was widely unpopular in the country. shaq's argument to the court was the death sentence handed down did not warrant his minor role in the kidnapping one appeal was why the quartet being released to accept their appeal and give him a clean and complete equipped in 2011 opposed project investigation at georgetown university said the reporter had been murdered by khalid shaikh mohammed being held at the u.s. military prison at guantanamo bay something officials also said khalid sheikh mohammed the man accused of masterminding the september 11th attacks had admitted to while in custody daniel pearl's family called thursday's decision to release them or side chef a travesty of justice and

a danger to journalists everywhere and the people of pakistan i said break. it was president joe biden has signed 2 executive orders which reverse health care policies introduced on to his predecessor 1st allows americans to sign up for insurance coverage through the obama era affordable care act the trumpet ministration refused to reopen enrollment despite growing number of people needing insurance during demick bidens also of us have been on funding for international agencies which provide abortion counseling he described his actions as crucial jerry in the current health crisis. where today we're going to executive order basically the best way to describe to undo the damage trump is done there's nothing new that we're doing here other very story new for the care act he grew story in the medicaid to where it was before trouble became president which by feel

it she made more of an excessive go were expensive and more difficult for people who qualify for ear of those 2. well as correspondent kimberly alcatel and us live now why these executive orders important how they're going to impact the lives of american people. well i'm very simply when it comes to the expansion of the affordable care act or obamacare not only is this important in a pandemic but the way that health care is mostly provided in the united states is through an employer and given the fact that in a pandemic so many americans millions have lost their job they've lost their employer subsidized health care so as a result this is going to allow for millions of americans a window of 90 days so that they can sign up for the government health care and this is something that they believe will allow so many of americans to get the

treatment that they need so that we don't see these numbers continue to climb in terms of the covert deaths were up 243-0000 climbing so this is one reason why this is important the other aspect of this is that there is an expansion of. something that we've seen going back and forth in terms of the pendulum all the way back to the reagan era and that is federal funding for abortion services what this means is that really applies to outside the united states not inside the united states and what it is is essentially republican governments come in and they get rid of this funding then democrat governments come back and they put it back in place and that's been going on for decades but what this basically does provide funding for international groups outside the united states who provide abortion counseling cord nation of these types of services but as you can see in a divided america this is nothing new it's highly politicized so joe biden there

signing with the stroke of the pen restoring these 2 things essentially trying to make it like the 4 years of donald trump policies never happened right he's definitely stuck he's deaf and he started his presidency by signing a flurry of executive orders on a wide range of different issues. yeah it's actually unprecedented in terms of in modern history the number of executive orders to the point that even the new york times is flagged as being somewhat unusual. what is going on here is that joe biden you heard from his words there really wants to quickly as possible i mean do the trump era and the policies that were enacted during that time through so through executive order the up to about 42 no now as of today just a week in office he's been signing but to give you some perspective. barack obama he signed just 5 in this 1st week donald trump signed just 4 and george w.

bush he signed 0 in his 1st week so 42 is a pretty big number and there is some controversy again about it while biden supporters love it and think this is great conservatives are saying hey you're bypassing congress in a way we've never seen before this is your check and balance and there's some concern about that that you don't legislate with the pen you know what the argument is that often this is more expeditious that you can't work with congress but that doesn't hold water given that democrats control both houses right now they can work with congress they just want to do things quickly but there's even an argument that that also isn't valid given the fact that conservatives will now just challenge a lot of this in the courts holding things up and costing an awful lot of money so the wheels of government in the united states continue to be controversy contentious and certainly not boring. and luckily you ivette it tell us about it thanks very much can we all can washington. you know the stories of following

a gemini a nazi that killed a pro immigration politician in 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison stephanie shot dead while to look outside his own home of co was a member of chance and i'm going to muchel sponte in a prominent voice in favor of accepting refugees and migrants and said already admitted to killing in the head of the courts verdict the case raised questions about whether germany was doing enough to tackle right wing violence. about 4 weeks after leaving the european union with a new trade deal united kingdom sea ports to the continent are expected to return to normal capacity this week stockpiles of goods built up for the big change are running out and trade will have to rise again but many businesses are anxious about the new export paperwork and for some it might mean saying farewell to the biggest market turned a whole reports now from the port of dover. it's been a bad 12 months for covert hit retail and hospitality we could complete grocery

offer green grocery through the bottle good 3 delicatessen bread from a fantastic bakery down to folkestone but for small and medium sized businesses like this one importing stock from the e.u. what lies ahead is also on certain things to brics it we're told that small businesses here then have to digest through these great trade deals between between states right i think of course the economic end of it so that clarity is going to come my business apps actually survive through the realities and then for us we're fortunate we can look at other sourcing we can look around to see well. we can no longer get a french briefer i can say because the cop price point doesn't give an opportunity to an english we said there were opportunities from fresh produce to fine wine importers exporters alike the reality of britain's breakup with its largest market is becoming clear the light switched on and it dawned on us that actually this was going to be a quick fix this wasn't going to go away all of

a sudden the cheshire cheese company has shelved investment plans to cope with previously growing sales to e.u. consumers the search is on for alternatives one door closes another one opens we already shipped the u.s. and canada we could probably stand a heck of a lot less and maybe fill that up by chasing chasing business or the parts of the world and facts and leave you completely innocently out of the equation that some being the main choke point for trade is here dover where preparations have been made for a new border checks and not far away vast lorry parks have been created in anticipation of long delays a month since the u.k. trade deal was struck on several weeks since it came into effect and most of the queues in congestion have been down to cope with 19 drivers having to be tested before they make their way. to france the actual volumes of trade have been fairly low business is making use of stockpiled supplies but as those supplies begin to

dwindle the expectation is that perhaps within days something like normal volumes of trade will resume likely causing further delays adding to the difficulties faced by businesses and entrepreneurs attempting to navigate complex customs systems freeze and paperwork where once there was mutually beneficial frictionless trade across the channel in some cases now the brakes are being applied journal al-jazeera dover. look at headlines now hundreds of people in the lebanese city of tripoli have been out protesting for the 4th day in a row they are angry at the government from coronavirus knocked down which many say is destroyed their livelihoods at least 2 protesters have died after.