but in indonesia one group of revolutionary supporters has taken a stand against male aggression with a carnival list display of peace and unity the firms who make football old truism angels on al-jazeera. afore the night of clashes in the lebanese city of tripoli fueled by anger over the strict coronavirus lockdown. and i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program outrage in the white house after pakistan's supreme court orders the release of the man convicted of the murder of journalist daniel. a russian court

rejects crime in critical acts in a valley's appeal against his detention and wealth how the world health experts get to work in one hand but one they might never discover where the coronavirus came from. our main story today protesters in northern lebanon refusing to back down as anger rises over corruption a collapsed economy and the impact of a strict covert 19 lockdown they've been rallying for a full fanaa in lebanon's poorest city or 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 to protest as have now died after wednesday's demonstrations and raging people further they blame the government for mishandling the krajina virus outbreak which is led to a harsh lock down that many say is destroying their livelihoods. but we prefer death through. demonstrations withdrawing anyway at the same time they should not

long to us regarding the coronavirus. tripoli to this current situation is that all of the cities became rich only expense of tripoli you have no place to go we have no education no tourist attractions everyone else in the country protest without getting shot why are we deprived to these extent you know those cases the people have been wrapped up. in a hoarder has been tracking developments from the city of tripoli another night of protests another night of violence in lebanon 2nd largest city dozens of protesters have been injured over recent days to protesters killed the situation on the ground is estimated there is a lot of anger people initially took to the streets to protest the coronavirus lockdown this is that the government is not the writing the poor and the funder of the financial assistance in order to cope with the loss but know

that luck exacerbated the deep economic crisis in the so shaky economy that was already collapsing before that lockdown so most of these people are unemployed those who. work in the sector which means they live day by day if they don't work today they can't feed their kids and this city has long been impoverished before the pandemic was 1st detected last year so a lot of anger in the streets they're saying that they're no they say they want a new leadership in fact. in fact there has been a popular uprising in lebanon for more than a year now people have been holding protests in other cities as well on and off they've largely fizzled out because 1st of all the response of the state of militarized state arrest the tensions heavy handed tactics to clamp down on pro.

this movements so and of course we also have. the corona virus spreading among the community it's not clear whether or not the situation can be contained in the days ahead but this is a country for over a year now there have been social unrest political turmoil and as the economy collapse more and more people are are drowning in property the un says 55 percent of the population are now poor and this is a small nation of 5000000 people one 3rd of the workforce employed so difficult days tense situation in this city so i spoke to mark down a professor of communications at the american university of beirut he said that the protests essentially the result of one of the poorest cities in the mediterranean being abandoned by its government. what they're trying to basically say is we've got no food we've got no protection and we've got no jobs give us some support and

what the answer was sending the army and the police with rubber bullets and tear gas for 4 days in the row so basically what the government is currently saying is we cannot solve this problem so we are going to fight it and that is exactly what they're doing with 2 and hundreds injured and a lot of private and public property already destroyed. now portugal has extended its nationwide lockdown and announced limits on international travel as it scrambles to contain what might be the world's worst surgeon coronavirus cases a bit over $300.00 new death and more than $16000.00 cases in the past 24 hours that's a wreck or day rise more than a quarter of portugal's 11600 deaths from car that 1000 have been in the past 2 weeks alone it's

a small country but has the world's highest 7 day average of new cases and deaths relative to its population. who really really is equal with the situation very close to the limits in terms of physical resources and already difficult to deal with in terms of what we have the medics nurses available which is a limited number this means that in a few weeks time in february we live have a situation in which we stop being able to respond juicer lack of medical personnel . the u.s. drug company novak's is saying that it's corona virus vaccine was shown to be more than 89 percent effective cheering a u.k. trial the data is based on a trial of $15000.00 people between the ages of 18 and 84 the company is now expected to apply for regulatory review in the u.k. and the e.u. . this also suggests the vaccine is over 85 percent effective against the new u.k. variant of covert $1000.00 which was circulating at the time of the trial brazil's

health regulator is saying data on astra zeneca the corona virus vaccine by astra zeneca shows that it's safe for elderly patients this often jungmann health officials cost out on its efficacy and as a ra of the supplies in europe continues a german approvals panel said it should only be used for people under the age of 65 as there's not enough data on how it can affect the elderly european regulators a jew to issue that decision on friday meanwhile the european commission's demanded belgian authorities and specs and astra zeneca plants in the country after the company said deliveries in the e.u. would be delayed its lead to threats of export blocks and arguments of the contracts now to brazil the president has vowed to quickly vaccinate everybody in the country a change of tone as his popularity levels fold brazilians have been angered by a slow vaccine rollout by chair bull sonars government countries struggling with a 2nd wave of infections and is just recorded another $1386.00 deaths taking its

total to more than $221000.00 olson our has been widely criticized for his handling of the pandemic and says he won't take the vaccine himself. joins us live now from rio de janeiro i mean despite this change of tone by the president it was it's a question of whether the remarks he's already made have been damaging to the public perception whether people will try to avoid taking the vaccine as a result of that. well this is the problem here in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic it's the mixed messages the government sends it starts saying that it's a small flu and then it's month or just small flu. that he has that he himself won't. criticize pfizer saying that they they don't want to be responsible for any side effects and suggesting that there may be side effects

he attacked china which is producing because vaccine together would. be sure to follow his brazil's richest state and and is also responsible for the main supplies for the astra zeneca vaccine which will be produced here in brazil so there are mixed feelings that people are also very anxious for is a vaccine since this has been dragging on and the emergency financial emergency aid the government has been giving until now has the government has pulled that plug since january nobody is receiving this help unemployment is at 14 percent so the vaccine is the only solution now for all the problems. and we have seen with the brazilian city of menow so really being well its health care system in many ways crushed by this new variant of the 1000 how are they coping now

any change in situation. well it's a bit better because my knowledge has been in the spotlight ever since oxygen hospitals were running short of oxygen so people they couldn't find a room in the hospital and when they did they could suffocate to death because there was that they could breathe in they were sharing oxes oxygen cylinders doctors were working around the clock to just to do the bare minimum and keep people breathing it was a very dramatic situation very dramatic scenes so this made the government look at manaos and the world as well so there were donations the situation is just yet there is perhaps and there on the local level as well local authorities have been skipping the line and getting vaccinated in front of the elderly and of health workers thank you monica and rio de janeiro appreciate it

the united states says it it's appropriate to prosecute a man who has been acquitted of the murder of john is daniel poneman 1000 years ago baucus on supreme court has ordered the release of british born ahmed shaikh who was given a death sentence back in 2002 last year he confessed to a role in the kidnapping but not the killing of bank has mall. 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 here chaired quandary do is position for

the last 15 years he'd make it there he had to. rule he says here the minor role in the induction and murder of daniel pearl the parents or because of his minor role he had asked their to sentence be deduced 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. scheck's argument to the court was

the death sentence handed down did not warrant his minor role in the kidnapping one appeal was by the court has been nice to accept their appeal and give him a clean and complete acquittal in 2011 a pearl 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 shaikh 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 share a travesty of justice and a danger to journalists everywhere and the people of pakistan i said break. earlier i spoke to a strand of money a friend and colleague of daniel pearl the wall street journal and co-founder of the power project investigation into his murder she was telling me that the case has implications for all journalists worldwide when danny was murdered in 2000 to

the entire to jack treat for journalists around the world changed we ended up with targets and our backs reporters from. reporters all over the world whether it's from military interstate sponsors of. persecution against journalists and so danny's case isn't just about this one human being it's about protecting the integrity of journalism and protecting this noble role that danny had been doing in this world and so we're hoping that both the u.s. government in pakistan government would do the right thing here you know watching al-jazeera live from london still have. a lot more anger on the streets of poland as the government makes almost all abortions illegal. i'll take a look at the stock searches for us retailer game stop ending abruptly as trading

platforms deal of blows amateur investors in the battle against street professionals. however we got forced the southeastern part of australia at the moment because we are expecting some very wet windy weather to push across that toria as we go through the next couple days exist and squeeze in the eyes of some very windy weather ag wet weather coming in here that could lead to some localized flooding 10 to 20 millimeters of rain quite widely across the state and some pretty heavy showers to ensue southern and eastern parts of new south wales few showers still there across the cape york peninsula still some very wet weather rather choppy and

into northern parts of the way just around the pilbara pushing down across can be coast and that will continue to be the case as we go on through saturday central southern parts of the other hand warm dry and sunny $35.00 celsius the in perth a similar temperature there for hours but you could catch a shower or 2 here as we go on in. to saturday by saturday it does look better looks dryer slushy fight across the southeast and cold it was 2 showers just pulling away easing of it was an easy to find it dry over the next day or so meanwhile we gots a dry weather present into japan but snow making headway across that western side of the country honshu seeing some terrific amounts of snow fall with a possibility of disruption. india beauty 3000000 people have been excluded for the least but see just. what i want to east meets the family's life to live along.

with every. new law. i come back watching out there at night from london a look at the headlines this hundreds of people in the lebanese city of tripoli have been protesting for a 4th day in a row iran great the government from posing a harsh coronavirus lockdown which many say is destroying their livelihoods white house is saying it's outraged after pakistan's supreme court ordered the release of a man convicted of beheading the american journalist daniel pearl ahmed omar saeed

shaykh was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the wall street journal reporter. and portugal has extended its nationwide lockdown and announce limits on international travel as it scrambles to contain what might be the world's worst coronavirus. there been 303 new deaths and more than 16000 cases in the past 24 hours alone that is a wreck or daily reiss. meanwhile in vietnam a reporter reporting the 1st outbreak of corona virus cases in nearly 2 months 84 infections were recorded in 2 northern provinces the largest one day total of new cases the country has recorded so far it succeeded in keeping the pandemic bay recording an official total of just $35.00 cases since the outbreak began but it comes in the middle of a 5 year communist party congress that is currently on the way. they did this is a situation where we have

a community infection not the 55 days of no cases in our country but this is something we ok nice too many times over this time we have to tackle the outbreak with more aggressive faster and decisive actions a global team of experts is fine been allowed to start searching the chinese city where coven $1000.00 was 1st found for clues to its origin a world health organization that group has been held in quarantine but there are already concerns about how much access they going to get as katrina you reports from one hand they don't expect to find answers straight away. after 2 weeks of being confined to their hotel rooms members of the world health organization research team beginning their investigation on their mission to find out as much as possible about how the current virus outbreak began. leaving quarantine team member marian koopman spoke to al jazeera about the immense job ahead. try and get as good as possible of the initial findings starting here in.

the primary were done additional studies. trying to you know aggregate everything there is to learn from this initial phase of the pandemic but more than one year after the beginning of the outbreak experts say the team spines will be limited and discovering the pandemics exact origin will be difficult. which i'm sure is. different. i think realistically what we're looking at with this mission is a narrowing. of a very wide spread of. options include exploring the theory the virus was 1st transmitted from a wild animal such as a bat and that it 1st circulated. it to researchers are also planning

a visit here institute of. chinese scientists have studied dangerous pathogens including corner viruses former us president allege that. leaked from this lab the chinese government has dismissed the claim and has in turn raised questions about the what conducted a u.s. military lab fort detrick in maryland which was shut down in july 21000 information about the early days of the corvette $900.00 out break has been tightly controlled but they doing insists. it's been transparent without him in the panda we have no intention to misguide public judgement or the w h o's work on these marian commitments feels positive about their investigation and has this message for the public the geisha and this will take a long time and. because that's how science works it really will take a long time don't expect us to step out and say ok so now we can tell you exactly

what happened because that will not be the case bertha and china have been criticized for not doing enough to prevent the virus from spreading the team that they say their goal is not to point blame but to find evidence to help fight the pandemic between e.u. al-jazeera. u.s. president joe biden to sign an executive order allowing more americans to sign up for health insurance through the affordable care act trump administration had refused to reopen enrollment despite a growing number of people needing the insurance during the pandemic i do joe castro reports. more than half of all americans depend on their employers to sponsor their health insurance but with millions now unemployed because of a pandemic more middle class families are now struggling with no income and no way to pay the doctor we lost our corporate health insurance and that during a global pandemic is really not where you want to be. a hall was diagnosed with

skin cancer 3 months before losing her job in august her work sponsored insurance covered her surgery but now she's uninsured and unable to pay for follow up appointments and just this week her husband was diagnosed with cove it all around me people are losing their lives or having learned term effects from coded and so as a. as a mom as a parent as a wife as a citizen how can we have close to half a 1000000 people be gone and or not have the assistance. to get the right health care 28000000 americans did not have some of the insurance before the pandemic now that number has grown by an estimated 5 to 10000000 biden's executive order will allow some of those people to buy government subsidized health insurance through the affordable care act of all times that we need to read state access to want to know you know the extent of access to medicaid is not the scope of the

crisis but the help won't reach all those who need it in fact hall says the affordable care act plans are still too expensive for her family and they don't qualify for government programs intended for the poor they'll remain in the gap of the uninsured middle class every family should go to get to see a family doctor whenever they need to that should be a commitment to our society can make every family in this nation leaders in washington have pledged time and again to reform the health care system the for years they failed it experts say with a pandemic raging the need for action is more clear than ever. joe castro al-jazeera. want to take a look at developments in russia now more protests are being planned in the country off to 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 can be held next month the volley was arrested after returning from germany where he was being treated for a poisoning that's being blamed on the kremlin but he have since raided his offices and the homes of his allies so i go has the story. 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. in the hour 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. 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 the living standards in russia are doing little to calm public anger this is an all out front against alex and of ali and 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 about 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. abortion is now illegal in almost all cases in poland after

the government imposed a controversial new ruling a 2nd night of protests have been taking place in central warsaw as women with procedures scheduled my services in a panic abortion is now only allowed in cases of rape incest or when the mother's life is at risk the original decision in october sparked weeks of protests. that are called butte it was a black night for women not only women doctors to of course women took to the streets to protest a protest that was organized literally within one hour but at homes or hospitals there were women who already had appointments made for today or tomorrow who either had prenatal tests done or scheduled because their ultrasound exams revealed suspected fetal defects these women frozen hora they did not know what to do with a german neo nazi who killed a pro immigration politician in 2001000 has been sentenced to life in prison stephan earns shot dead while to look outside his home look co was

a member of chancellor angela merkel's party and a prominent voice in favor of accepting refugees and migrants the case raised questions about whether germany was doing enough to tackle right wing violence when our massive surge in the share price of the u.s. retailer game stop has been temporarily halted after 2 online brokerages restricted trading in its share as an online campaign to buy shares in the struggling videogames retainers seen prices rally by 1700 percent in just a week small traders have been successfully attempting to push up prices in a bid to what wall street had trans who make a profit by trading shares in failing businesses earlier i spoke to gary stephenson a formal london city trader he's warning that small investors should not get involved in buying game stop shares as the risks are now too high. well. some local charlotte schools are crossing squeezed out really really fast recruiting is inevitable across the class at some point and my concern is that the

people who start. up especially best you know what they were doing they may be getting out now and all of the seniors on even. i'm worried that people who are struggling to get by to see that shot is going under some what could be could be tomorrow when the stock collapses it could be ordinary working people that own the stock market goes up. just want to remind you of the headlines now hundreds of people in the lebanese city of tripoli have protested for the 4th day in a row they're angry at the government for imposing a harsh coronavirus lockdown which many say is destroying their livelihoods at least 2 protesters have died after being injured during clashes late on wednesday they were harder is following the story from tripoli another night of protests another night of violence in lebanon 2nd largest city dozens of protesters have

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