a 2 part people in power investigation bureau 39 cash for came to. new hope in the fight against variants of covert 19 with news of a vaccine that's nearly 90 percent effective and leg stage trial and it's. given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. more vaccines finally reach a brazilian city ravaged by covert 19 but a slow start immunization season anger against the government growing. a 4th night of clashes in the lebanese city of tripoli as anger rises over strict covert lockdown measures also ahead. on wednesday in new zealand one of the

few countries in the world where people can gather in big numbers and enjoy live music we take a look at the global music industry and how the coronavirus pandemic is changing it . we begin with a positive development on coronavirus vaccines a new shot developed by a u.s. based biotech company know that x. has proved to be 89 percent effective in late stage trials in the u.k. meanwhile german health officials have warned that the astra zeneca vaccine should only be used on people under 65 years old saying there isn't enough darcel on older people and the european commission's demanded belgian authorities inspect an astra zeneca plant in the country after it said the delivery of millions of doses would be delayed portugal meanwhile has extended

a nationwide lockdown and announced new limits on international travel and the highly infectious south african variant of the corona virus has reached the united states to infections were confirmed in the state of south carolina. a brazil has vaccinated more than 1000000 people but that's less than one percent of the country's entire population and its cities like now us the gateway to the brazilian amazon still face a shortage of basic medical supplies like oxygen and hospitals corruption scandals are also hindering the vaccine rollout more like a duck it has more than you back to vaccines has arrived in my mouse and inoculations have resumed after being suspended from. the vaccination program team under scrutiny after vocal off dorothy's work used to fever in themselves and friends by skipping the line in taking shots i had of health workers and the elderly to field hospitals have been set up in man hours repeat must wait for room

in shock or are they to me were swapped field hospital should help us redistribute patients. but this the largest city in the brazilian amazon still uses a shortage of oxygen and health workers have been working around the clock to keep patients from suffocating to death like many most anything he does and didn't make it was you ask a nurse to hope for you and she says she can't do anything because she's dealing with another patient who's dying right in front of you there aren't enough health care workers to deal with this we wouldn't be in this situation if the amazon a state had invested in health care where did all the money go the health minister . visited man hours this week for the 2nd time he's also being investigated for allegedly mishandling the crisis. so we debate increasing the number of infections

in early january tripling the number of infected people this was a completely unknown situation to everyone. and then there is a new variant of the corona virus discovered in my mouth and much more contagious than the 1st it has already spread to some bomoh brazil's richest city as a result countries like the united states portugal peru and colombia are restricting flights to and from brazil. bring tell us for a period of 30 days passenger flights from colombia to brazil and brazil to colombia will be suspended us brazil as the largest covert $900.00 death toll after the united states but according to a study by australia's lowy institute comparing how $98.00 countries have dealt with the pandemic brazil is considered the worst it's at the bottom of the list right after mexico colombia iran and the us china out was not included due to

a lack of data. brazil's president. has always downplayed the virus and even question the value of vaccine he has also asked governors and mayors to avoid lock down your government well it's got think twice about restrictive policies you must understand that isolation lockdown and confinement leads to just to shoot i've always said that the economy walks hand in hand with life. some and now some have just imposed new restriction measures but in rio de janeiro where the number of infections is also growing the beaches are crowded and social distancing seems to be a thing of the past. minefield not give on just sirrah the addition or. protests in lebanon have been growing as anger rises over lockdown measures and government corruption security forces have been firing tear gas and water cannon and hundreds of protesters gathered in the city of tripoli 2 people have been killed and

hundreds injured in 4 days of unrest and sent us this update from tripoli. another night of protests another night of violence 11 on the 2nd largest city dozens of protesters have been injured over recent days 2 protesters killed the situation on the ground is an estimate that there is a lot of anger people initially took to the streets to protest the coronavirus lockdown they said that the government is not providing the poor and the funder of over the financial services order to cope with the loss but know that that lockdown exacerbates the deep economic crisis and the suffering is not only was already collapsing before that lockdown so most of the people are unemployed and those who have worked in the informal 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 not 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 protests movements so and of course you also have. the corona virus is 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 our economy collapse more and more people are are drowning in poverty the u.n.

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. a u.s. federal judge has ordered the extradition of 2 americans wanted by japan for allegedly helping form a nest and chairman. sleep the country michael taylor a u.s. army special forces veteran and his son are accused of assisting on in 2019 he said to lebanon on a private jet hidden in a box gone was accused of financial crimes in japan challenges he denies. a russian court has rejected opposition leader alexina vollies appeal to be released from jail the valley was arrested last week when he returned from germany where he was being treated for poisoning so the gago 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 atomic 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 thursday 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 0 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 badly was was to blame it's becoming a concern for the russian leader especially since worsening the 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 have that they have they really they have spared no effort to undermine. 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 no diagonal al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. long persecutors some men in afghanistan. see have decided they have no choice but to fight back. and it is considered a very good fortune for the chinese during the noon here but i'm fond of reporting

about these cherries is turning out to be bringing very bad luck here in chile. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways. distinct return to winter across japan over the next couple of days the leiria a cloud him moving through the sea of japan not a little area of low pressure swirling why dragging those winds across the relatively warm waters sea effect snow talking in we could see some big dumpings of snow once again into western parts of honshu across a good part of colorado has friday's picture it'll make its way eastwards colder a coming in behind for a time minus 4 the top temperature in seoul on friday it warms up nicely by saturday side of things to come getting up to around 5 degrees but there's that snow still in place there across

a good parts of western honshu and into hokkaido to say that model where we'll come back in destabilizing things that will be something of a rapid thaw and the potential for some avalanches and flood risk over the high ground we've got some showers meanwhile into southeast asia some very heavy rain pushing across indonesia that's why we're seeing flooding recently these big downpours are set to continue your heat of the day showers across malaysia she was easing off in the philippines not so many showers in india at the moment but we have got want to see which will scrape the way into the southeastern corner it looks very wet over the next few days the sri lanka. qatar airways. the journey to work can be a challenge on its own. but for some peruvian villagers traversing one of the world's most dangerous roads is a risk that comes with the job. but we follow the journey of these people

as they give them to survive. risking it all. on al-jazeera. you're watching are just there are a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. drug company know that it's corona virus vaccine has shown to be more than 89 percent effective during a trial in the united kingdom the company is now expected to apply for regulatory review preliminary analysis also suggests the vaccine is effective against the new variant of coven a team 1st found at new keg. brazil's president diables an audio has vowed to

quickly vaccinate everybody in the country has its popularity for its brazilians are angry at the government's slow vaccine roll ups. protests 11 all have been growing as ag amounts over the last down and government corruption security forces have been firing tear gas and water cannon and protesters in the city of tripoli. the f.b.i. because our community in afghanistan has been persecuted for years now some young men have decided to take up weapons and form their own militias as a bunch of apes has been. a regular walk to visit the grave site of her sons to watch her so that is among the thousands of grieving has our mothers in of ghana stan who followed this routine her sons were killed in an attack on the shia community in november. my youngest son answered my call from the hospital he said his brother was injured

and asked me to go to the hospital as soon as i can when i arrived at the doctors were around him and he was dying i left him and went to find my eldest son but he was dead. most of the people buried at this cemetery in the central city of by me on our radar as their leaders say since the 1990 s. they are the most persecuted ethnic group in afghanistan the un human rights commission estimates more than a 1000 hazaras have been killed or injured in incidents of targeted attacks beheadings and kidnapping youngsters are men many of whom have been wounded in the attacks say they are forming their own militia they say thousands of them are now united to fight for their own protection i see has claimed responsibility for recent attacks but many here accuse the taliban of targeting has are as the taliban has told al jazeera its fighters do not target ethnic minorities. their grandmothers. we believe the only way for his or people to choose is to stand as long as they do not stand they are always oppressed when we stand at least our

conscience is clear in front of our people in my van where the province members of the resistance for justice movement militia say their commander abdul ghani alipore the militia leader who's been accused of human rights abuse was released on bail in 2018 after his arrest caused violent demonstrations. as our fight is the they have to pick up weapons because the government has repeatedly failed them but only for now because unfortunately our expectation from the government to defend us was not fulfilled and we had to take the gun and stand in defense in order to survive otherwise we pay taxes there is a government and the budget is spent one day must defend us but we have not been defended for many years. in the last decade thousands of our men have also taken part in the fighting in syria the fierce battles have provided trained fighters for the minority community some as our leaders told al-jazeera the shia fighters were driven more by economic opportunity and religious ideology. that's likely not going

to change until there is security in jobs and are going to stand and the complicated war haunts our civilians who continue to pay the ultimate price some of the job are there the u.s. says it's still committed to a negotiated settlement with the taliban in afghanistan the biden administration has said it will review its previous is this landmark deal signed with a group pentagon spokesman john kirby says there must be a rational end to the war in the country we are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement the taliban have not met their commitments. as you know there is a looming deadline of early may that. before everybody in terms of you know wanting to have. a solution here but without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to. stop the violent attacks on the afghan national

security forces and you know by dint of that the afghan people it's very hard to see. a specific way forward for the negotiated settlement but we're still committed . the white house has expressed outrage after pakistan's top court acquitted the man previously convicted of killing american journalist daniel pearl the u.s. secretary of state and city blinken says his country is ready to prosecute him instead pakistan's supreme court has ordered the release of british born ahmed omar saeed sheikh as head baker has more. after 18 years in prison i am an 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 to quit it 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 to say that one should do is position for the last 15 years he'd make it there here do the 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 to there 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 a 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 fly the cortez mean police 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 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 almost side shares a travesty of justice and a danger to journalists everywhere and the people of pakistan i said big. the

u.n. secretary general and the security council are once again calling on all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave libya under a cease fire deal all fisons from outside the country were told to withdraw by the end of this month that is here to happen and diplomatic as a james face reports from the u.n. . it's now almost 10 years since the start of the uprising in libya it's been a decade of death and misery but the un's outgoing acting special representative stephanie williams told the security council there was no reason for hope at ceasefire is in place a cease fire agreed in october it was holding despite this she said blatant foreign interference was continuing this was the 1st security council meeting on libya attended by a diplomat representing the biden the administration and he demonstrated what appears to be a more forceful u.s. policy we call all external parties to include russia turkey and the u.a.e.

to respect libyan foreign t. and immediately seize all military intervention in libya a line echoed later when i asked the u.n. secretary general about libya can you please today give us your message to those countries that are still involved militarily in libya. the libyans are doing their part it's essential that all the others at that involved in the libyan crisis will do their part it's essential that all foreign troops and all foreign mercenaries move 1st to benghazi and to tripoli and from there move back and leave the libyans alone because the leaders have already proven that left alone that able to address their problems at the end of the meeting the security council agreed to position calling on all foreign fighters to leave libya russia in a statement to out 0 said that it has no military in the country although there be numerous reports that the wagner group a mercenary company has been operating in libya turkey has long said that its

forces are in the country at the request of the legitimate government both those countries though now know there's a new policy from the u.s. government as does the united arab emirates which is already seen an arms deal worth $23000000000.00 blocked for now james out 0 of the united nations. exports of cherries from chile to china have taken a hit and it all appears to be because of a rumor unsubstantiated reports began circulating on chinese social media that traces of covert 19 were found in some boxes latin america editor lucien newman reports from santiago. all year long producers wait for this moment when their cherries go through the final stage of selection sanitation and packing before being shipped off to china for the chinese this color red brings good fortune so they import cherries mainly from chile to celebrate the chinese new year which

starts next month but when into abstain shaded story went viral on chinese social networks last week it brought misfortune to chile's multi-billion dollar cherry industry if the money for my son not the same this was the result of not. an official information in china a rumor that's provoked a steep drop and demand that our government is working round the clock with the private sector to see what we can do. when claims began circulating that some imported cherries had been found to be tainted with coded 19 overnight exports plummeted from $500.00 to 0 containers a day australian cherry producers have also been impacted it would not nearly as much as in chile which exports much larger quantities noice all know what we've never been formally accused of anything by chinese symmetry or customs with already stressed the story in the media that was never attracted by the ones who suffer

most of the small and medium sized produces who've invested everything they have and when to do well basing basing on a good idea. the president of the exporters association says exports are picking up but that the cherries are being sold at a loss and time is running out it's summertime in the southern hemisphere where exactly is carries the click of a lead valuable because they are packed up and shipped out a specific time for the chinese market but i don't like these great these cherries will spoil in just a matter of weeks. chile has launched an intense counter offensive in china using influencers and scientists on social networks to try to convince consumers that their cherries are safe to eat all this is more than just bad luck it underscores just how vulnerable food exporters are to a negative tweet or story substantiated or not you see in human al-jazeera

santiago. the crowd of hours pandemic has devastated the live music industry in most countries and the u.k. organizers are scrambling to work out what to do with events planned for the summer and new zealand has emerged as one of the few places in the world where bands can still play to large crowds when he reports was it's been a career defining 12 months for this rising new zealand band while much of the world has been in various forms of coronavirus lockdown l.a. b. has been traveling the country playing to packed stadiums we've been able to still perform. get out there and play gigs and then tour l. material which has made our fan base just explode. so it's a spin as from an awesome year but in other countries the pandemic has destroyed the live music industry one of the world's largest festivals glastonbury in the

united kingdom has been cancelled for a 2nd consecutive year industry leaders worry that without support from the government and insurance companies some concerts and festivals may be lost for good it's very hard to to underestimate the state's you pandemic that on the music industry we need now government to support this act was very critical time so that we can get to operate again. with the main form of income playing live music largely gone artists have taken gigs online swedish band the hives are playing what they call the world's 1st world wide web world 2 of substituting stadium shows like this for online concerts tailor made to different markets you graphics this it seems important to us that we're actually playing to people i mean. germans are going through you know we can play to the germans in new zealand there are no restrictions on public gatherings so the summer festival

season carries on to the. most countries new zealand musicians and bands are clearly in a fortunate position but strict border controls mean no big international acts and that seen at least one company which employed hundreds of concert support staff close its doors figure the people that usually keep the live music industry afloat far away from the bright lights and big stars are the ones that are suffering the most during the pen demick new zealand stars and their fans are enjoying their freedom while it lasts but feel for their counterparts in other countries a try and not talk to my mates too much overseas because you don't want to rub it in their faces then you know it's like it's pretty unfair what's happening. very unfair you know to fellow muses around the world so we just feel blessed and lucky to be able to get up and play and right now new zealand bands can claim to be playing some of the largest concerts in the world when hey al jazeera reglan new zealand. and i call on all the american television and theater cicely tyson has

died aged 96. i just try to live a good life i like oh she was well known for her role as a former slave in the autobiography of miss jane pittman and more recently in 2011 and the help of performances often spoke to america's difficult past and in 2016 barack obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom and her 60 year career tyson won several emmys and a tony awards. this is as their own things the top stories the u.s. drug company novak says.