spying each one of us it's a lot of responsibility 1st place you know on al-jazeera. is bound by contract to deliver millions of doses of its covert 1000 vaccine as the block prepares to give it approval for emergency use. you're watching officer of life from a headquarters and. also coming up more vaccines could become available later this year as 2 american companies complete trials. a dutch court orders or oil giant shell to pay compensation for contaminating chem unities in nigeria china says it will no longer recognize

a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u.k. of political interference. thanks for joining us the european union is expected to give astra zeneca as covert 1000 vaccine limited emergency approval in the coming hours and that's despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e.u. has released a redacted copy of its contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promised supply it was expecting at least $80000000.00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues on thursday brussels war and it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock it's also questioned why it appears that the u.k. supply has been unaffected and there is more potential help for the global inoculation dr with 2 more american jobs nearing completion there is no novak's

vaccine it's shown to be around 90 percent effective. and trials of a single dose of the johnson and johnson vaccine have proven effective and 2 thirds of cases let's bring in stuff os and she's joining us from amsterdam so the vaccine is expected that corona the astra zeneca excuse me vaccine is expected to be approved by the e.u. medicines regulator when do we expect that happens that well it was supposed to happen right now actually but they have just announced that the announcement will be delayed with 90 minutes one and a half hours from now it's not completely clear why this delay is happening now if it will be approved it will be nearly 4 weeks later than the u.k. where this vaccine has been used already for these weeks and also in all age groups because the main question here in amsterdam is is there going to be

a limit to the age group of $65.00 plus because the german there is a vaccine committee already oh yes so they sat there's not enough data available from these a vaccine trials to show that this vaccine is efficient for this age group so it is going to be a limited access maybe which of course will be a setback for the millions of elderly here in the european union of course are much more vulnerable for covert 19 and has a much higher mortality but also it can be seen as some kind of a face saving operation maybe by the european union because then of course it's not clear how this vaccine will be used and they don't need as many as they might have ordered before all right stuff awesome report from saddam thank you very much. well we can now speak to eric vie golding who's an epidemiologist and chief of code risk communications at the federation of american scientists is joining us from

washington mr eric thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera so let's just talk about the johnson and johnson vaccine i mean this news coming in just about an hour ago we understand that it has a 72 percent efficacy in preventing covert that's according to trials in the u.s. but then a lower rate of 66 percent was observed globally in trials so correct me if i'm wrong here but this is less effective than the other 2 on the market the pfizer biotech and one derna. lower but you have to realize that we are in different stages of the pandemic. lower especially for south africa because we've already seen south africa where you can escape vaccines and. partially and we see the same results you know about 90 percent worse but only 50 percent in south africa so in certain ways. out these are oranges in comparison pfizer about

see did not ever have to deal with them and indeed you can journal about the knowledge has a much lower neutralization efficiency you can south africa so the murder trial now you would probably see a similar phenomenon lower ethics what what can you tell us about the way that this vaccine is made because again the fives are in the midair in a vaccine is used sort of the r.n.a. rod genetic material how is this johnson and johnson one different. you know the johnson just one doesn't rely on our name never the reason that our new ones are so temperature sensitive because the m.r. name breaks down very easily this one does not it still builds on the seams by protein stills protein based and so because it's more rigid it does not need to be refrigerated whatsoever and does not need to be frozen

whatsoever and has been a shelf life which is great for about transporting countries where cold chain especially freezing culture is much more difficult and you know if this is a single dose so you're comparing. the dose is to achieve 95 percent neither of those achieved 95 percent with just one dose so in terms of yield efficiency this is much more efficient and they're also developing a booster for the new variants so i think in modern run this is much more efficient of a vaccine very interesting to talk to you thank you so much for joining us from washington for this developing story. now in the netherlands the court of appeals has ordered oil giant shell to pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers they accuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of $3.00 oil spills it's the 1st time

a dutch company has been held liable for actions by its foreign subsidiary a head injury says been following proceedings from a bridge or. this is not the only case in court either in the netherlands only in the u.k. where hundreds of people have queued up to show for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late edition's against all producing company production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities and successful to try to quote i show in nigerian courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are saying that this could lead to more litigation against shell and other international oil companies here in nigeria mean mars' military is

refusing to rule out the possibility for coup in the aftermath of last year's election and she's governing party won a majority of seats in parliament but the army says it may take action if it's complaints of fraud aren't addressed the election commission has rejected the allegations the threats come as parliament is set to open on monday the u.n. secretary general antonio got terrace expressed concern and said all electoral disputes should be resolved through established legal mechanisms china says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passport available to 3000000 hong kong residents beijing made the move off to the u.k. launched a visa scheme that allows these passport holders to apply for british citizenship it's in response to the national security law imposed on hong kong by china u.k. government says it's standing up for freedom katrina new has more from beijing on

the decision to stop recognizing the biennale passport. beijing has been actually mulling over this move now for months and it's related to the national security law which was imposed by beijing in hong kong last july now that law basically outlaws any separatism or any subversion against the government and since it was imposed dozens of people in hong kong have been arrested and many critics believe it crushes the rights and the freedoms guaranteed to hong kong people in the treaty between the u.k. and mainland china during that handover period so many people have interpreted this move the be in a possible as a way i heard as a new for people for the people who are concerned about their rights in hong kong to essentially flee hong kong into the u.k. now one of the biggest critics of the national security law was boris johnson the province of the u.k. and his government and he recently expanded the rights of the b n o holders saying that they are able to apply to live and work in hong kong for about 5 years and eventually to seek citizenship and he said that this was honoring the

ties and the friendship between the u.k. and hong kong people now this infuriated china and on friday china's foreign ministry spokesperson jolly gen said it was a gross interference of china's sovereignty and he also said the move was turning hong kong people into 2nd class british citizens now so china not recognizing the being a pos but will be this way to be beijing's way to block this move london did estimate that only about $300000.00 people would take up the u.k.'s office but still this would have been hugely embarrassing for beijing still ahead on al-jazeera why the free trading up that allowed small time investors to get rich shows come under fire plus. the color red is considered the good fortune for the chinese during the new here but i'm kind of report about these charities is turning out to bring a very bad luck here in chile. my.

hello we've got some right in the full cost of central parts of china over the next couple of days ahead of that we still got disturbed weather pushing away from japan's a nasty little area of low pressure swirling away here just spinning away totally packed ice abbas a question wrong way and cold air diving down across the sea of japan sea effect snow coming in here then musicals relatively warm waters picks up that moisture and dumps it is some significant snowfall yet again it's a western parts of one shoe and into hokkaido similar pictures we go on into sunday the winds do ease off a little bit by this stage to hopefully the wintry flavia's fear and further between 12 celsius the temperature in tokyo as the temperatures just start to notch back up. in so less that wetter weather thick cloud pushing into central parts of

china will simply be right at times but she much right in the full cost across india over the next diodes have you got some wet weather still lurking down towards the southeast and also into strength with a northeasterly monsoon driving those showers across the by i have been gold so expect to see some spells of wet weather coming through here from time to time so we are looking at a little bits and pieces of dryness but essentially it's what weekend and the rain continuing to month. packet. welcome to doha from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax and enjoy the perfect break in your journey. than. her. her and when you leave with a smile we know la day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home.

world. order. on the way down the top stories on al-jazeera the european union is expected to give 1000 vaccine emergency approval in the coming hours despite a growing dispute between the blog on the company over a shortage of supply u.s. drug firms johnson and johnson is expected to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the u.s. that week they say it's single dose job appears to be at least 66 percent effective in preventing coronavirus the dutch court of appeals has ruled that oil giant shell

must pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers cuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3 oil spills. experts from the world health organization have met chinese scientists as they continue their investigation into the origins of covert 19 the team is now expected to conduct its 1st visits in the city w.h.o. said researchers would visit hospitals labs on the food markets that have been linked to the earliest cases of the virus thailand's government is facing criticism about its vaccine rollout author it's switch companies just 2 weeks out from its 1st phase had originally chosen the chinese center back job but is now moving forward with one produced by oxford astra zeneca that vaccine is set to be produced locally later in the year by a firm by the thai king scott hi-lo reports from bangkok. protesters gathered

outside the offices of bio science in bangkok this week accusing the government of being swayed by royal influence over its covert 1000 vaccine program become pennies owned by the king and now holds the exclusive contract to manufacture the oxford astra zeneca jab in thailand so far the only certified vaccine. that prompted the main opposition figure who was banned from holding political office for 10 years by court last year to go public with what he saw as a flawed process of a question is better disc game gave too much benefit to one company on a royal defamation complaint has been filed against hannah torn for his criticism but he's undeterred and says his concern is more than just possible collusion during contract negotiations if anything were to go wrong with the vaccine manufacturing the government's hands are tied you have legal immunity because it used to stand but as it been done to the government contract she is the chair of

this committee and if things go wrong the government cannot sue the on will become body the minister of public health says there's no room for politics when it comes to vaccines i fully believe strongly believe that i have acquired the best the most proper. for people i will make sure that there will be. i already owe privilege siham by a science or alternately manufacturer the oxford astra zeneca japara thailand and the region up to $200000000.00 doses a year it received $20000000.00 in government funds to upgrade its facilities part of a pandemic grant system. the job will be free to all ties and will run as a nonprofit operation but c m biocide stands to substantially boost its revenue once the pandemic is over busy times at this buddhist temple here and bangkok's

chinatown as people come out to pray for good fortune ahead of the lunar new year while recognizing the government success in containing kobe 1000 some are concerned about the vaccine rollout and the politics surrounding it. but i think that the vaccine plan is now clear we still do not know if the vaccine is safe enough to use and that's what we. are yet life that no one like that i don't know what the future holds i think that this is a very early phase and we won't find out the results of the vaccine immediately. what the year of the ox will hold for the people of thailand depends on controlling the virus and the success of its vaccine and many people here praying for just that it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok supporters of india's governing b j p are accused of attacking farmers who are demanding the government to withdraw its controversial laws they say will ruin their livelihoods thousands of farmers

refused to move during this standoff on the outskirts of new delhi police then intervened using tear gas to disperse the crowd of farmers have been holding their demonstrations for months now. is the secretary of the all india sangharsh coordination committee which is supporting the farmers he says it was a strange decision by b j p members to attack the farmers. it looks like. the ruling party acting to get out of central government is waging war on the farmers the video will fall more than 50 percent of the in population this is bizarre and the farmers are demanding labor. and to battle it don't contest it on the streets since it was unseemly for a government in power today it's a reset agenda and the government of the day. wants to bring in free market in agriculture and far too many people to be paid in america in india for free markets

to play till about that is too much insecurity in the minds of our soul the farmers want a guaranteed law guarantee they are. the ruling party does not want to go to and be of let loose their supporters a small number of them against this is a much bigger farms that is strange and that should not have been the political spectacle of the ruling. it's absolutely clear from the deal that we have seen the are using the war on the ruling g.o.p. and the farmers have reacted this stone with great ease and peace we sat together and started singing hymns of the sikh religion and have refused to engage with the attackers so if i wasn't clear this is about their low you level global this was nice and care and concern for the rest of the country there has been another

twist in the financial battle between multi-billion dollar wall street hedge funds and small time traders a number of lawsuits have been filed against trading platform robin hood that's after a block people from buying more shares in the gaming store game stop their party has more. robin hood online brokerage has been one of the hottest been use for investors in retail trading. now it's a target of disgruntled customers celebrities and politicians here's the latest on that robin hood shares in the u.s. store game stop were down until a chat group on reddit recently banded together to buy stocks that sent the company skyrocketing undercutting major hedge funds who were shorting the stock but on thursday those shares tanked after robinhood restricted purchases of new stocks of game stop on top of that robinhood also blocked a new trades in several other companies including amc blackberry and nokia which

were also soaring because of the chat group users on the app can still close out positions but can't buy more adaptive da blogger dave portnoy says robin hood can't just try to block online trends simply because they don't favor traditional trading there's no way to force you to add and that's why things we want to get or you can just pick up and change the rules at a whim whenever you feel like it like why can't a bank if i make a deposit just say that's our money now. one of. her many investors who made it big on game stop and other blocks companies are furious as fuck they have a big stake in robin hood and they get to tell him what you know that's not right they're going to throw over the word but the c.e.o. of robin hood says he is doing his customers a favor we absolutely did not do this the direction of the market maker or

hedge fund or anyone we rally to your other market participants so we're really in unprecedented times. in order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had a few limited buy in these in the starts this user on twitter said this is my portfolio when robin hood decides to protect me. other investors who buy stocks based on internet trends feel the same way. thoughts that by the way i invested in because i believe in the internet i believe in wall street that i believe in reddit and i believe that they would go up because i believe in the power of that in you can't cry foul if you're too dumb to realize the power of the internet the fall out even cause to u.s. political adversaries to band together democrat alexandria ocasio cortez says she supported a hearing to investigate robin hood's actions republican ted cruz tweeted saying he

fully agrees the irony of robin hood's name is not lost on game stop investors this woman said imagine naming your app robin hood and then blocking purchases when the poor are literally swindling the rich leo harding al-jazeera apple's chief executive tim cook is criticizing social media companies for spreading misinformation and dividing society in a message to a privacy and data protection conference cook said many social media apps collect too much information and prioritise conspiracies he said this information is rampant and supported by algorithms what are the consequences of prioritizing conspiracy theories and violent incitement simply because of the high rates of engagement what are the consequences of not just tolerating but rewarding content that undermines public trust in lifesaving vaccinations it is long past time to

stop pretending that this approach doesn't come with a cost a polarization of lost trust and yes of violence. kenya imposed the world's strictest ban on plastic use 4 years ago but environmentalists fear the country is now under pressure to weaken its resolve they accuse the american plastics industry of trying to influence a trade deal so it can increase its way shipments under the guise of recycling malcolm webb has more from nairobi. sifting through mountains of garbage isn't a clean or safe way to make a living but it had a good collecting not clear plastics he could make about $4.00 on a good day. maybe. because. we are not employed by anyone we are here because of poverty the plastic we sought belongs to a company they are the ones who make money out of it. she's among hundreds of

people who work at this dump in kenya's capital nairobi they're part of a small recycling industry which struggles to cope with the piles of waste that grow with the economy whatever can be recycled is separated and bagged up ready to be taken away organic matter eventually decomposes and then if you look closely at what's left is just plastic which can take more than a century to decompose environmentalists say kenya's plastics problem is about to get much worse because of a free trade deal that the government is negotiating with the u.s. many of america's largest oil and chemical companies who profit from plastics represented by a lobby group called the american chemistry council he wrote to u.s. government trade officials suggesting that kenya could serve as a hub for u.s. made plastics in africa enabled through the kenya u.s. trade deal. kenya's environmentalist are alarmed james who k.b.'s one of them he

started a campaign led to kenya planning plastic bags 4 years ago he says america's plastics industry wants to increase its trade here and the dumping of american plastic waste america is known to small nations into accepting trade deals that will you know will be good for your side but not for other countries so interesting small nations like kenya into accepting such a trade deal we mean dutch we are going to reverse the gains we have made so far some gains that we've already being reversed for generations soft drinks here have been sold in glass bottles which are returned and refilled but plastic is taking over it's more profitable for plastic manufacturers and waste for the dump the american chemistry council says it's not seeking to override kenya's existing regulation of plastics and kenya's trade minister is denied that any such proposal

is on the table the environmentalists are skeptical but say president joe biden now has a chance to change the direction of negotiations. by sort of. a cloud that will allow. for the last. 10 years already struggling to deal with its own growing plastic waste the environmentalists say more plastics and more dumping would be disastrous malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. exports of cherries from chile to china have taken a hit and it appears to be all because of a rumor unsubstantiated reports began circulating on chinese social media that traces of covert 19 were found in some boxes are lot america editor the c.n.n. 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 ribbons good fortune so they import cherries mainly from chile to celebrate the chinese new year which starts next month but when an unsubstantiated story went viral on chinese social networks last week it brought misfortune to chile's multi $1000000000.00 cherry industry if the money from us are not the same this was the result of non-official information in china a rumor that's provoked a steep drop in 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 a story in the media that was never attracted by the ones who suffer most of the small and medium size produces it invested everything they have and we did well basing basing on a good idea. the president of the exporters association says exports are picking up but at the cherries are being sold at a loss and time is running out it's summertime in the southern. must be a good trip please carries the click of a lead valuable because they are happy and shipped to split the times of the chinese market but i like these great these cherries will score well in just a matter of weeks. chile has launched an intense counter offensive in china using influencers and scientists and 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. color again the headlines on al-jazeera the european union is expected to give astra zeneca as cover 1000 vaccine emergency approval in the coming hours despite a growing dispute between the block on the company over a shortage of supply stop asanas monitoring events in amsterdam if it will be approved it will be nearly 4 weeks later.