some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. oceans manakin jazzier ready. as another 2 coronavirus vaccines give promising results the e.u. approves the astra zeneca chant for all adults while with travel by cove and zimbabwe's elite find themselves at the mercy of a crumbling health system. oh i maryam namazie a watching al jazeera live from london also coming up on the program more than 200000 people flee the fighting in the central african republic situation a former prime minister is described as political. a dutch court finds shells

nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to pharma it's. 70 years after they were driven to local extinction jack you as a back in their natural habitat in argentina. hello we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against covert 19 and with fears that poorer nations are being left behind as rich countries rush to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of code 19 and plans to seek authorization in the united states next week that's just a day off to the american company nowak said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u.k. trials but both vaccines are weak against the variant that was 1st detected in

south africa a country which won't receive its 1st vaccine shipment until february meanwhile the european union which has already secured 2 vaccines has just approved astra zeneca job for all adults this wide it tussles with the company of the delayed supplies and faces criticism of a slow roll out there is dominate cain has more now from berlin. this is the astra zeneca vaccine in use available to british patients most at risk from covert since late last month and from now on officially so too for many e.u. citizens most at risk from the pandemic it's a real pleasure to be here and to announce the 3rd positive opinion for the authorize ation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expand the range of vaccines available to e.u. and a member states which will all help to bring the pandemic under control and protect

the citizens of the e.u. except that far fewer e.u. citizens will be able to receive the vaccine for the next few months after the company cut back what it could deliver to the block astra zeneca a british swedish firm blames production problems at some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the $80000000.00 doses promised the europeans have complained and decided to protect all vaccine stocks made on their territory as a commission because a lot of strictly targeted measures that will allow us to gather information about the production of like since and where manufacturers intend to ship them. the measure is term limited and specifically applies so it's all scored 19 vaccines that were agreed to by advanced purchase agreements. the measure is intended to run until the end of march although on the face of it this measure could apply to finds a biotech more downer and astra zeneca it appears most targeted at astra zeneca

the root of the disagreement between the 2 sides lies in the contract they agreed last year the company says it promised its best reasonable efforts to produce sufficient vaccine for the e.u. the europeans disagree saying the deal is binding to both they say the company agreed to use its plants both in the e.u. and in britain in order to guarantee supply the europeans have also asked how astra zeneca can have insufficient product for the e.u. but still supply the british who are immunize ing far more people than in the e.u. particularly since in the terms of this contract the company confirmed it had no other contractual obligation with any other party to prevent it fulfilling its obligations to the european union and while the round rages on the measures to deal with the pandemic are intensifying in places germany has announced that from

saturday it will ban travel from several countries where covert mutations have been reported dominick came al-jazeera berlin. well angry has become the 1st even member to approve china's sign of farm vaccine and says 5000000 doses have already been ordered its drug regulators signed off on the vaccine a week after also approving russia's sputnik the on the e.u. law all that seems must go through the blocks european medicines agency before they can be used in member states government is moving ahead with its own agenda and issued a decree calling for approval for any vaccine which has been administered to east and 1000000 people in at least 3 other countries. or kenyan kenya is saying that health care and immigration workers will be the 1st in line when it starts inoculating people next month vaccines are being secured through the african union in the w.h.o. but health officials say it will take until june next year to vaccinate around a 3rd of the population kenya is a member of the core facts for c.t.

and have made an initial commitment to procure vaccines through this for c.t. we've this commitment the country will receive 24000000 doozies from different c.t. and we procure 11000000 doses from other mechanisms to vaccinate nearly 16000000 people that is 30 percent of our population over a period of 18 months meanwhile as mozambique's president is warning the hospitals across southern africa are on disadvantage strain 22 percent of all infections in the region where in the 1st 2 weeks of january this as doctors in zimbabwe have hit back at a government spokesman is suggested the deaths of several ruling party officials from coronavirus might have been the work of medical assassins a joint funeral was held this week for 2 cabinet ministers and a retired army general who all died of covert 19 with orders close many of the elite of been forced to use the country's public health system for the 1st time

instead of travelling abroad for treatment doctors and nurses have been complaining of inadequate p.-p. in medical supplies since the pandemic 1st began they say the government is now experiencing a rude awakening. we're talking about a group we. were dying. it's how these people if you were to meet a big you. ought to get straight about that. you know. it is out of. mexico now has the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world with more than 155000 fatalities confirmed on thursday exceeded the total number of deaths recorded in india which has a population more than 10 times the size of mexico's it's been struggling to

contain a 2nd wave than factions and hospitals in the capital and nearing capacity and running out of oxygen supplies mexico's president and raise money lopez obrador currently has the virus but himself that is said to be in good spirits many rappler joins us live now from mexico city for a country the size of mexico to now have surpassed india in fatalities is really nothing short of disaster how would you describe the situation there right now. this is significant and i'll just go over the latest numbers as of friday morning the number of deaths is now beyond 155000 the number of confirmed cases is now above 1.1.8000000 we have course know that both deaths and cases are likely much higher given the lack of testing taking place here in mexico or overnight mexico overtook india for the 3rd position number of deaths worldwide mexico sits now just behind brazil and the united states the united states continues to lead and deaths

worldwide it's been a very eventful week just this week here in mexico over the weekend we heard that president lopez would rather one had himself it tested positive for the virus just a few days later carlos slim the richest man in mexico once the richest man in the world also testing positive for the virus but the entire 1st month of the year really has also been quite eventful with a number of a sharp rise in the number of deaths nation nationwide here in the mexican capital there's still this concern that the health system is on the brink of collapse many hospitals already full over all the health care system seems to be at reportedly close to 90 percent capacity this this year this 1st month of the year really has already began to stretch the limits of what the health the the public health sector here in mexico is actually capable of so what we're hearing now from health policy experts from virologist is what we've been hearing since the start of the pandemic

that the policy the strategy by the federal government has not worked that without a change in that strategy a change in that policy the ongoing health emergency in the country is only going to continue to worsen want to know about al from the president. there was a bit of a panic this week on mexican social media over the whereabouts of president lopez opened up a lot of he tested positive on sunday it has been out of the public eye since then but we have heard from mexican health officials who have assured us that the health of the president is stable that he's only reporting mild symptoms only at one point reporting a fever so we are hearing that the president is doing well even though he's not as visible as he usually is he hasn't been appearing in his daily morning press conference and that's sparked more than a few conspiracy theories of course on the on the internet the president continues to face quite a bit of criticism given his downplaying of the severity of the outbreak here in mexico since the beginning of the pandemic 11 months ago he's criticized for not

never wearing a mask or rarely wear your mask and continuing to hold public func functions but overwhelmingly on social media from his supporters and from critics it does appear as though the overall spirit is for the president to get well soon thank you from mexico city many rapidly we're going to portugal now the government has extended its nationwide lockdown and tighten its border with spain as it grapples with the wiles highest capita death toll the state of emergency with the extended until february 14th and then the reopening of schools and non-essential businesses the portuguese health service is hiring foreign medics now to tackle stuffing shortages as intensive care beds run out and ambulance has a force to queue outside hospitals another 2 $178.00 deaths reported on friday. meanwhile thailand's government is facing criticism over its vaccine rollout after its switch supply is just 2 weeks before the sauce of the 1st phase it originally

was in the chinese sign of it's now moving forward but the os that astra zeneca vaccine instead that set to be produced locally later in the year by a thumb and by the thai king scott hyder 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 coded 1900 vaccine program the company is 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 a court last year to go public with what he saw as a flawed process of a question is better disclaim gave too much benefit to one company on a royal defamation complaint has been filed against hanna 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 or no 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 that will be. my already 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. by a science 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. i think that the vaccine plan is not clear we still do not know if the vaccine is safe enough to use and that's what we want but your life that no one like you are we are not i don't know what the future holds i think that this is a very early phase and we won't find out the result 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 so hard for you on the program. the product this time better than the current a virus pandemic in this a.o. but he john nobody i know i'm stephanie decker his mother in the brady medium among $140000000.00 and he will have that story coming up. on the latest twists in the stock market saga that's captivated and confused millions of people on the internet streaming. how either the weather has been exceptionally mild if not hot across western parts of europe took down towards the southwest and now we can see on thursday off know

the temperature got up to a staggering 29 degrees celsius that is around 12 degrees above the seasonal average so some very very warm weather something's going to cool off over the next couple of days now let's compare and contrast that with the weather that we see across the other side if you have moderate sweeps in from the atlantic with this gag of weather fronts with some rain sleet and snow there's a fair bit of snow just around the black sea this is into western parts of ukraine where we saw a good covering of snow cause widespread destruction that snow actually extending down across the other side of the black sea into good parts of turkey so we have seen scenes like this more wintry weather more wet weather pushing across parts of greece turkey pushing across the black sea back into ukraine rain and snow there more snow across the northern flank that stretches its way back into a good part of poland so good covering of snow too over the alps and there's that moderate continue to just tumble its way through not quite a small those 13 celsius in madrid on saturday maybe 12 here on sunday that wet

weather that winter weather continues to force the balkans and notice clouds and rain to the northwest. today from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know our day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. in the.

uk i'm back you without is there live from london a look at the main stories now johnson and johnson has announced a trial as announced the trial results for the 1st single dose coronavirus vaccine which has 60 percent 66 percent efficacy they've just made that announcement as the e.u. has approved astra zeneca as job for all adults this while it tussles with the company over delayed supplies. mozambique's president has warned the hospitals across southern africa are under severe strain 22 percent of all infections in the region were in the 1st 2 weeks of january that's as kenya says it's hoping to inoculate a 3rd of its population by june next year. and mexico now has the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world with more than 155000 fatalities confirmed hospitals in mexico city and nearing capacity and running out of oxygen supplies.

oh in all the stories we're following the united nations says that more than 200000 people have fled violence in the central african republic in the past 2 months 92000 have now crossed into the democratic republic of congo all more than 13000 of flooded into neighboring states tens of thousands of displaced inside the country a former prime minister has described the situation in the country's apocalyptic ca the ca our army backed by un peacekeepers and russian and rwandan troops has been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to of a time december's presidential election and security of sorts who are good republicans displace no more 200000 people we've become. states most of them to love you when it's you are the us jeered she is born in pounds of pearls with a cigar bush refugee arrivals in the democratic republic of congo b.r.c. who reached $92000.00 according to local authorities the over 30000 people who

cross to become. in the republic of congo refugees continued through. a dutch appeals court has ordered the nigerian branch of oil giant shell to pay compensation to a group of follow hmas for nigerian farmers $2.00 of whom have since died brought a case against the company in 2008 accusing it of destroying their fishing villages with 3 or oil spills it's the 1st time a dutch company has been held liable for actions by its foreign subsidiary and could pave the way for more cases against the oil firm or work is already underway to clean up another contaminated site in one theory but environmental activists are saying and not impressed i'm going to address reports from a goni in the niger delta. workers educate every forbad to flush out truck oil in border creek as all comes to the surface a boom truss the slides for evacuation it's a job the contractors hired by all john child must quickly accomplish before the

tide returns the clean up is due to litigation against the company following a massive oil spill in the record in 2009 is walkies to remediate. creek. after the next phase will be to restore. mongoose and monitoring so far is a $1000.00 hectares. while shellings contract to say they have done a lot to subsides the nigerian government led decontamination effort drawn to be funded by the shell company is off to a slow start heavy machinery is now deployed farther inland to excavate and treat contaminated soil we i'm not all take it for what we have planned or we're trying to see what we can do to patch up a still a lot of work to do to catch up i mean time to get. an assessment by the united

nations environment program 1st published in print 11 shows that pollution from more than half a century of oil production was worse than or originally thought the report recommended a $1000000000.00 fund to clean up alone an area covering 1000 square kilometers the work which began success later could take at least 25 years to complete. what is a wasteland this one group is dead as fish and crustaceans no longer spawn here farmlands fish bones and even on the ground water supplies have been polluted by hydrocarbons leaking from old pipelines we could play some activists in the region are less impressed with the work so far. even walks full of good new people then there is hope for about a minute. because. his is just one. out of.

how many is bound to lie in riyadh not getting it right. and that's not the only concern significant amount of all thought continues in the region for the complicating the process of reversing the environmental damage experts believe 15 to 20000 square kilometers of nigeria's oil producing region require the attention is currently receiving they fear that unless the entire region is decontaminated or going as clean up me in the end be a waste of time and resources as rican tabulation could occur oddly decrease. in nigeria's oil producing niger delta. and lebanon they can take a prime minister has condemned violent demonstrations in tripoli off to protest has clashed with security forces and set the minister policy building on fire says he is now saying it's 5th consecutive nights of unrest demonstrators angry with the government from posing a straight coronavirus lockdown without providing any financial relief hundreds have been injured and at least 2 people killed after security forces used live

ammunition to disperse demonstrates his well pandemic has had a devastating effect on businesses in italy but one famous food product is thriving with domestic sales in exports up parmesan cheese is so valuable it's even used as a guarantee for the bank loans stephanie decker explains from italy's reggio emilia province. it doesn't look anything yet like its final delicious and valuable form each of these bats will make 2 wheels a part of me janet and john all that together are worth almost $1000.00 and method that goes back generations involving knowledge and passion it's a disguise i mean were they not that there was the warming of the milk then we had what's essentially a starter which works to acidify and ferment uk and then we learnt and it becomes thick and rice like and the last part is the cooking it's a production line that is never stopped despite coronavirus restrictions these cows

need to be milked on a daily basis there is no option to stop or told the wood well i'm good we are even thought of through the money we've had to readjust how we work as a company so we started pretty 100 rivers the numbers to our domestic clients have seen a small increase with the export during this period however went up around 30 percent . lauren heifer on organizes cycling tours for americans in italy and like the rest of the world that's hard to stop i miss i mean mrs scenery i miss the food i miss i miss the bus the job you know there's not much of that i don't miss you know now she imports parmesan from this farm to her clients in the u.s. because probably jato is something you can get get get it the same way you know it's a way a story to tell you i'm i've got this great this is great but it john oh it's from a place that we you know you all know from our trips it's also a very precise and controlled process every wheel is checked by the parmesan consortium before getting the official stamp of approval it's so valued here that

it's actually become a currency it may surprise you but this is a bank usually if you think of a bank you may imagine bars of gold but not here just a question and the rows of wheels and it shows you just how valuable the product and the brand of. this warehouse holds around $140000000.00 worth of parmesan. but it's. a much on a rich yano is so precious the older it gets the more it gains in value so the producers use it as a given to you for bank loans. it's a currency and international name a comforting and traditional family staple that people have wanted more of as they're forced to stay home both here in italy and even thousands of kilometers away stephanie decker al-jazeera in the province of. game stop shares have shot

up again in the latest twist in a wall street saga that strong the attention of billionaires white house and thousands of social media uses video game retailer stocks once again by up to 70 percent clawing back some of those days losses is after the investor robinhood allow users to buy some shares in it again after blocking them a day earlier amateur investors have been pushing up prices to damage wall street hedge funds and make a profit by trading shares in a failing businesses now for the 1st time jagger has a been successfully reintroduced into argentina's wetlands after becoming extinct decades ago inquiry enters province has more free to roam more than one and a half 1000000 acres of swamps waterways and islands in the a barren national park in northern eastern argentina this female jagger is back in the world with a new edition car i am paula cubs both born in captivity. it's been 70 years since those species that are just feline in the americas roam the better

wetlands in the province of cordiant is hunting and loss of habitat drove them to extinction but now for the 1st time a conservation program has managed to reintroduce the jag us to their natural habitat. so these 1st 20 days have been very good for the mother she's established herself very quickly in a territory that she's getting to know little by little we've already recorded her hunting in feeding on several giant kepi barrows rodents maria was rescued from the wild in brazil last approach is killed her mother she was brought to argentina to be rehabilitated with other wild giant he was and 6 bred cubs the project has taken years of painstaking conservation work and faced major challenges. seeing those jaguars walk through that gate was kind of an epiphany that these things that just 10 years ago or 15 years ago we thought. i don't know that

we thought it was impossible but we thought that it was a long shot we have over the last 20 years not a lot of things that. most people or half of them thought it wasn't possible and the other half didn't like it and would come to like it but this one has. some ecosystems are perishing at a staggering rate across the southern most regions of south america loggers farmers and miners are turning amazon canopies into grasslands and become the biggest threat to latin america's largest predator jagger's are extinct in several of their former domains with only $200.00 left in argentina's wild. other jaggers will join murray was throughout this year the adult cats will be monitored using collars the g.p.s. for data collection. which argues at the top of the food chain their presence in

the wild is important without these beautiful big cats other animals plants and trees may not survive. a look at the main stories this hour a race to vaccinate the world against coven 1000 is raising concern that poor nations are being left behind as rich countries rush to secure supplies johnson and johnson has announced trial results for the 1st single dose coronavirus vaccine with 66 percent efficacy the american company nowak said that its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u.k. trials and the e.u. has now approved astra zeneca as john faull.