but a new generation is fighting fire with the recent fire which you don't want to see . never again part of the radicalized series on al-jazeera. europe's export controls on vaccines made in the bloc leads to heightened tensions with the united kingdom. and given elvis is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an overwhelmed health system forces senegal to depend on medical students and turn prisons and to covert 19 treatments it is. chairs and gaming retailer game stop continue to

rise and cause market chases is amateur investors take on a wall street titans plus. i thought i would have to be driven out of a. letter any interest in our. we speak to those determined to stay in hong kong despite china's growing crackdown on the city's free to. be used move to impose export controls on vaccines on the irish border has provoked a furious diplomatic row northern ireland's 1st minister described this as an incredible act of hostility within hours there was a u. turn from brussels but the export ban will still apply to the rest of the u.k. and could bulk millions of doses for the reports. the irish border a flashpoint during break that talks was for several hours on friday at the center of a growing. over vaccines the european commission has now reversed

a decision to impose export controls on vaccines from the republic of ireland to northern ireland but speaking before the e.u.'s climbdown northern ireland's 1st minister said it amounted to the imposition of a border this is an incredibly hostile and aggressive act by the european union bloc for years we were told after the european union referendum vote that there couldn't be a hard border on the island of ireland and in one fell swoop they have put that hard border n.p.'s the catalyst for the diplomatic storm with new rules announced in brussels to control vaccine movement out of the e.u. the commission has adopted strictly targeted measures that will allow us to gaza or accurate information about the production of flux since and where manufacturers intend to ship them. the measure is time limited and specifically applies not in vaccines that were agreed to by advanced purchase agreements it follows days

of disagreement between the e.u. and astra zeneca the company's vaccine was authorized for use across europe on friday a month after it was approved in the u.k. 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. member states but 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 blames production problems at some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the $80000000.00 doses promised the e.u. has decided to impose export controls on only vaccine stocks made in its territory and while the brow rages on the measures to deal with the pandemic are intensifying

germany has announced that from saturday it will ban travel from several countries like me taishan said being reported and france has closed its borders to most known you travel victoria gate and be al-jazeera. the approval process is beginning in europe for 2 new vaccines from drug companies know the vax and johnson and johnson trials have shown novak's to be 89 percent effective the e.u. is indigo to place all its johnson and johnson's inoculation was found to be 66 percent effective with a single jab but both vaccines produced weak it results against the more infectious south african strain. health officials in the west african nation of senegal's their covert 19 variants are fueling a surge of infections its health system is completely overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors because all proport from the capital dakar. if only the dead could speak says up to juve then the living would know of the pain and

distress caused by coronavirus jew for isn't even aware that cove in $1000.00 killed his 40 year old friend with stuff like gay until an autopsy was carried out he now pictures him alone and gasping for air in a hospital corridor. died in very difficult circumstances he fell ill at home after he got treatment he died we were later told he got the corona virus in the hospital and that's what killed him. senegal like many other african countries is going through a 2nd wave of infections dr abdulai buso was in charge of the government response says the trends don't look good then you very little variant from the u.k. has been detected in the country it's the mantra to poorest people to respect. and . it's critical for people to respect it a curfew is in place and both public and private gatherings are banned but many

people aren't following the restrictions allowing the virus to spread rapidly to many patients not enough hospitals before the pandemic the senegalese health system was already overstretched now authorities are turning prisons into treatment centers faced with an increased case of infections and whilst the government is praising medical staff with public messages that like this one there aren't enough doctors to keep the health system running. to make up for this shortage the government has drafted in medical students to work in the wards and treat patients but they are not qualified and are still learning why you want to overwhelmed and being sent to all types of wards some days i'm a cardiologist in the front just a gynecologist i'm asked to do it all. will be months before most african countries get access to vaccines with health experts predicting the outbreak will only get

worse causing many more deaths before it can be contained because hawke al-jazeera the car. game stop shares shot up again on friday the latest twist to no wall street saga that strong the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media uses video game retailers stock has risen by about 70 percent drawing back most of the savings losses and mature investors have been pushing up the prices in a bid to damage hedge funds who make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses christian salumi or. he didn't have a job it's a question neither the president nor his treasury secretary appear able to answer what to do about a market in turmoil institutional investors are facing billions of dollars in losses as small time investors organized on social media and trading on apps like robin hood continue to drive their preferred stocks values higher and higher game

stop a struggling retail chain that was considered overvalued by so-called experts at $40.00 a share ended the week trading at $315.01 of the main drivers of the frenzy is keith gill known to most through his you tube channel roaring kitty he was recommending a game stop back in august last year game stop is an established uniquely positioned player not surprisingly this week gail and his followers were jubilant so what an incredible day and bake that's what it is it's a regular joes versus wall street. when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0 and i lose everything i like being a part of it and that sentiment is shared amongst a lot a lot of people despite claiming the quiddity problem is that the stock soared mid week the online trading app robin-hood back down from its controversial decision to block users from buying game stop shares after investors and politicians protested

some limits however were reimposed late friday we absolutely did not do this in the direction of the market maker. so we're really unprecedented. in order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had a limit by. the starts some traders dispute that but experts say eventually prices will fall rabbit he is real is will eventually normalized but he made a number of major and. 'd institutions go belly up as a result and i don't think there's to be a whole lot of sympathy these are these are not like the good guys regulators at the securities and exchange commission say they are monitoring the situation and will act to protect retail investors still others are expressing concern that this frenzied trading will hurt the broader market which saw its worst week in months

and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. the hong kong government says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas or be a no passport hours after china made the same announcement the move comes into effect on sunday the same day b n o holders can apply for a special visa to move to the u.k. as adrian brown reports many a determined to stay even as china moves to rapidly curtail the city's freedoms. the music video promoting a message of harmony in a community where politics have been badly out of tune. let's move forward no matter what go the lyrics let's share the new economy. the songs called endless possibilities and was written by linda chan he's a technology entrepreneur and doesn't intend on joining a growing exodus to the u.k. we can see for 5 years already more more peaceful when people become friendly to

each other again despite their political believe and couple with the fighting of the cold we have a common target to work together chan is also a government advisor and supports china's recent imposition of a new national security law which he maintains has restored order like many other businessmen here then a chant believes that hong kong's future is dependent on close economic integration with the mainland pointing to the chinese government's bold plan to link this city with 10 others in southern china creating a vast innovation cluster that some say could one day rival silicon valley. that's not why and has decided to stay the academic says her reasons are rooted in culture and identity. it's not easy if you have to give up your identity and adapt to a new one it's very different if one is relocating for work but if you are moving to

another country thinking of becoming a citizen or national of a different nation there is a lot to put down. like her parents who was born here part of a south asian community numbering more than 80000 she's brand manager for a hotel chain owned by her family after he has the security of a british passport but as yet has no plans to go i thought i would have to be driven out of hong kong literally into an hour hong kong is home and given everything that's happening it's still the best option in my opinion but like many other remain as she also feels uneasy about hong kong's future hong kong today is a different place i wouldn't say it's for the worse it's just different because any major global city changes that's what makes it a city but there is fear in the unknown and i believe that's what is causing

people to look at other option option options is the fear of the unknown. it's a fear of those who remain will also need to overcome adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. china has executed a former top banker found guilty of taking more than a quarter of a $1000000000.00 in bribes lies shelmon once lead one of china's biggest asset management firms hundreds of officials and executives have been prosecuted since president xi jinping launched an anti-corruption drive 2012. still ahead on al jazeera accused of stoking violence india's ruling party faces allegations that it incited fights that broke out simply on those protests. amid a crowd of ours all down the actors in playwrights in florida see an opportunity to keep doing what they know.

it's time for the perfect gentleman who went sponsored point qatar airways however that there is no shortage of wintry weather across northern parts of the middle east at the moment a lot of cloud driving ounce of to keep pushing further east was pushing towards the caspian sea we will see spells a snow across the eastern half of turkey some parts of turkey as well see some significant snowfall and that wet weather irakli across cyprus into that said he's in sort of the mediterranean into the levant says syria lebanon jordan looking very stormy as we go on through saturday some very very strong winds it is going to feel basically cold for many and that will drive its way further east was as we go on through sunday more snow this and the over the high ground we have flooding problems already to northern parts of syria far northwest of iraq more that wintry mix pushing in as we go on through sunday for the south is a good deal kwassa

a good job right so there will be a brisk wind around the gulf for a time on saturday but those winds east down through sunday to just here in doha at around 22 degrees celsius that dry weather that will stretch its way down across the whole of africa but plenty of us once again just around the rift valley will see some heavy showers into kenya into tanzania pushing into southern parts of africa as well as show us all the way down is that eastern side the south africa. spoke to qatar airways told. the only 0 we know this tell us of when a case was for the company and compensated civilians when we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silent we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that will go to 0. from the favelas of caracas to the battlefields around also i would job is to get

to the truth and the power people through knowledge to boot. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the european union has reversed a decision to impose export controls across of ours vaccines made within the block to the u.k. which would have a vote in emergency calls in the great city the controls would have prevented vaccines from entering the u.k. through northern ireland. drug companies novak's and johnson and johnson have introduced 2 new vaccines to fight the pandemic johnson and johnson's inoculation is a single shot jab the both produced weaker results on the more infectious south african

strain. game stop shares have shot up again the stock has risen by around 70 percent clawing back most of the says losses amateur investors have been pushing up the prices in a bit damaged hedge funds who profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses. more than a dozen countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged me in ma to stick to democratic norms as international concern grows over a possible coup the military made claims of irregularities in november's election which saw on sons of cheese governing party won a majority of seats in parliament elections commission rejected the allegations of the army says it may take action if its complaints are not addressed wins or who is executive director of the me ma institute for peace and security he says the government is currently holding talks with the army to defuse tensions. but right now the threat has become serious we have been informed that the government of the

military having negotiations section yesterday sure for the result has not been coming yet but i like it or the coupes happening happened in the end or in the past the military. it was like a warning several times letting the government and the public know they are concerned at work action they might take or they may not take a horrible in the streets in other parts of me any more we did us see significant military been yuval deck could precipitate the military coup by what we saw in the past. the us has a new special envoy for iraq robert malley will be tasked with navigating one of the most controversial foreign policy files facing the bought an administration he'll be in charge of washington's efforts to revive the nuclear deal with tehran

after it was abandoned under former president trump a diplomatic editor james bays reports he now has one of the most important roles in global diplomacy rob malley who's been serving as the head of the think tank the international crisis group is a veteran diplomat. he was one of the members of the obama administration who brokered the iran nuclear deal his job according to the new u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan will be to focus on the nuclear agreement 1st and then to deal with the other issues the u.s. has within it we need to get that to diplomacy a political. box that were created by which to barrel. personnel and in the region any europe and elsewhere to genuinely mother see if. it was the solution my fellow americans president trump called it the worst steel in history pulled the u.s.

out of the nuclear deal in 2018 in an interview for talk to al-jazeera in 2019 mr malley told me he believed that was a big mistake iran is now itself moving away from the deal so its nuclear activities are worse than they were under the deal so far having a better deal having a worse actual situ reality and 2nd just listen to what the us administration itself is saying iran is escalating its behavior in the its it's anti-american behavior in the region since the us pulled out things of further unraveled iran has slowly renee don't the conditions of the agreement and the terms plant is believed to now be enriching uranium to the level of 20 percent much less than weapons grade 90 percent but much greater than the 3.67 percent allowed under the deal with not only does mr malley have a very tough job potentially he also has a very tight deadline to get things done the u.s.

elections may be over but the presidential elections in iran take place in june. there are hardliners in iran who want to abandon all efforts at diplomacy with the u.s. molly will face many critics at home on capitol hill where most republicans oppose the nuclear deal. and abroad where some of the most powerful countries in the middle east saudi arabia the united arab emirates and israel are strongly against further negotiation jamesburg. of the united nations kenya imposed the world's strictest ban on plastic 4 years ago but environmentalist fear the country is now under pressure to weaken its results are quiet 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 tongue collecting not clear plastics he could make about $4.00 on a good day. maybe. 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 kenya's plastics problem is about to get much worth 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 will keep years 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 we you know would be good for your side but not for other countries so i'm twisting 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

a 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. not allowed to buy sort of. a cloud that will allow us to be used for the last. 10 years already struggling to deal with its own growing plastic waste the environmentalist say more plastics and more dumping would be disastrous malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. supporters of india's governing b.j. are being accused of stoking violence toward protesting farmers the internet's been blocked in march of one state after fighting broke out of one of the protest camps

the farmers want the government to scrap new laws they say will ruin their livelihoods alexia bryan reports. at the single crossing in the outskirts of india's capital new delhi protesting farmers face off against groups of men who are shouting slogans against them. some farmers are seen calling for calm but police fire tear gas and use their betterness with force because. tensions been rising since tuesday india's republic day in the farmers major tractor rally culminated in these scenes at new delhi's famous red fort authorities blame some of the farmers for instigating the violence. from the mayor my government has always respected freedom of expression and holding of peaceful protests and a democratic set up however the recent acts of dishonoring the national flag and

showing disrespect to the or suspicious occasion of the republic day are unfortunate that. the opposition boycotted the president's speech in solidarity with the farmers who accuse supporters of the governing be j.p. of causing the recent on rist both in the protest camps and at the red fort the family did not have any plan to get into the city or who will go red or on further than. the family. they don't use religious symbols so this is clearly a conspiracy and what you saw today at the seawall is a continuation of the conspiracy. the farmers have been holding leases homes for 2 months they want the government to scrap last i'm dead modernizing the industry the farmers. believe the changes only benefit to big business and will damage their livelihoods there's been increasing pressure to close down the protest sites on

thursday night extra police were sent to one site on the other side of the capitol at poor kids but union leaders say any retreat would constitute a surrender and a call for action so fouls and more farmers arrive instead. to get made aware our leader cried for hope and him cried the farmers over india that is why we decided early this morning that the should come quickly that. the protests are the biggest challenge to prime minister nuri indra modi's government m a r 10 ago we like this government during the election us so we voted for them and now they are defaming us they are betraying us not the other way around the. they are promising to stay until the law was a repealed but talks with the government have so far been unsuccessful brian al jazeera it was william shakespeare of course who wrote all the walls a stage and with countless theaters around the world still shot some performers

a taking man famous phrase even more literally than before and the gallagher reports from miami. just like every city across the world miami's feeling the impact of the code 19 pandemic businesses normally bustling with activity now stand empty the inevitable impact of the deadly virus that i'll take note of the playwright and director michel housman see something else but in the crisis has been an opportunity to revive the arts in an unusual way we know that people are hungry to experience theater they're hungry to experience communion and so you know this idea what a way to do all that in a safe way the concept to turn vacant shop windows into 7 tiny stages is proved to be a big success or dns members socially distance wear masks and listen to each 10 minute play using headsets i thought it get tickets for those who work in the theater it's a chance to tread the boards in

a unique way and boost the local economy yes where doing theater yes where in 13 people yes where touching hearts in that kind of way but also where literally bringing people back to miami beach in a safe way blath winding down throughout the productions run actors follow strict code protocols they regularly tested and those who perform together also isolate together every performance is sold out money that helps the nonprofit theatre company survive over the past 12 months or so all of our lives have changed drastically and covert pretty good is a very real thing miami new drama is doing that is not just reviving the arts safely are also bringing people much needed entertainment as they pay for fresh produce for those starved of in person artistic entertainment this theatrical production and troubling times has been a hit it's been a while since anyone's been able to go to a show or see anything live in a long time so it's kind of cool to see people getting creative and doing things

outside in making things happen with the current. and i hope he keeps going. up other people that fantasy i don't know if they look at it tell everybody yes. well the immediate future of live entertainment remains in flux here at least is proof that the show can go on. and to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the european union has reversed a decision to use emergency measures to restrict exports of coronavirus vaccines to the united kingdom a better tract after a diplomatic growl over the move which would have prevented bank scenes from entering the u.k. through northern ireland. drug companies novak's and johnson and johnson have a.