i mean as we listen to the only music you hear is your own the most beautiful music in the world the silence we meet with the global news makers and tweet about the stories that matter just 0. if we want. and if we're not sure. what will be major problems the world health organization calls for family and free access to covert 19 vaccines as wealthy nations argue over the supply in europe. for them or a kyle this is ounces or live from doha also coming up and overwhelmed health

system forces senegal to depend on medical students and turn prisons into coronavirus treatment centers. shares in the retail game stop continue to rise in call of market gestures as amateur investors take on wall street giants. and activists in argentina lend their support to protest leaders and poland in their fight for abortion rights. the world health organization has urged countries competing for vaccine supplies to think about the situation in less developed nations. like ryan's as wealthy nations are fighting about the cake when poor regions don't have access to the crumbs and follows the aid use moved to impose export controls of covert 1000 vaccines after a dispute with astra zeneca about supplies which are a case b. has more. the irish border a flash point during break that talks was for several hours on friday at the center

of a growing ground over vaccines the european commission has now reversed a decision to impose export controls on vaccines from the republic of ireland to newton island speaking before the e.u. 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 a strictly targeted measure that will allow us to gods are accurate information about the production of slack 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 doses promised by 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 be reported and france has closed its borders to most known you travel victoria gate and be al-jazeera on the w.h.o. and repeatedly warned so-called vaccine nationalism will hamper access to jobs in developing countries if we hold vaccines and if we are not sharing there will be sorry major problems one isolated it will be a catastrophe more than failure and 2 it keeps the pandemic burning and 3 very slow economic global economic recovery. so it's morally wrong in terms of

the problem if you don't tell. it wouldn't also bring livelihoods spec is what we want. to begin it's vaccination program shortly only a handful of nations in africa begun covert 19 not kill asians and there are fears the constant is being left behind in the fight to stop the pandemic 6 of the 10 countries in the world with the fastest rising infections are in africa malawi is number 2 on that list cases that doubled in just 2 weeks from nearly 10000 on january 14th to more than 22000 africans kovan $1000.00 mortality rate is now higher than the rest of the world at 2.5 percent the global average is 2.2 percent there is some good news however the african union has secured a deal for another 400000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine but it could take up to 3 years or vaccinate 60 percent of the constants 1300000000 people which is the threshold needed for vaccines to work well health officials in senegal's like over

1000 variants are fueling a surge in infections its health system is overwhelmed a medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors their close hug reports from the capital dhaka. 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 was stuff again till anon tops he was carried out he now pictures him all 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 coronavirus 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 the new very late variant from the u.k. has been detected in the country it's the mantra of poor 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 in 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. well mexico says it will be importing the astra zeneca vaccine from india and it's already begun giving out the fines of tech shots to its people present manual lopez obrador says he's also expecting deliveries of russia's sputnik vaccine next week obrador tested positive for covert 1000 a week ago says his health is improving. and mexico now has the 3rd highest number of cova 900 deaths in the wild and 156000 the pandemic has caused the worst economic slump since the great depression of the 1930 s.

when the reports from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different family saying their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them were for coated the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 for covert and 2 normal funeral services so it's a big increase in deaths because of coated. over the past month the death toll in mexico has risen dramatically and on thursday the country overtook india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world even more sort of general get if we keep on going like this will be the 1st in the world for deaths a piece of advice that people keep on looking after themselves use face masks use hand follow orders from the government because if not we'll be 1st in the world. in

the mexican capital hospitals or nearing their occupancy limits many are already full for months mexico city ambulance drivers have been reporting difficulties finding hospitals with available beds now 11 months into the covert 900 pandemic many fear the public health system is nearing collapse. this week mexico's president and the. other was tested positive for the virus and has since been out of the public eye here. let me just close with a general report as we do every day about the health of president and just manuel lopez obrador has had some brief and let the besides of fever practically none of the discomfort. president lopez over the top has been widely criticized for downplaying the severity of the outbreak in his country. and the still worsening death toll highlights the enormous challenge mexico continues to face intervene contagion. al-jazeera mexico city.

military says it will abide by the constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to qut the army previously said it could take action and action if it's allegations of fraud in november's election were not addressed the governing n l d party called on the military to accept the will of the people more than a dozen countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have to adhere to democratic norms game stops shares shot up again on friday and the latest twist in the wall street saga has drawn the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media uses a video game retailers stock has risen by around 70 percent or in back most of thursday's losses to investors have been pushing up the prizes in a bid to damage hedge funds to make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses christen salumi reports. didn't have a follow up 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 gil and his followers were jubilant so what an incredible day and pick and that's what it is it's the 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 or hedge fund so we're really unprecedented. in order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had a few limited by. the starts some traders dispute that but experts say eventually prices will fall rabbit he is real this will eventually normalized but he made a number of major the. institutions go belly up as a result. 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 month and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york. still ahead here on al-jazeera why there is a rising number of afghans seeking refuge from violence and the taliban and the government are talking peace. and all the world's a stage and this there's a truth in florida how it's been in the arts alive even join at the label pandemic .

you can tell the rainy season is coming to us and how it's functioning from the point of view frequency in dips of showers in a good part of malaysia and even indonesia the focus on the heavy stuff is further east and further south very few shots of any significance see mark in the philippines we still got them in sumatra in the afternoon but they're not everywhere and we certainly got in showing up to say further south and if you cross the equator which affecting a straight and indeed fiji as a tropical low in western australia that's producing flooding in well the kimberley plateau and then to the east over suva just coming in now is tropical cyclone and that ahead of it is already already been flooding in fiji is core to when you when it does not quite makes the status of the equivalent of hurrican for example so windy and wet on its way through fiji has produced. but it would use a minor when divers acres further south missing talk about the same time of the mainland his the rain falling steadily in western australia warms back in queens

and birds was a force to all 43 where background a sense will values further south adelaide to 26 and cities about the same as an amish or breeze producing a few showers and there's yet more rain to come in the middle of new south wales. on counting the cost the world's richest monarch and the protests to reform the institution how much is thailand's king work is the u.a.e. the next state to exit out back and coffee farmers in colombia struggling to recruit like. counting the cost on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across them with my to hamley take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter.

hello again you're with al-jazeera has remind you of our top stories this hour the world health organization is warning against hoarding coronavirus vaccine supplies it follows that a use move to impose export controls on vaccines manufactured in the block that controls were affected nearly 100 countries. health officials in senegal say coated 1000 variants are fueling a surge in infections his health system is overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors. and game stops shares of songs off again the video game retailer stock has risen by around 70 percent gaining back most of thursday's losses nervous investors have been pushing up prices in

a bid to damage hedge funds. the united nations says more than 200000 people have fled violence in central african republic in the past 2 months the military backed by un peacekeepers and russian and rwandan troops have been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to overturn december's presidential election barbara has more. the small town of undo in the democratic republic of congo used to be home to less than 15000 people it's now sheltering 30000 refugees from the central african republic they crossed this river in dugout canoes after their homes were attacked by armed groups who visited our very own farm. i fled with just a kid i took my children am a little sisters and i ran away i got in the canoe and i came here. the united nations says more than 200000 people have a skate province in central african republic in the past 2 months and tens of

thousands of displaced inside the country the lack of support for the political process leads directly to 200000 people men women and children fleeing for their. lives and seeking refuge in countries that have or themselves in crisis and we also need to know the hospitality of the population of the democratic republic of the congo of chad of other places most refugees arrived here with nothing the u.n. says conditions a dire there's not enough food or housing the rivers a main source of water for drinking washing and cooking grates of malaria despair tree infections and diarrhea a common see here given the huge logistical constraints it's very difficult to get humanitarian assistance into this area but we are very aware that the needs of the refugees we have seen enormous. violence has escalated since elections last month which the political opposition says were raked the armed groups say the government

must go un peacekeepers russian mass nerys and rwandan troops support the government a former prime minister has described the situation in the country as apocalyptic african presidents meeting in angola have called for a ceasefire and urged the armed groups to stop the in circumvent of the capital bangui these refugees have no idea when it will be safe to go home but while they wait they desperately need help to survive barbara and get out of sarah. and prime minister the democratic republic of congo has resigned following a no confidence vote in parliament a move allows president felix or shady to appoint a new premier enables him to remove his princesses allies and push through his own policies katie took office in 2019 isn't and has been frustrated by a coalition government with joseph campaigners allies. at least 8 afghan security

force personnel have been killed in a car bomb attack that happened in the north eastern province of non-god hearts the taliban's claim of response but claimed responsibility for the attack that reportedly targeted a near a military base while the attack comes 2 days after the pentagon said the taliban was not living up to promises made in a deal last year to reduce violence the rise in bloodshed has prompted a new exodus of afghans and has shattered the hope that the war could soon end fear contra fury reports from kabul. it was a morning in kabul that most afghans cannot forget in late november the capital was attacked using dozens of rockets for no weed he's wife and 3 children it was too much. grabbed one child and i grabbed another i forgot my daughter on the blanket i was out in the corridor and it was very rockets were flying everywhere my children are traumatized and when someone closes the door hard they get scared they

think that rockets are fired they run out of the room and. we're living on the top floor and god forbid if a rocket hits this place we also put plastic on our windows to keep ourselves safe there's an explosion. now we'd works in afghanistan repairing air conditioners. that morning he decided to leave afghanistan he's taking his family across the hazardous iranian border where he says thousands more i waiting to cross illegally and move for their west with most of his relatives already out of the country he says he's forced to do the same. i prefer to die in crossing the border but not here to be killed like this he don't know if i lose a hand on me or a foot i also fear that my kids will stop after my death by leaving we know that we're at least going in a direction and we have hope as they say if there is hope there is life despite the koran

a virus pandemic business is still booming for agencies assisting those who can afford to legally apply for a visa to another country an afghan passport is viewed poorly in many countries and foreign embassies have strict rules on issuing visas for afghans for many the united states visa lottery is their only chance to reach the west applications from afghanistan for the u.s. lottery almost doubled in 2020 reaching more than 120000. if someone's family members or relatives go to another country and they see all that comfort and peace and their children in peace they call the rest of their families and encourage them to leave when they come here for the 1st 2nd and 3rd time they definitely decide to migrate. the rising insecurity has forced many to close their businesses or move them to another country poverty and crime are rising and when night falls fear reigns in the afghan capital. this is what kabul looks

like at 730 at night with not much of a tricity in many parts with most stores closed and few people. other than afghan security personnel a recent wave of targeted assassinations and threats is also forcing many of ghana's stands most educated people to leave and peace talks between the government and the taliban in doha have stalled. after they started the negotiations the ones has increased if we have hope why should we leave our country why should we accept the risk of this journey because my children in the morning and they asked me to bring something for them after work but i told them let's go now and buy that for you now because i don't know if i will be coming. and so no weed and his family are joining the thousands to cross those mountains and to look for peace in what they hope will be their final destination europe contraflow al-jazeera kabul

portugal's parliament has possible or to legalize doctor assisted suicide was it subject to strict regulations only people who are above the age of 18 or terminally ill and suffering from the last thing and unbearable pain will be able to request assistance i also must pay says those or legal residents of portugal and mentally fit to make the decision. as being the 3rd night of protests in poland sparked by a court ruling that makes abortion illegal in almost all cases thousands defied coronavirus instructions to attend rallies and several cities elect here brian reports. these protesters say they're marching for freedom and equality they want women to have the right to choose what's best for their bodies and their babies and their dogs the court ruling means i don't want to have any more children for the moment in poland because i want to have the choice i do

not want to run the risk of having to watch my baby die in excruciating pain or have a stillborn. pollens constitutional court ruled in october to ban abortions in cases of facial disorders even those that are severe facial a ruling which came into force on wednesday it's one of the most restrictive laws in europe only allowing the procedure in cases of rape and incest or if the mother's life is at risk doctors performing illegal abortions will face a prison sentence. that's what women should have the right to decide their own bodies not the government and certainly not the church. activists accuse the governing conservative law and justice party of putting pressure on the court which it denies but that hasn't stopped anger over the ruling escalating into the largest protest movement in decades. after getting up in the capital in warsaw they were scuffles with police who fired tear gas at the crowds some say the security forces

are trying to intimidate them into keeping quiet. it's a tragedy for our country that 30 years after the fall of communism have to fight for freedom again the protests are being watched closely hof a world away in argentina women there gained a victory last month when the senate voted to allow abortion up to 14 weeks the largest south american country to do so activists say they're sharing strategies online. the fact that we are reference in terms of empowerment and the building of strength is very exciting i think that if we could we could get on a plane and we would be on the front man with them supporting guys the green scarves that became the symbol of argentina's abortion rights movement being handed out in poland. as a source of inspiration a reminder not to give up. on al-jazeera. it was william

shakespeare who wrote all the world's a stage and with countless there's his around the world still shot some performers are taking that famous phrase even more literally than before and a gaga reports from miami. just like every city across the world miami is 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 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 and that kind of way but also where literally bringing people back to miami beach in a safe way laugh line you know throughout the productions run actors follow strict code protocols 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 in covert pretty good is a very real thing miami new drama is doing that is not just reviving the arts safely grow for 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 and making things happen with the current. and i hope it keeps going. how far people have time for fear i don't know if they're looking to tell everybody yes perhaps while the immediate future of live entertainment remains in flux here at least is proof that the show can go on. and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. go without is there these are our top stories the world health organization is warning against hoarding coronavirus vaccine supplies and follows the use move to impose export controls on vaccines many factions in the blog controls will affect nearly 100 countries.