investigations bring a face to face with the ill fated some of india's young women far the search for suitable husband continues and both their dreams come true must one overcome the other. deadline part of the viewfinder series on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. you're watching the news our life from a headquarters in doha i'm dating an alligator coming up in the next 60 minutes if we hold. and if we're not sure. it will be major problems concerns it may take years for a developing nations to get enough supplies of covert 1000 vaccines as rich countries or doses in europe squabbles about shortages and overwhelmed health

system forces senegal to depend on medical students and turn prisons into coronavirus treatment centers activists in argentina lend their support to protest leaders in poland and their fight for abortion rights flames of opportunity nigeria looks to make the most of its wasted natural gas. organizers of this trade in open tennis been given the green light to let inspectors up to $30000.00 fans will be allowed in each day for the grand slam which gets underway in just over a week's time in melbourne. welcome to the news hour the world health organization has urged countries competing for vaccine supplies to think about the situation in less developed nations the bodies emergency expert mike ryan says wealthy nations are fighting about the cake when

poor regions don't have access to the crumbs this follows that use moved to impose export controls of clover 1000 vaccines after a dispute with the anglo swedish firm astra zeneca about supplies the w.h.o. has 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 moral failure and 2 it keeps the pandemic bettany and 3 very slow economic global economic recovery so it's morally wrong in terms of arresting the pandemic it will tell. it wouldn't be spec is what we

want so that's the w.h.o. speaking earlier on let's take a look at the global effort to inoculate people as quickly as possible canada has ordered the most vaccines relative to its population but there's frustration about the rollout 2 major pharmaceuticals have delayed deliveries which means only about 2 percent of its people have received jobs so far new zealand has ordered enough to vaccinate its entire population 3 times but has not begun its campaign yet its promise to give free doses to neighboring pacific island nations then there's israel which is leading with the world's fastest vaccination rate more than 30 percent off its population just israelis have received at least one dose the european union is facing delivery problems making for a slow start less than 2 percent of its population is inoculated then you have the african continent because most stations there have yet to even begin their

vaccination drives and many lack the money to do so the african union says it could take 2 to 3 years to have 60 percent of africans vaccinated we can now speak to max lawson who's the head afic inequality policy at oxfam international is also an advocate for free and fair vaccine distribution he's joining us from london thanks for your time with us on the news hour so it doesn't sound like the vaccine distribution is free nor is it fair so how do you break this pattern. well i think it's extremely unfair you've got a situation where rich nations have bought enough to vaccinate their whole population 3 time zones far and yet the poorest countries they will be lucky if they manage to vaccinate one in 10 people by the end of this year that's that's that's insane and immoral but it also it's it prevents is getting to herd immunity and prevention is getting this disease under control and i think what's interesting

with what's happening at the e.u. at the moment and the story that should be told is that the reason we have the shortage use the reason there are not enough vaccines is because we have a system that is respecting the monopoly rights of pharmaceutical companies and their exclusive rights to make a profit so you have other vaccine producers who are not producing that things at the moment because only these companies have the right to do it so we're seeing shortages not just in africa but in canada because of the system of monopolies and so what we're saying and oxfam in the papers vaccine is we need to the e.u. and powerful rich nations to smash through this system of monopolies and patrons let's have open source vaccines let's have the technology shared let's let producers all over the world in india and south africa and brazil mass produce the safe and effective vaccines as fast as possible instead of these crazy system of

rationing which we're saying happening at the moment what do you say to those countries those richer in a sense that say they need to protect their own citizens and they're doing this for their own national interests. on hearing the you carry out lee parents i'm not saying for a 2nd that people in this country don't deserve the hope and the freedom from fear that a vaccine brings what we're saying is that now can be brought to all of africa one of the developing world if people aren't boris johnson joe biden slipped on the law and stopped respecting the profits of 5. of astra zeneca and insisted on mass production we want to vaccine for everyone and we don't want to situation when an elderly person in burma your means fighting against an elderly person senegal when we could have a vaccine for everyone so i think these are all too fishy to shortages artificial rationing because we are respecting profit as a people we know that there is

a global vaccine sharing scheme called kovacs that is meant to of course how people in poor countries how do you see that working and is it not enough i mean at this rate from what you're seeing with the return nations vaccinating their own populations 1st how long before the low income countries even starts to receive their 1st doses. what our calculations show that kind of facts which is a good thing. is that i want a means to vaccinate only 2 in 10 people in developing countries by the end of this year we think they will be very lucky if they manage to do so it's a good initiative but it's not nearly enough and it's certainly not going to get to that crucial demeaning before we see a situation which is already happening where the vaccine becomes less and less effective as we see more and more mutations of the virus all over the world this is a race against time it's in the interest of rich countries it's only a matter of months before their vaccine that they have

a holding start to become an effective means constraining mean that we have to start again so it's in everybody's interest to vaccinate the world rapidly and the way to do that is to have open source technology to let the world mass produce the sanction effective vaccines which were not paid for by pharmaceutical firms we have to be really clear that this was public investment public money that's paid for this recession development so there's no reason why these should become the private property saying every numerous multinational firms let's do this differently let's facts in the world let's have a people's vaccine and not a profit vaccine and max lawson we thank you very much for joining us from london. well hughes move to impose export controls as you've been hearing on coronavirus vaccines on the irish border has provoked a furious diplomatic dispute northern ireland's 1st minister described it as an incredible act of hostility and within hours there was a u.

turn from brussels but the export restrictions will still apply to the rest of the u.k. and could block millions of doses victoria gate b. has more on. the irish border a flashpoint 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 northern ireland but speaking before the east 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 you guys are accurate information about the production of slack since and where manufacturers intend to ship them. as a measure is time limited and specifically apply certain 19 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 is. the range of vaccines available to you and a 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 that 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 round 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 one country that's being hit hard by the pandemic as senegal. reports from its capital the car. 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 men trying to force people to respect. for us it. is 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 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 put it before we are overwhelmed and being sent to all types of wards some days i'm a cardiologist in the from a just a gynecologist i'm asked to do it or it will be months before most african countries get out. back with health experts predicting the outbreak get worse. before it. more head on the al-jazeera news hour including. we speak to those

determined to stay in hong kong despite china's growing crackdown on the territories for its. why there is a rising number of afghans seeking refuge from violence when the taliban and the government are talking. and we've got a report from brazil which is getting ready to host the biggest game in south africa and club football but behind closed doors. but 1st me and mars military says it will abide by the nation's constitution made concerns the armed forces might attempt a coup the army previously said it could take action if its allegations of fraud and november's election were not addressed the governing party called on the military to accept the will of the people more than a dozen countries including the u.s. on the u.k.

have urged me and more to add here to democratic norms. who's a diplomatic expert she's also a member of the rakhine advisory commission headed by the late kofi annan she's joining us from the hague thanks very much for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so what could have been happening behind the scenes to get the military to seemingly back down from wanting to seize power and abolish the constitution. thank you. for having me. that i've seen the d.d. military statement and it's you know provides some relief but it's still not it's still not clear what exactly it needs to climb down from or if it's a climb down from the takeover of government jobs well could. but the immediate cause of that recent don't she the outcome of the elections are not addressed in this statement but i i think that you know 1st of all the reaction of the people of myanmar themselves. who were really very very worried

about what was happening. and some of the international pressure may have helped to to a distaste meant it's quite dick likelike down for affordability tree. and it in a sense is that nets statements may have given people who have pressured gathered was prepared to go towards the cool but you know the people of myanmar deserve better than this kind of bullying and it's kind of heavy handed approach so would you say when the threat of a coup is now out of the question completely no i don't think so that is still there it's a it took it depends where you are going to pick you shoot off what it means to. to adhere to to the culture to ship but it i think they i think it's it's much less likely now but there are still many think is that they can do because the underlying issues here haven't been result rates so so what needs to be

done to sort of underlie to address these issues because of course the military itself alleges widespread fraud voter fraud in that election why is the military challenging the vote and getting involved. well it's always been all because 1st of all the military has no role to play in the electoral force process what it did is when we aren't it actually already when we got a constitution but it's stronger checks tactics that favor its proxy civilian parties that miller did badly in the process. but what's behind all of this is that the military appears to be concerned that its role will diminish under the next parliament and the next governments and parliament is that it is about to be sworn in next week the process of making of making in the us government is already underway and. more specifically you know the commander in chief of new and

forces is due to retire this year he's already way beyond the time and age and it's not unlikely that this seat that he is seeking to remain relevant in myanmar politics and wants to secure continued interest for himself and for some of his colleagues who are also retired or right when they get there thank you so much for speaking to us from the a you're welcome. now hong kong residents camp life for a new fees are offering a path to residency and citizenship in the u.k. starting on sunday hong kong's government though says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas or be n o passport hours after china made the same announcement but as adrian brown reports many are 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 choose. let's move forward no matter what because 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 the fight he is already more calm 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 challenge 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 she 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 literally into an hour long 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 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 at least 8 afghan security force personnel have been killed in a car bomb attack that happened in the northeastern province of 9 ghar ghar the taliban's claimed responsibility it reportedly targeted targeted at a nearby military base and the attack comes 2 days after the pentagon said the taliban was not living up to promises made in

a deal last year to would end soon so your country 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 we'd he's wife and 3 children it was too much more than are you going to get us the my wife grabbed one child and i grabbed another i forgot my daughter on the blanket i was out in the corridor and it was very bad 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 go downstairs 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 if there's an explosion. now weed 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 are waiting to cross

illegally and move further west with most of his relatives already out of the country he says he's forced to do the same. or prefer to die crossing the border but not here to be killed like this. i also feel that my kids are. leaving we know that we're at least going in a direction and we have hope. 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 outside other than afghan security personnel a recent wave of targeted assassinations and threats is also forcing many of ghana's stans 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 by that because i don't know if i will be coming back and so no weed in 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 contra fori al jazeera kabul portugal's parliament has passed a law to legalize doctor assisted suicide but it's subject to strict regulations only people who are above the age of 18 terminate you know and suffering from lasting and unbearable pain will be able to request assistance and they also must be citizens or legal residents of portugal and mentally fit to make the decision if

it's signed off by the president the nation will become just the 7th country in the world to legalize euthanasia. there's been a 3rd night of protests in poland sparked by a court ruling that makes abortion illegal in almost all cases thousands there 5 coronavirus restrictions to attend rallies in several cities alexey o'brien 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. we've been getting in the capitol 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 to fight for freedom again the protests are being watched closely hof a world away in argentina women gained

a victory last month when the senate voted to allow abortion up to 14 weeks the largest south american come. free to do so activists say they're sharing strategies online literally 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 painting we would be on the front line with them supporting that 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. still ahead on the al-jazeera news our shares in game stop continue to rise and cause market jitters as amateur investors take on a wall street giants we look at how threads made from copper could help to provide an additional layer of protection in the battle against covert 19 men and

a philadelphia $76.00 ers continue their impressive form in the n.b.a. peter will be here with the action in sports. once again the influence of the atlantic where the stormy weather is going to be overall change i think for western europe going from cold and snowy to rather mild and wet now it's already happened through space where at the very bottom we had record warmth out of country up to about 30 degrees ass cause been swept these woods and moderated and sunday is going to see that show itself as rain from the west coast of greece up through the nation coast was no up in the balkans. the changes taking place in london passes with us northern edge calls so pot agrees

represents that rainy area which is slow to move as temperatures don't change is montenegro and the coast off the adriatic london that northern edge eventually the had to get through office cup the roll days 10 degrees on tuesday but in the rain so that's a slow progress that means a lot of wet snow fall in the outs and proper dry snow falls in for example kiev minus 3 degrees a nice likely warm will not if you cold it will in berlin there be some snow the knolls in germany but a rain will still affect algeria of the on shore breeze but it's pretty hot for the south particularly in nigeria. my it could be the biggest land grab in history. as powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean $21.00 geologists are secretly plotting new

borders. as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists and speak out. oceans manakin on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is investigative unit goes undercover tracking down an international organized crime network. is now a nickel i'm glad. so glad they were exposing direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government. the fact. that. al-jazeera investigations all the prime minister's man. moon. oh. oh.

hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news our world health organization is warning against hoarding coronavirus vaccine supplies it follows the use moved to impose export controls on vaccines manufactured in the block the controls will affect nearly 100 countries health officials in senegal sake over 1000 variants are fueling a surge in infections its health system is overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors i mean mars military says it will abide by the country's constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to coax the governing and out and i'll be party has called on the military to accept the results of november's election. mexico now has the 3rd highest number of covert 900 deaths in

the world more than 156000 the pandemic has also caused the worst economic slump since the great depression of the 1930 s. when you are up all the reports from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different feeling seeing their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them with a covert the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 cave it 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 over 2. india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world for humans is even marketed to middle going to if we keep on going like this we 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 joe follow orders from the government because if not will 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 code 19 pandemic many fear the public health system is nearing collapse. this week mexico's president and this man to elope is over the water tested positive for the virus. president lobe is over the top has been widely criticized for downplaying the severity of the outbreak in his country. the still worsening death toll highlights the enormous challenge mexico continues to face intervene contagion. al-jazeera mexico city can have those imposing tougher travel restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the more contagious strains of coverage 19 next week returning travelers will have to quarantine in hotels at their own expense canadian

airlines are also halting flights to mexico and the caribbean to discourage vacationers provinces have been urging the federal government to clamp down on travel as the country struggles with a 2nd wave of infections. dozens of endangered wild elephants are being sold at an auction in namibia despite appeals by conservation groups the government put 170 elephants for sale saying the nation has too many needs to reduce conflict between the animals and humans namibia has been its conservation drive in the past the government says elephant numbers have jumped from 7500 in 1905 to around 240-2019 but the national park rescue charity says the vast majority of those are migratory herds which means the baby is elephant population is much smaller and the group accuses the auction of being linked to corruption in a continent that's lost 95 percent of its population in the last 100 years john

is an environmental investigative reporter in namibia he says conflicts between humans and elephants are relatively rare in the region. it likely will greatly reduce the genetic diversity because they has been. somewhat systematic over emptying or of especially the bulls in all of these free of aging populations. it also has very serious questions about the actual number of elephants we have in the movie because. it is admitted that the greater part of this claimed loss population is basically a migrate to the population. which means that we basically sitting on neighbors' addison's most of these elephants effect on if you know track beyond. elephant 2 frames that separates namibia from what's on and the most recent quadrant they say and you know removing the last 3 right to population out of the box i think

a is not really in the interest of conservation long what if they were to be a 3 fold increase in a given book a lesson as they basically busted it since 95 we should have seen at least a commensurate increase in a number of human elephant conflicts with balls and that's not been the case at all while i've been reporting on this you know whole mahler 30 years now and what we've seen this is you know a dwindling and it don't die out off such reports he once twice a year perhaps we have reports of elephants causing a problem somewhere but there's never been a 3 to human life in recent months. for more than half a century the practice of gas flaring doubts the burning of gas produced as a byproduct of oil extraction affected the lives of thousands of people in nigeria and now the government wants to pass

a bill to tackle the issue and raise new revenue from the wasted natural gas al-jazeera has this report from the niger delta. they do oppose the community has been living in the shadows of 3 gas flare point 6970. people here say the players damaged their lives and livelihoods. everywhere. our roofs don't last. crops cannot probably. no good water. but it life has moved because of the tide goes in. for us to get fish and i would i have to do more than the. 10 miles. he says compensation paid to some has done little to ease their pain. and they aren't alone fires like these birds throughout nigeria's oil rich delta. oil

companies still find it more convenient to burn away the gas even though it could be used to generate electricity an estimated printer 3000000 cubic meters of gas is being flared every day from 174 points like this costing nigeria about a $1000000000.00 annually the government says it's a waste and if stopped could add $3000.00 megawatts of electricity in a country that to struggling to generate $4000.00 megawatts. because of the difficulty in enforcing a total ban in 2019 nigeria launched an ambitious project to increase domestic use of gas and export this it hopes will cut the waste and save lives and the environment the fact that it's in better mentally friendly it is cheap you know. never was quick industrialization and growth and we didn't. feel out of time he said it's an issue where we can continue to lead men and that's why this project will do 2 things one is to deliver on previous attempts to have a trust african got 5 plan which will deliver the military to europe and also to

deepen the gas consumption country in boosting domestic consumption government is also promoting the use of compressed natural gas in vehicles but the most effort is to see a drastic reduction in gas flaring we are actually giving out those flares to people to manage and we believe that. be able to take care of all the gas flares within the next few years you identified it got you interested in your bid for it and if you win we give it to you so you can now. commercialize the gas. that would. be in fled and then of course bring some value to the economy. the government is hoping that the petroleum industry bill in parliament for 20 years or so and attract more investments in oil and gas. that will further boost gas utilization and help minimize flaring until then

communities like. me have to live with the damage caused by the guest players blazing at their doorstep. and it will nigeria. game stop sarah shot up again on friday the latest twist in a wall street that's drawn the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media users the video game retailer stock has risen by around 70 percent clawing back most of thursday's losses 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 kris's salumi reports . didn't stop 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 pick 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 starks some traders dispute that but experts say eventually prices will fall rhapsody is real this will eventually normalized but we may see a number of major in. 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 months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al jazeera new york still had on the al-jazeera news hour all the world's a stage for this bitter trip and florida how it's keeping the arts alive even during the global pandemic and we have action from the america's cup challenger series and these ilands stories coming up with peter and sports. frank assessments you go colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines. inside story on al-jazeera.

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hello again chile's utilized its copper industry in the fight against corona virus as the world struggles to deal with a new wave of infections the country has a large number of products on the market made of copper which some say can provide protection but there's question as to how effective the mineral. reports from santiago. they say necessity is the mother of invention. and nowadays nothing seems more necessary than finding novel ways to combat covert $91.00 option being applauded by judy's government is a formula that uses copper to destroy the virus clearly see that it would take to congratulate you for senators in your 331 stores with nano copper particles this is a major step in protecting staff and customers the strong anti microbial properties

of copper which can destroy viruses bacteria and fungus are well known especially here in chile the world's number one copper producer. a firm called the copper company has been developing copper impregnated textiles for the last 7 years. in its entangle factory copper ion threads a woven into the fabric but how effective is called her specifically against coping 19 and then that you see it on and see a good analysis conducted by the immunology lubber tree of the university of burning switzerland demonstrates that 5 minutes after coming in contact with the fabric 84.8 percent of the viruses are limited and after 2 hours 9. 5 percent. according to the study commissioned by the company copper ions destroy the membrane of the virus they are my neutralizing it took us a mind to get out. of the good it the cop was integrated into our different

products we've developed a line that includes face mollusks sheets for hospital bed scraps for medical staff . as well as south covers for taxi seats to prevent infections. but there are still some questions about the overall efficacy of copper infused products such as this face mask so the scientists argue that one migratory findings are very promising it may be less so out here on the street or in hospital so we need more information to see how it works in real life before we can recommend it broadly but it's a very interesting and really edits route very simple idea. that for most everything related to the novel virus nothing is yet certain yet the bet is that these golden threads of copper could provide a welcome additional layer of protection. you see in human al-jazeera santiago.

time for an update on the sports news with peter thank you very much we'll start with something we've not seen too much of in the last 12 months up to 30000 fans a day will be allowed in to watch the australian open tennis that's around 50 percent of the usual attendance for the grand slam which starts on february 8th in melbourne the limits will drop to $25000.00 for the last 6 days of the tournament because they are few matches it's all been signed off by the state of victoria. over the following dice we'll have up to 390000 people here at melbourne park and that's about 50 percent of the average over the last 3 years so you know it will not be. the side as the last few years but it will be the most significant international event we've crowds that the world has seen for many many months more than a 1000 people including players and they. were required to undergo 14 days of corentin

on their arrival in australia most were at least able to train but $72.00 players were in full lockdown confined to their hotel rooms because of positive cases on their flights we've given 9 days between the coming out of court when i really have to play excuse me play the australian open so that period of time while it may in athletes' mind not be perfectly ideal it is enough of a period of time to get as ready as you possibly can be but it will be no different to inclement weather stopping training or to someone having you know been a bit sick and having to take a few days out so i think we have done a great job in creating the best possible environment and under the circumstances that we're in. so they will be fans of the tennis but that won't be the case at the final of a couple of it all days later the biggest game in south american football is being played at brazil's iconic american our stadium but because of the pandemic it will take place behind closed doors monica yant kinney of reports from rio de janeiro.

this is football as it usually is in brazil fans bidding farewell to players before historic game between by a mere dozen centers in the final of the cup by the better do it is to top presumed teams battling for the biggest prize in south american club football the american man stadium in rio de janeiro you would expect they'd be greeted by big crowds of supporters but no with today's covert 19 restrictions there's just a handful of anybody's match on which the 3 it's very said that no friends are present in a game as big as this one both teams have a huge amount of fans in normal times the american would be packed one of the world's greatest ever players bet lad began his career as a 15 year old with some toes he's having to cheer his former team on line you'll

get is that a lot there are those that i wanted to be inside the stadium helping santos at times a different another pomade a supporter hobson louise made the trip from some palm knowing there were no tickets on sale for this manch. the american man can hold 80000 fans but only 5000 are allowed inside that that includes stadium workers journalists teams in their selected guests like some 2 span and one ball so obvious everyone had to test negative for cobra 19 to get access to the magic and i was and still is a monument to priscilla's passion for football but in 2020 it was used as a field hospital and became a symbol of the government's failed attempts to control the pandemic which has claimed more than 200000 lives the pandemic also loomed over the pre-match news conferences when teams usually talk about sports strategies in their hopes of

winning the game not this time s. like ever that a person wants tons of a lot of it even more the real pressure is when we talk about life and death here it's a game and no matter what happens we'll go forward now people on the front lines like nurses and doctors that are fighting to beat this pandemic they're the real heroes they're the ones who deserve the highlights back to football the teams are not just battling to become champions of south america the winner will also qualify to play in the club world cup which begins in doha next week monica inaki of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. now to a stunning goal in the bundesliga that will bring back memories of diego marathoners famous 1986 world cup goal against england this one is coming to you from silas so what monkey tuka of ships got in the german bonus league or the congolese collecting the ball in the injuries only area before setting off

a monkey to running almost the entire length of the pitch on his way to finishing a memorable go as stuttgart the points to no. pundits are talking up the philadelphia $76.00 is genuine n.b.a. title contenders the season and on friday they were an impressive form once again star center joel embiid was only on the court for 27 minutes against the minnesota timberwolves but he made excellent use of that time the cameroonian notching up 37.711 rebounds philadelphia winning 18094 picks and the utah jazz are now on an 11 game winning streak that's thanks 281-2101 win over the dallas mavericks. scoring a season i 32 points for the jazz utah 1st in the west. 2 sailings america's cup and the italian team luna ross have stormed into the final of the challenges series they completed a formal sweep of american magic in their best of 7 semifinal on saturday in

oakland it means there will now take on ben the ainslie's british any os team next month in the final and that will determine which team will progress to the main america's cup in march to face defending champions team new zealand. and that's all sports news 3 thank you very much peter well before we go take a look at the story it was william shakespeare who wrote all the world's a stage and with countless theaters around the world still shot some performers are taking that famous phrase even more literally than before and gallagher 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 intertainment people yes where touching hearts and 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 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. 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. we have that and i hope it keeps going going hope other people have the fantasy i don't know if i love them to tell everybody yes. while 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. thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera more news coming up in just a moment it's with laura she'll be with you thanks for watching by. the. child

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