as she hears that the israeli army has a right to develop with the bulldozer residents face or just give them one minute to. took the found the money to build their brick house and less than an hour to see it demolished. the list of countries imposing travel restrictions grose's governments try to keep pound the newly highly contagious covert 900 strains us. clark business out 0 life and are also coming up an overwhelmed health system for senegal to depend on medical students and turn prisons into coronavirus treatment centers tens of millions of people in the european union a face in poverty the u.n.

report says a lot policies are hurting not helping to tackle the problem. activists in argentina lend their support to protest leaders in poland in their fight for abortion rights. so year ago on this day the world health organization declared cave 19 a public health emergency of international concern top months on and countries are facing a new threat from highly contagious strains forcing several nations to impose travel restrictions to keep their citizens safe france says people traveling from non either you countries are not welcome for now singapore has suspended its so-called travel bubble with malaysia and to south korea and to germany and south africa joins a growing list of countries being put on a u.s. travel ban since a pandemic began more than 2000000 people have died globally with 102000000 people being infected there's hope that newly approved vaccines will help contain coded 19

and so far 6 have been rolled out but the mutated strains of the virus are causing further challenges and it's unclear how effective the vaccines will be against these new strains. let me barbara has more now from london on the latest european countries announcing his travel restrictions firstly on saturday the czech republic has banned all nonessential travel into the country from anywhere although there are exemptions for things like commuting for work and for family visits it's a reminder of those steps we saw last year from several countries in central europe mainly which are effectively stopped at the schengen free movement zone within the e.u. now another country that's acting to close its borders is france it's going from sunday to stop all nonessential travel from outside the european union but not from within the e.u.

there would also be exemptions for people like holy as delivering vital goods so the u.k. for example has been reassuring people here that lorry drivers can can still travel across the channel john kass decks the prince prime minister is under pressure because a week ago his main scientific advisor said there should probably be a 3rd national lockdown pretty soon he doesn't want to do that because public patience has already been tested he's stepping up checks on the nighttime curfew on things like restaurant circle osing and private gatherings trying desperately to avoid that lockdown here in the u.k. in the last 24 hours there have been press reports of thousands of u.k. citizen stranded in the united arab emirates because the government here has just placed a travel ban on anyone coming back from there they're saying that people should find alternative routes let's say now from gabriel elizondo has this update from washington d.c. . the c.d.c.

the centers for disease control issued a new new order in the last 24 hours that masks must be worn on all forms of public transportation in the united states he says airplanes buses trains subways ferries ride share vehicles this is now an order and you might be asking ourselves what were people in the us wearing masks on public transport already well the answer to that is yes but it was not it was not required by the federal government it was left up to individual states and individual jurisdictions and airlines for example to enforce that and to lay out their own standards on masks wearing but now this is an order from the federal government and it's very sweeping and very specific as well it says that the masks must be worn at all times while traveling on any form of public transportation and it says that the masks must be proper masks with 2 layers it can no longer be

a handkerchief store or simply little pieces of fabric that many people here in the u.s. wear so this is the biden administration's way of looking at what areas they can tighten up what areas they have federal jurisdiction over and implementing tighter standards these new this new order about wearing masks on all forms of public transportation in the u.s. goes into effect on monday health officials in senegal say cave in 1000 variants a few infections the health system there is overwhelmed the medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doses. reports now 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 corona virus do you for isn't even aware that coven $1000.00 killed his 40 year old friend was stuff again till 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 who's in charge of the government response says the trends don't look good the new very little variant from the u.k. has been detected in the country it's the mantra to poor 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 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. having a reason is a member of the world health organizations emergency committee on the pandemic and

says that while there are many ambitious plans for african nations funding if you go into the right resources there are 2 initiatives that i think will make a big difference to this region one is the kovacs the city which is being driven by w.h.o. and garvey and this is an attempt to get equitable access for all countries of the world. is to get many as possible and currently 190 countries and to 1st off give everyone 20 percent of their populations needs equitably so that's going to help and many countries in this region have signed up to that but in addition the african union has its own initiative with an ambitious target of covering 60 percent of populations in all countries in this region so there are initiatives that are trying to. rectify what what would otherwise happen which is that many countries in this region would be left behind all sorts of funding is being sought so it's the world bank the private sectors engaged certainly in the

african region as well and as i say. overseas development aid is also going in to support the poorest countries globally so that is going to be incredibly important because otherwise in addition to the logistics and weak health care systems that we have here you're also going to find that the fiscus of many countries simply wouldn't by themselves be able to carry the cost. memo's military says it will abide by the nation's constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt a coup the army previously said it could take action if its 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 united states might keep them about me mark to adhere to democratic norms on a t 7 then as soon as the diplomatic expertise served on a commission charged with protecting minorities in movement and she says the army

statement came not just after pressure from the international community or from the people of myanmar themselves it's quite apply climbdown for afford a military. and it in a sense it nets it statements may have given people the impression that it was compared to go or to cool but you know the people of myanmar deserve better than this kind of bullying and this kind of heavy handed approach the military has no role to play in the electoral process what it did is went beyond it actually already when we got a constitution with it stronger checks tactics that favored its proxy civilian party don't really did badly in 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 government and parliament is out of me sworn it 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 the armed forces is due to retired this year he's already way beyond retirement age and it's not all alike either to see that he's seeking to make it relevant in myanmar politics and wants to secure continued interest for himself and for some of his colleagues who are also retired. there's been a 3rd night of protests in poland sparked by a court ruling that makes abortion illegal in almost all cases thousands defined coronavirus restrictions to attend rallies in several cities alexia brown has this . special. 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 that and that args 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 and 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 a school lighting 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 those reports just a lot of them 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 half 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 them. 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 here on al-jazeera

rotting in iraq the impact breck's it is having on the u.k.'s animal farm is a meat processing. and flames of opportunity nigeria looks to make the most from its wasted forecasts. its time for the perfect janet the weather sponsored by qatar airways is a change on its way to japan this looks typically would treat cold air spreading out over war says big showers but the port. you know what's in them is only been hot cardosa power in particular where it's been proper snow in the last days this is still falling falling sickly in the next 2 days and a half a meter is quite likely to fall it fails a little bit on sunday and for home sure we're not talking snow told part from briefly in the morning on the high ground in the sun isn't temperature wise well it's still a cold regime vladivostok minus 12 but come south

a little bit and you're well above freezing in the korean peninsula least most of it sells at about 9 degrees then a system develops which looks more like spring than when to the head of it still snow fall card or otherwise are talking right away back down towards shanghai only last a day and the sun's back out for tuesday and wednesday. south of all this the rainy seasons to apologise mainly folks are going to the easier mostly eastern indonesia for a few shasta i'm lucky in the philippines not a loss in borneo a few in sumatra but really you go from well jakarta eastwards where the heavy rains lie for the next day or so officials in sri lanka otherwise india is dry but the doth is foggy. sponsored by qatar airways. north korea isolated and heavily sanctioned yet earning billions around the globe

there are $39.00 is involved in everything that makes money for north korea. to carry defray the cost for us to take on tyson. the money has and it goes straight into the coffers as a leader said a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for came. on a. again you're watching out of her of her mind of our top stories this hour and world leaders are imposing travel restrictions to curb the spread of covert 19 variants france has banned people traveling from non countries in south africa joins a growing list of countries being put on the u.s. travel that. health officials in senegal say carried 1000 variants

a few gin infections to health system is overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors men miles military says it will abide by the country's constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt a coup governing m.l.d. party has called on the military to accept the results of november's elections. now that the european union is not fit for purpose when it comes to fighting poverty that is the assessment of the un special envoy alleviate the shooter who's calling on e.u. countries to focus more on eradicating poverty his report accuses the e.u. of failing to reach its own target of lifting 20000000 people out of poverty by last year's deadline shooter wants the book to boldly rethink its entire socio economic approach now one in 5 people in the u. in the e.u. were already living in poverty in 2019 that's more than 92000000 people and the pandemic has affected of course millions more who had never experienced poverty

before the u.n. report also found that at least 23 percent of european children live in poverty that's $19400000.00 children and women are disproportionately affected well if you're to shooter is the author of that report and he told our desire that the blocks economic policies make it difficult for member states to adequately tackle the problem. well the you has a number of constraints that. it has imposed on itself that makes it very difficult for member states to effectively tackle poverty 1st because fiscal competition between countries is institutionalized and as a result it's very difficult for these countries adopt progressive taxation schemes secondly because they compete on wages and on social contributions paid by employers so it's very difficult to increase wages in line with put it to to gains and thirdly because these countries imposed a macro economy straight jacket as a result of joining the euro the single currency you have to maintain

a fiscal discipline making it very difficult for them to invest in social protection and as a result it is extremely difficult for european countries to do more to combat poverty and reduce inequality as these measures that are dictated by the emergency by the sanitary crisis may be a blueprint for the future. for the future of the e.u. and it must learn from this crisis that it should build social resilience not put on its hopes in growth and efficiency gains but also build resilience which means investing much more in social protection and protecting people from economy shocks and i think we now are witnessing the e.u. a significant revision of the dogmas that have been essentially guiding the use past responses to crisis over the past 20 years. first it was scotland's fishing industry now it's the u.k.'s animal farmers and meat processes complaining about

the impact bricks it is having on their livelihoods whole containers of fresh meat to be left to rot imports and exports are struggle with new border bureaucracy or a challenge reports from yorkshire. on. richard lister owns 50000 pigs and he's struggling to sell them his customers the u.k.'s may meet process is a mired in delays with new customs checks for getting produce to europe it's a threat to the whole industry you know if we count function profitably then you know we don't have a business you know we understand that. for periods of time that you know takes out profitable but we really need to you know address barriers to this from here bricks it doesn't yet look like what boris johnson promised when the u.k. e.u. free trade deal was agreed at the end of december the deal which will if anything allow our companies and our exporters to do even more business with our european

friends since early january containers of produce from the u.k. have ended up to carrying dover or rotting in rotterdam other trucks are making the journey empty the existing paper based customs clearance system of export declarations and certificates isn't working for food it has to reach its destination fast and fresh. so i'm trying to unpick the pain that breaks it is currently causing it is important to make some distinctions a few of the issues are just to do with implementation that the streamlined board of bureaucracy just hasn't been put in place yet and presumably these issues will dissipate over time but others are hard baked into the policy changes of brecht's it in self and no amounts of tech wizardry can make those disappear at the moment is difficult on pick which is which or whether it's a combination of both and what it struggles to figure this out of the industry worries about whether it can stay competitive it we're getting some feedback that yes it's

a statement to many problems that they'll source it from somewhere else you know so you lose customers and they this is trade that you know our business is a build up over the last 40 years supplying sort of continental retailers the government says we've always been clear that there would be new processes for traders and we continue to support them in their transition to these new arrangements we are working closely with british meat processes to ensure they can take advantage of the opportunities and changes being outside the single market and customs union will bring and overall businesses are adjusting well to the new rules and continue to try to effect to flee i asked farmer richard lister if he agreed with this i think when you're the head then of that supply chain it's quite different you know we are at the bottom of the supply chain and everything gets pushed back on the world's so this pick produces you know i would agree with that from the government you know more must be done and it's got to be done soon and the industry says it digitized custom system is an essential place to start very

chalons al-jazeera yorkshire sudan's deteriorating economy has sparked protests in its capital and other states the crisis has already led to the overthrow of one government in 2019 but after nearly 18 months under a new administration there is no sign of relief zeros who morgan reports from car too. this has become a way of expressing anger at the economic conditions in sudan's capital. protesters blocked the city's main roads to pressure the government to improve living conditions the presence of basic commodities like bread. have gone up in recent months. there's no economy there's no fuel no bread. the country's in crisis before but now they are much worse in other parts of the capital and the country the anger at the economy has been more. sudan's transitional government has been facing an economic turmoil since coming to power in. its years of u.s.

sanctions. and the policies of the previous government under president. he was overthrown by his military after weeks of anti-government protests that were also sparked by hikes in prices of basic commodities the current administration has promised to improve the economy but after 18 months protesters say the situation has not improved much. things are still the same there is no change when bashir was in power the dollar was worth $5300.00 we don't know what to do anymore we used to protest for justice and accountability now they've distracted us from that with demands for bread fuel and cooking gas. the government says the scottie of commodities and the rise in market prices are caused by shortages of hard currency because of limited international trade and exports while the official rate is $55.00 sudanese pounds to the us dollar most of it comes from outside the official system or the parallel market the difference between the 2 has been

climbing steeply the government has held to donor conferences with the aim of improving the economy it's also negotiated with the us government to be taken off its list of states sponsoring terrorism and open its markets for international trade and investment in exchange for sudan had to agree to recognize israel one of the few arab countries to do so last year but the economic problems run deeper so than owes more than $60000000000.00 to the world bank which has made it difficult for it to get more loans to ease its economic crisis and says the government subsidizes medicine and fuel for some sectors it made hard currency so the demand for cash with the parallel market being the only option has brought down the value of its local currency increasing the rate of inflation and frustration for many here the administration says it's found solutions to some of these challenges. the report we have is that there is no scarcity yet there are lines for fuel medicine and parade to get daily updates to know what's the root cause for scarcity no one

in the government is blind to what the people suffer of we've spoken to the banks responsible for importing goods and they will increase the amount of fuel tank is imported as well as weight and medicine to ease the situation back on the streets those barricading the main roads say they hope the government listens to them and understand that even if the commodities are available it won't mean much because they simply can't afford to buy them he will morgan al-jazeera how tom. the prime minister of the democratic republic of congo has resigned after a no confidence vote in parliament president for these to carry cannot appoint a new premier to replace that sylvester longer in the incumbent who's the opportunity to read the government of his predecessor joseph kabila. who took office in 2019 and also be able to push through his own policies. for more than half a century the practice of gas flaring that's the burning of gas produced as a byproduct of oil extraction has affected the lives of thousands of people in

nigeria now the government wants to pass a bill to tackle the issue and raise new revenue from the wasted natural gas reserves are going to address this report now 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 damage their lives and livelihoods. everywhere. our roofs don't last. crops. probably. no good water. life has moved because of the tide causing evil for us to get fish now would i have to. care less. 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 for 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 is 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 environmentally friendly it is cheap it also never was quick industrialization and growth and we didn't do dis 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 got through the military into europe and also to deepen the gas consumption country in. 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 actually giving out those flares to people to manage and we believe that. will be able to take care of all the gas flares within the next few years is right then to fight it got interested in the bid for it and if you win we give it to you so you can well. veselin to commercialise the guys that got us that was. being fled and of course to bring some value to the economy. the government is hoping that the petroleum industry bill in parliament for 20 years pass and attract more investments in oil and gas.

boost gas utilize ation and help me my sledding until then communities like. me have to live with the damage caused by the gas players blazing at their doorsteps. and it will bore soko nigeria. to the sounds are these are the top stories and world leaders are imposing travel restrictions to curb the spread of covert 1000 variants france's ban people traveling from countries in south africa joins a growing list of countries being put on the u.s. travel ban has more from london on the latest u.k. travel through. here in the u.k. in the last 24 hours.