but mill country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why. you 'd. the w.h.o. says richer countries must act globally to make sure there's enough vaccine to go around. the whole rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes or lining up on the streets for oxygen crews hospitals over world does the country prepares for another coronavirus lockdown. also a businessman allied to vladimir putin says he knows the huge palace that opposition leader alexina valley linked to the russian president and 2 members of the far right proud boys are indicted on federal conspiracy charges the connection

with the storming of the u.s. capitol. welcome to the program the world health organization is calling on governments to pause their coronavirus vaccine rollouts was health workers and vulnerable people are inoculated to ensure there's a global supply the un body says it's worried about vaccine nationalism when one nation stockpiles vaccines causing others to miss out and as the virus continues to spread around the world more governments are closing their borders france has banned all but essential travel from outside of the european union singapore has suspended its so-called travel bubble with malaysia south korea and germany and south africa joins a growing list of countries on a u.s. travel ban list well since the pandemic began more than 2000000 people have died

globally and there have been more than 102000000000 infections while there's hope that immunization will help contain covert 19 the w.h.o. is warning equal access to vaccines around the world is necessary to speed up a global recovery dr margaret harris spokes person for the world health organization she says that vaccine nationalism does not work in anyone's favor. my big politically attractive leaders obviously want to be looking after their people but it's very very shortsighted because we need to be vaccinating around the world and we need to vaccinate the people who are most exposed to this fire sets the health and frontline workers who are fighting battling this fire as far as every day and those who are most likely to be sick the ones that the health care workers are battling to save and that's the older people and people with co-morbidities but that has to happen in every country around the world it's no good just protecting

one country because of the pandemic will continue to burn on and we it will take longer to end and also the economic fallout will continue we've seen a lot of studies that has demonstrated this is a good example there are countries that are being good neighbors who are saying we were vaccinators top groups and we will provide those doses for others the other way is through the codex facility that was set up by very much the european union was one of the main groups involved britain was is very involved many countries are very involved and that provides access to the vaccines for other countries in the kovacs facilities so it doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor the idea is equality of access and access according to need. brazil's neighbors are imposing new restrictions on travel to and from latin america's largest country as concerns grow about a new coronavirus variant spreading across the region vaccine rollouts provide some

hope but officials warn the still a long way to go before the end of the pandemic and more. thank the rare piece of good news amongst the coronavirus misery bolivia's 1st like the nation a nurse in the country's hearted eastern city of santa cruz messy end of the end message of the end i feel good very excited and also a bit nervous a positive she's in the front line doctors want to medic is dying every day the virus has killed 10000 bolivians the government has ordered 15000000 more doses of the russian spot nick and the oxford astra zeneca vaccines on plan but we have a plan to combat the coronavirus in the 2nd wave a plan to have stages such as tests test and more tests a plan that has a 2nd element to provision of vaccines that today are becoming a reality for our health workers there's a similar story in colombia where the president announced the national vaccination

program is to begin in 3 weeks only in 4 of my last column be honest i would like to inform colombians that at this moment acquisitions are completely closed in order to guarantee the vaccination for the target population that we set out in the national vaccination plan a new lockdown has been imposed in the capital with our borders remain closed trapping these migrants mostly from haiti but also cuba and africa their ultimate destination is united states lab in d.c. on the request they have made is to be allowed entry into panama that is not possible because there is a presidential order to close the borders as a precautionary measure but in addition panama has all of its borders closed. ghana has closed its long border with brazil barbados has announced a lockdown while canada has closed air traffic from the caribbean and mexico until april in mexico the president went before the cameras to say he's recovering from the virus and to announce the purchase of vaccines. i still have covert but the dr

stone me to tie have passed the critical phase i'm not presenting myself to you so that there are no rumors or misunderstandings i am well although i still have to rest he was speaking of mexico became the country in the world with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus deaths more than 155000 behind only the us to brazil a situation made worse by oxygen shortages in the capital despite that foreign tourists taking advantage of mexico's more relaxed travel restrictions continue to flock to the beaches the coronavirus. some of us are family ready had it. it's not that big a deal and the governments are making it worse than it actually is however for many elsewhere in latin america it can get much worse the vaccination programs provide hope but on the horizon it's still a long way off let's cross over to borders ariz

a joins me now and of course in your report you know about man saying it's quite a virus isn't a big deal it's a big deal to peru at the moment starting another nation wide lockdown what's that going to look like in reality. it's going to be very difficult again they struggled i think the last time they had a big lockdown last year this is happening again but they're really left with no options peru has one of the highest. rates of infection and death certainly in this region if not in the rest of the world they've had 40000 deaths over a 1000000 people infected this lockdown is going to affect about half the country's 32000000 population including the capital lima and the surrounding areas there will be restrictions on people leaving now homes on the businesses that are allowed to function but this is going to hit very hard in a country where about 70 percent of the workforce are in the informal economy these

are people who say if they don't they simply can't get any money to feed their families so they were forced to work last time and while they accept what the government is trying to do they say they really have no option all quite often but to leave their houses and this is also a country with a population of the say of 32000000 they've got something like 500. intensive care unit beds to feed to serve a population that big so the infrastructure the medical infrastructure really not enough to serve a country of that size so they say they're left with very little option but to impose this lockdown for a further 2 weeks and possibly beyond that depending on how things go at the same time the vaccination program then they go she ating they are all that seems on the way but it's not due to start until sometime in february of course one of prue's neighbors brazil is becoming more or more isolated when it comes to its sort of transport links with its neighbors those. field it's also becoming more isolated politically as well isnt it. yes i mean across the whole

country but it's particularly severe in the north in the remote amazonas states and it's capital menow us. probably remember early last year we saw some really grim pictures of mass graves of many coffins being buried at the same time that situation is as bad if not worse now running out of oxygen running out of beds announces a very isolated city it's something like 3 hours flying time so the next major city which is the capital brasilia so all of those people who contract called it in the surrounding towns and villages deep in the amazon they often go to my analysis it's the only place they can go to seeking treatment live there and find there's nothing for them there's no oxygen there are no beds so a dire situation there the number of deaths at something like 40 a day a little while ago now is that something like 100 a day so a very severe situation the borders being closed but these are huge very porous

borders it's difficult to know what effect that's going to have very remote areas along the rivers a jungle area sleights a certainly big. sales from europe the united states peru and colombia have banned flights from brazil and the big problem in the amazonas is that something like 90 percent of the recent diagnosis of this extremely virulent form of the virus known as p. one that is getting worse and more and more people being infected as i say in a situation a 'd medical infrastructure which is having great difficulty in trying to code. thanks very much tony. so to europe now where russian police are warning supporters of jailed opposition politician alexina valmy against taking part in plan demonstrations on sunday last weekend tens of thousands attended protests demanding his release several of the valley's associates are reported to be under house

arrest police say movement in the city will be limited and several train stations closed or the valley was arrested when he returned to russia 2 weeks ago he accuses intelligence agents of poisoning him which the kremlin denies meanwhile a russian billionaire says that he's the owner of an opulent seaside mansion which in a valley has linked to president vladimir putin businessman arkady rottenberg is putin's former judo partner he says he bought the property 2 years ago for almost $1000000000.00 the valley recently released a video claiming it belongs to putin and was built using illicit funds now the video has been viewed more than $100000000.00 times and the bush skier is a senior fellow at the washington institute she joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program it does seem that the president is trying hard to disassociate himself from if we call it mansion gate scandal but is it enough to persuade the russian public that he's telling the truth pictures do speak

louder than words. well that's absolutely correct look i think. what's have snow striking about about the situation is that the kremlin and its propaganda machine has now been forced essentially to be on the defensive and to look for somebody who will publicly take the blame and it looks like they've chosen basically putin's closest associates the fact of the matter is that the protests that are ongoing in russia right now are massive they're bigger at this stage from what i've seen even then than what happened in 20112012 it's spreading all across russia it's not just moscow and st petersburg indeed it was and we saw those pictures and we will talk about the protests in the mobilises talk about arcade iraq. has he come to the president's rescue then or has he become you might say a complicit sort of scapegoat helping out his friend. it's seen as you know you

know obviously anything that the kremlin is is usually shrouded in any degree of mystery but it seems as though they need to put up somebody as long as it's not putin and they were able to put put forth this person who is a billionaire again a close friend it is and frankly somebody who's been sanctioned by the united states since 2014 we saw those demonstrations want to just read a week ago and subsequently in the days preceding go after that we've seen the valley's family members associates political supporters arrested is this a mistake for the kremlin and how much of a mistake. well it's so the kremlin it seems as if it isn't or isn't it very difficult position the valley pretty presents a very serious problem. there is nothing prudent fears more than crow test and this this kind of nationwide protest releases biggest nightmare he and the one hand

they've tried to poison and they failed so now if they point if they try to poison him again at this stage it's going to produce even one backlash but if they don't silence him he's also going to be coming out with more criticism so they're sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place well how do you think their forty's are going to deal with these potential antigovernment protests show jeweled for sunday because as you say there was real concern isn't there in the presidency. yeah and actually you know the short answer is that unfortunately looking at the statements coming from from the kremlin they're calling these protests and sanctioned or 4000 people have been detained there's never been this many detentions before an important russia unfortunately perhaps they're going need it responsibly who are more impressions were detentions. what what or what the protesters really want in this isn't just really kind of early protestors this is a bigger issue they want genuine dialogue with the public. you know

a real conversation real representation in the big question is is the putin regime regime ready to take the steps and remains very much unclear i think one thing that is very clear that has sort of come not just from the valleys story but the strength of feeling at the moment in the russian public about what the russian presidency means and what government needs in russia in the 21st century and that the people's voice is not being heard when it is shut up then the public come out onto the streets and as you say this worries the government in moscow but is there a sweeping mindset change across russia because those demonstrations we saw last week were from low value bloody vos stock right to a cross over to moscow st petersburg's that kathryn's berg it was it was very widespread. so if you're looking at more recent polls and in recent

months there's a clear shift between young people and up and older generation people perhaps in their early thirty's or younger who are less afraid. and we're also seeing this in the behavior of the protesters. and who are not used to being in a corner is used to being shut down. again many questions still remain but it you have a whole generation of people who has grown knowing nothing but polluted air and the desire for change is real the question is where it's headed is unclear it will be interesting to see what happens certainly on sunday and in the days ahead for the moment and a skier thanks very much for joining us from washington d.c. expect. still ahead here on al-jazeera losing patience find out why people in sudan are protesting a demanding economic change. and copper versus how chilly the walls of bigots produce some of the battle plans to use it as

a shield against the virus those stories after the break. it's time for the fiction in the weather sponsored by qatar airways. the picture developing in east asia may look 1st sight a bit wintry still but the snow and or card or minus 12 invited all stars but me take you to monday and this looks one of the most spring like this rain spreading in a line through china as a frontal system then running through south korea and to a good part of japan warms on the southern edge so turkey is up to 14 but the head of it is still pretty snowy and supposed to get to 5 degrees below 04 in the wet snow and it's quite warm behind that of the talk goes up to minus 2 much more than that and so and of course in beijing and that meant dissipates was how we get to tuesday the biggest showers in the end of the rainy season in indonesia seem to be

in soon away say west papua and places to the south further west there are frequent showers but they're mostly light to be honest that's true for the next 2 days of the monsoon running down through the bay bangor the northeast monsoon study we can most showers are just catching her like and not really getting into india and there's not much to disturb the air north it's still persistent fog through most of the north indian playing with poor air quality in delhi and cold wave conditions are that it's that it's changed very much but there's still a few snow showers still possible in afghanistan and northern pakistan. sponsored by qatar airways. 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 speak out. ocean as monarch on a. welcome back i want you all visit with me cell robin a reminder of our top stories the world health organization is calling on governments to pause a coronavirus vaccine rollouts wants essential workers and vulnerable people receive. the organization is concerned that rich nations will stockpile supplies causing others to miss out peru is beginning a strict lockdown for the 2nd time in 10 months the government's aiming to reduce

the burden of hospitals overwhelmed by the volume of patients families are resorting to buying medical oxygen on the black market due to shortages by the russian billionaire says he owns a seaside palace which jailed kremlin critic alexina valley has accused president vladimir putin of owning putin's friend doc 80 rottenberg says he owns the property worth more than a $1000000000.00 the valley has claimed who said he used illicit funds to build a much. protesters angry over a fatal fire to remain in the hospital and calling for the president health minister and police chief to resign hundreds attended a rally outside the health ministry on saturday at least 5 people died in the blaze at the hospital in bucharest on friday it's the country's main hospital for coronavirus patients it was the 3rd hospital fire in romania it was many months. a court ruling making abortion illegal in almost all cases the wave of protests in

poland thousands have been defying quite a virus restrictions to attend rallies in several cities alexia bryant reports fresh air. 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. 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 in the capital 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 doesn't just a lot that's not it's a trial you do for our country that's 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 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 plane and 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. brian al-jazeera. the u.s. quarter's charge to members of the far right proud boys group over their involvement in the capitol hill siege the men are accused of conspiracy civil disorder under salting officers amongst other charges supporters of former president donald trump strong the capitol building in washington d.c. on january the 6th after attending a rally at least $150.00 people have now been charged in connection with the riot. at least 30 people have been injured in an explosion in yemen the blast happened at a gas station in the city of daraa the huge plume of smoke could be seen in the sky

before the explosion and local sources say cars and neighboring buildings have been destroyed the cause isn't yet clear. so dolls' deteriorating economy has sparked protests in its capital and other states the crisis has already led to the overthrow of one government and $29.00 team but after nearly 18 months under a new administration there's no sign of relief as have a morgan reports now from khartoum. this has become a way of expressing anger at the economic conditions in sudan's capital khartoum protesters blocked the city's main roads to pressure the government to improve living conditions the presence of basic commodities like bread fuel and electricity have gone up in recent months. there's no economy there's no fuel no bread no cooking gas the countries in crisis things were bad before but now they are much worse in other parts of the capital and the country the anger at the economy has

been more vocal sudan's transitional government has been facing an economic turmoil since coming to power in. it's blamed it on 20 years of u.s. sanctions that were lifted in $10.00 to $17.00 and the policies of the previous government under then 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 50 now it's $300.00 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 scarcity 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 of the official system or the parallel market the difference between the 2 has been climbing steeply the government has helped 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 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 aids medicine and fuel for some sectors it needs 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 possible. the

report we have is that there is no scarcity you there are lines for fuel medicine and breed to get daily updates to know what's the root cause for scarcity no one in the government is boring to what the people suffer and 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 people morgan al-jazeera how tom. here's a novel way to tackle the current virus chile is utilizing its copper industry to sometimes shops and public areas but there are questions as to how effective the mineral is against the virus in america editor lucien newman has more from santa. they say necessity is the mother of invention. and nowadays nothing seems more

necessary than finding novel ways to combat covert 91 option being applauded by judy's government is a formula that uses copper to destroy the virus really see that only good big congratulate you for senators in your 331 stores with nano copper particles this is a major step in protecting stuff from 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 some terrible factory copper i own thread a woven into the fabric but how effective is called birth specifically against coping 19 that you see it only gives you a good analysis conducted by the immunology tree of the university of burning switzerland demonstrates that 5 minutes after coming in contact with the fabric

84.8 percent of the virus is eliminated and after 2 hours 95 percent. according to the study commissioned by the company copper ions destroy the membrane of the virus thereby neutralizing it. gets their mind they could add. another go at it the cop was integrated into our different products we've developed a line that includes face small 6 sheets for hospital bed scraps for medical staff troubled kids 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 while laboratory findings are very promising it may be less so out here on this. treat or impossible . 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 root very simple idea. that almost 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. for jobs they're going to hold romney a reminder of our top stories the world health organization is calling on governments to pause a crow to virus vaccine rollouts warns essential workers on vulnerable people receive their jobs their organization is.