to carry differ as a consequence to the contents of. the money this year and it goes straight into the coffers as the leadership of a $2.00 part people in power investigation bureau $39.00 cash for came to. the w.h.o. warns of vaccine nationalism amid fears wealthy countries are not acting fairly over supplies. player watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bill also coming up queuing up for oxygen hospitals in peru are overwhelmed ahead of another coronavirus lockdown security is stepped up in russia as police warn against planned rallies in support of jailed opposition leader alexina vonnie and going

solo the swedish film festival offering one lucky movie buff the chance to watch films on an island alone for a week. thank you for joining us the world health organization is calling on governments to posco on a virus vaccine rollouts once health workers and vulnerable people are inoculated to ensure there is a global supply the un body says it's concerned about vaccine nationalism when one nation's stockpiles vaccines and others miss out and as the virus spreads around the world more governments are closing their borders france has banned all but essential travel from outside the e.u. singapore has suspended its so-called travel bubble with malaysia south korea and germany and south africa enjoys a growing list of countries banned from the u.s. since the pandemic began more than 2 me. people have died globally and 102000000

have been infected while there's hope immunization will help contain kovac 19 the w.h.o. is warning equal access to that scene's is necessary to speed up a global recovery dr margaret harris is a spokesperson for the w.h.o. she says 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 these fires at the health and frontline workers who are fighting battling this virus for us 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 all 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. and members of a world health organization team investigating the origins of the pandemic in china have visited a market in the city of won. market distributes food across the city where the virus was 1st detected the team has also visited 2 hospitals at the center of the

outbreak and also visit a cold $1000.00 museum dedicated to the history of the pandemic meanwhile peru is beginning a strict lockdown for the 2nd time in 10 months the east fresh on overwhelmed hospitals a shortage of medical oxygen is forcing hundreds of people to look for it on the black market they've been queuing for days and sleeping in tents to secure supplies the lockdown will last until mid february brazil's neighbors are imposing new restrictions on travel to and from latin america's worst affected country as concern about a new coronavirus ferry and spreads across the region. provide some hope but officials warn they're still a long way to go before the end of the pandemic daniel every wants. a rare piece of good news amongst the coronavirus misery bolivia's 1st like the nation a nurse in the country's hard hit eastern city of santa cruz mess m.t.v. and message the v.n.

i feel good very excited and also a bit nervous but positive she's in the front line doctors want a medic who is dying every day the virus has killed 10000 bolivians the government has ordered 15000000 more doses of the russian sputnik and the oxford astri sendek of vaccines. but we have a plan to combat the corona virus in the 2nd wave of planned to have stages such as tests text and more tests a plan that has a 2nd element to provision of vaccines that 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 for my law school and i would like to inform colombians that. i meant 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 bogota while borders remain closed

trapping these migrants mostly from haiti but also cuba and africa their ultimate destination is the united states lab and these young 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 doctors tell 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 u.s.

and 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 when they're all jazeera when osiris. in other world news police are warning people not to take part in nationwide rallies on sunday in support of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny he was arrested this month after returning from germany where he was treated for poisoning his blame on the kremlin this comes as a russian billionaire is declared in southie owner of an opulent seaside mansion

that links to president putin has a story. riot police out in force in central some petersburg ahead of nationwide rallies on sunday to the supporters of opposition leader alexina valmy there was this warning from the russian government but that it's dealing you mean it's just a look at the russian interior ministry units and other law enforcement would use all necessary measures to ensure public order at sites of mass events moreover we want that any violent actions against offices or refusal to obey their lawful orders will be prevented individuals who commit such eat legal actions will be detained and held accountable according to the law. the government wants to stop a repeat of last week's anti-government protests which took place across at least $100.00 towns and cities but many of the values supporters are angry after a court room this week that he should be kept in jail until his next hearing he's

accused of violating the terms of a previous sentence by traveling to germany that's where he was treated for poisoning an attack he blames on the russian government novelli is becoming an increasing problem for president vladimir putin he recently released a video of a seaside mansion which he says belongs to the russian leader and was built using illicit funds that's been denied by a russian billionaire who say putin's former judy a partner who says he bought the property 2 years ago for almost 1000000000 dollars by the way the video has been viewed more than 100000000 times the one hand they've tried to poison and they failed. you know if they if they try to poison him again at this stage it's going to produce even more 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 hard place this week the government crackdown widened several friends and allies of novell me including his brother were arrested the. anti kremlin

sentiment has rarely been this public during putin's time in power and it's likely the rallies on sunday will be met with even tougher resistance victoria gates and be al-jazeera. us me outlets are reporting that former president donald trump has spotted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just a week before his trial u.s. senators have already been sawn in his chair as trump is accused of inciting the seizure of the capitol building any of this month his aides say they plan to argue the trial is unconstitutional because he's no longer in office early indications show limited republican support for conviction. hundreds of protesters have called for romania's president to resign a day after a fire at one of the country's main hospitals fork over 1000 patients at least 5 people died in the blaze reports. these charred window frames some of what's left of matais bausch hospital after

a fire swept through it burning at least 5 patients to death fire crews worked through the night to put out the flames removing both of us me from the anthony family in the 1st of all i'd like to express my condolences to the families of the patients that died it's 4 people 3 of which were found carbonized and the 4th one they try to resuscitate but to no avail. it's not clear what caused it but there's anger over the 3rd hospital fire and as many months protest as suspect there's corruption behind the lack of investment and aging buildings they want the president and the ministers in charge to resign in the 1st place and more than that i am but a back after 31 years in which we paid taxes and got nothing in return not a single new hospital was built in romania in 31 years although we paid the money was stolen from the romanian medical system we won the resignation of those

responsible if things don't change radically. remain as president to promise to get justice for the victims see thought. the situation is somewhat repeating itself we had a tragedy not long ago there were smaller fires that other hospitals and certainly the reasons at the us they are under investigation the investigations will bring to light what happened who is guilty and the guilty will be sanctioned but these promises may not be enough to quell growing anger maté bar hospital was built in the 1950 s. and had been recently renovated even before the caved pandemic remains health system have been criticized over inefficiency and politicized management this latest fire is certain to put the government under more pressure to reform it barbara and al-jazeera. so ahead on al-jazeera rotting in rotterdam impacts

press here's having on the u.k.'s export trade fast and game of hope how scientists are one step closer to saving the northern white rhinos from extinction it was. as a bit more probably unwanted whether it's for his or the levant moment the forecast in beirut is one of windy challis weather on sunday that is fine for monday and tuesday and he sees this system here now it does run fairly quickly through through syria and just in northern iraq a few showers the south possibly getting into baghdad not much influence beyond that and it fairly quickly falls apart leaving behind warmings guys now this increase in the breeze coming down through the gulf it's the shamar which is often dusty main is just windy a little bit cooler the and that's going to affect you in probably parts of armadas

well beyond that you get to monday and you got open blue skies once again that includes most of turkey. the summer rains in africa been pretty good this year so far in cape time you've got 23 degrees in the sunshine right on its way but the big sun storms to the east the eastern side of south africa of into botswana and i think for time sudden tanzania and quite possibly north in mozambique this is for both sunday and monday quite significant rain seems likely running out through the city for example into something there's a big but there's no more cyclonic activity in the in indian ocean sorry madagascar it's a shower. but . it's 10 years since revolutions across the arab world challenge the power elite. but how did these leaders rise to their positions the principle of the title before his dictation is to be patient they played the game very carefully and how did they

stay in control of the common frame amongst the arabic states as it is incredible will to survive the arab awakening absolute power on a. moving. the air. welcome back on top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization is urging governments to pause coronavirus vaccine rollouts once essential workers and vulnerable people receive their jobs it's concerned rich nations will stop by surprise and others will miss out who is beginning a strict lockdown for the 2nd time in 10 months

a government is aiming to reduce the burden on overwhelmed hospitals families of buying medical oxygen on the bryant walk it because of shortages and release him want people not to take already mission wide ronnie's on sunday in support of opposition leader i mix in a bomb the security forces have set up barriers and conducted exercises in cities where protests that. after as it was scotland's fishing industry now the u.k.'s animal farmers and meat processors are complaining about the impact of brecht's it is having on their livelihoods containers full of meat have left been left to rot in port said that's for his struggle with a new water bureaucracy or a challenge of course some yorkshire in northern england. go. 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 periods of time that you know things aren't profitable but we really need to you know address barriers to this from here brics 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 bakes into the policy changes of brecht's it in self or 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 is 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 well they'll source it from somewhere else you know i say always customers and they this is trade that you know a business is a build up of 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 to our last farmer richard lester if he agreed with this thing when you're the high end of the 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 breach allan's al-jazeera yorkshire at least 30 people have been injured in an explosion in yemen the blast happened at a petrol station in the city of alibi into a pm a small could be seen in the sky before the explosion local sources say cars and neighboring buildings have been destroyed the cost isn't yet clear. participants in libya's u.n. sponsored peace talks have approved a list of candidates seeking to lead a transitional government $24.00 candidates are vying for the 3 presidential

council posts and another $21.00 for the role of a minister those selected for the government will be responsible for preparing a national election at the end of 2021 a vote seen as an important milestone towards ending a decade of chaos and conflict. more than 70 percent of hong kong 7 and a half 1000000 people can now apply for a special visa that could lead to british citizenship the u.k. government introduced this scheme for holders of the british national overseas or be an open court after china impose a sweeping national security law in hong kong china retaliated saying it will no longer recognize the biennale as a valid document bangladesh's relocating more rohingya refugees to a remote island despite call some human rights groups to stop the process say some of the refugees have been forced to move to the island of bashan char and they warn that the low lying island is at risk of storms and floods bangladesh wants to

resettle a 10th of the 1000000 refugees living in camps on the mainland they took refuge share after being forced by a military crackdown in may brainiac box. prime minister shake of his senior build housing for us we were asked to come and we came here at our own will my people and relatives came here earlier they said it's better here so we came. now for more than half a century the practice of gas flaring the burning of gas producer as a byproduct of oil extraction has affected the lives of thousands of people in nigeria well now the government wants to pass a bill to tackle the issue and raise new revenue from the way said natural gas al-jazeera amedee trees has this report from the niger delta. for. 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. probably. no good. life has moved because of that but. 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 there aren't a lot of fires like these both 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 to struggling to generate $4000.00 megawatts. because of the

difficulty in enforcing a total ban in $29.00 t. 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 it also never was quick industrialization and growth and we didn't do dis feel out of time he said. but we can continue to lead men and that's why destroy that will do 2 things one is to deliver on previous attempts to have it. planned which will deliver got through the military into 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. will be able to take care of all the gas

flares within the next few years you identified it got interested in the bid for it and if you win we give it to you so you can now. look a vessel into commercialize the guys that 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 will soon pass and attract more investments in oil and gas of efficiency that will further boost gas utilization and help minimize flaring and told them communities like it will both go they have to live with the damage caused by the gas flares blazing at their doorsteps ahmadiyya trees and it will bore soko nigeria a breakthrough in conservation efforts is raising hopes the northern white rhino may be saved from extinction 2 more embryos have been successfully created bringing

the total number to 5 but reports the many challenges before a cough is born scientists in kenya it's only in germany have for years been tied to be working together to save the northern white rhino from extinction bots there have been obstacles with a pandemic affecting one of the most important conservation projects in the world and off to several failed attempts to harvest the number of immature eggs known as finally there was a breakthrough in december 14 eggs were harvested from 5 to one of the last 2 remaining more than white rhinos on earth. that was our highest number of you ever got by know and we were extremely happy about it dot com and on christmas eve 2 embryos for photos and solve that we really at another tool and boost to our of every existing scampers all 5 embryos are now stored in liquid nitrogen in a lab in to be the scientists are looking at ways to implant the embryos into

a sargon mother the southern white rhino after roaming in the wild for millions of years the last remaining northern white male named sudan died in 2018 scientists saved his sperm and used it to fertilize the eggs of his granddaughter a fact that neither fast to nor her mother knows gene can carry a cough and this is where the southern white rhino comes in we already done quite a few war a little war with using sound and white embryos for each other less richer than the northern white as a tall dog to understand and to develop the procedures so far out of 2 words that i'm sure we didn't get the brain you see but we are understanding what the problem is the challenges don't stop there experts say they don't have much time to save one of the largest land mammals on earth we have to produce a car and then the next to see years but right now we can't really go up as an

automaton or employ those because we haven't pulled them that we can produce a pregnancy and therefore we working with info to solve them that i was using exist technology to helping them to have a cough and then get properly is a pool of that ample transfers that entire cascade is successful. one of the most endangered species in the world once roam central africa in large numbers but decades of poaching and destruction of their habitat led to their extinction in the wild while the embryos raise hope the process of saving the northern white rhinoceros still faces many challenges including whether a car borne from this process would even survive. the pandemic has forced the postponement of cancellation of many film festivals but others have taken creative steps to connect with the public the gothenburg film festival in sweden has held a contest giving one person the chance to see all 60 films on the programme at

every meal location the idea is inspired by how lockdown measures have affected the way people watch cinema hall race reports on the island where the winner is about to embark on a movie marathon. the show is struggling on film festivals around the world still with plenty of films it's the festival part that's somewhat lacking. here at the gotham but film festival they've managed to avoid going totally online while giving the pandemic itself a starring role. the 1st of all has chosen one person out of 12000 applicants to spend a week on the island of how the where alone in the cab to get straight between the north sea and the baltic with nothing but films to keep them company it's a different experience to watch the films under those circumstances when you're all by yourself in your home feels different to what the scene where for example there is a big party going on or where people are very touchy with charter and we want to take it further and take it to extreme. the winning applicant is emergency nurse lisa

and her office who has been on the front lines of sweden's battle with covert 19 i'm looking forward just to be able to reflect a bit about what happened this year and not be anxious infecting other people i've been meeting a lot of patients so idea of not infecting people is really appealing. and ross will be able to watch the 60 festival premieres in headquarters on the island or in a screening room in how to where it's like house video diary will go online during his stay before because of the festival is a social distancing and how the panda because change the world and our relationship with film a week on this island of watching movies is an attempt to at least a straight the surface of the sense of isolation felt by millions during the lockdowns of the past year cinemas journey away from theatres and into the home but gone a long time ago going to the movies in the company of strangers make it more appealing

again once the pandemic finally ends. al-jazeera come there where sweden is always more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on the al-jazeera dot com. so again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera the world health organization is urging governments to pause coronavirus vaccine rollouts once essential workers and vulnerable people receive their jobs it's concerned that rich nations will stockpile supplies and others will miss out members of a team investigating the origins of the pandemic in china have visited a market in han it distributes food across a city where the virus was 1st detected the team has also already visited 2 hospitals at the center of the outbreak there as beginning a straight down.