al-jazeera investigations point ministers'. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center. on how to see. protests from vladivostok to simply because russians come out in support of jailed kremlin critic alexina vali thousands a detained. a low i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program plugging the vaccine gap the e.u. secures 9000000 more astra zeneca doses along with a promise to boost production. this is germany sends medical support to portugal as

corona virus infections that surge and intensive care beds run low. i will look at the fight to save the northern white rhino from extinction scientists is celebrating 2 small victories. and we begin the hour in russia more than $5000.00 people have reportedly been detained during protests in support of alexina valley the jail kremlin critics wife uli n.f.l. najar was also among the hundreds of arrested in moscow today it's the 2nd weekend of protests and follows these return to russia earlier this month it been recovering in germany from a poisoning which she accuses the kremlin of sanctioning acid back reports. of. we don't have to stay longer to demonstration. before you might be arrested right

here the. police wasting no time in taking these protesters away. but you know if they had been warned says that's still floating in the current circumstances the risk of the protest organizers and active participants provocations is increasing and their aim is to violate civil order in this situation your personal safety can be under threat but alexina valmy supporters braved the subzero temperatures to have this a movie of these ones pushed out by police 5 themselves on 2 frozen waters of austin. justice just what i'm seeing now is some kind of inadequate reaction people were coming out peacefully they were not doing anything illegal now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid. the city square is completely blocked off by police but there is someone there from the protesters and there are arrests but there aren't many people this time but police and special forces have prepared in advance and blocked the square was the kremlin seems to have been

rattled by this latest wave of protests. and i haven't heard about her and have adopted a 0 tolerance approach i was even putting pressure on online platforms to shut down any talk of demonstrations i was involved he says he's poisoning in august last year was state sanctioned something the kremlin has denied. the opposition leader and critic of president vladimir putin spent months in germany recovering my this movement is more than just support from the vuln. it's been a mobilizing call for those for street to do everything from the economy to long standing claims of corruption novell needs supporters have used social media to spread he's views and to organize protests there have been thousands of arrests across russia and with just days to go before novell new appears in court to face charges of parole violations the kremlin is keen to shut down and discredit him and he supporters said big al-jazeera well earlier i spoke to vladimir the never on the

ally who heads up his anti corruption foundation he explained why these protests could be a turning point in russian politics the proudest so different now from what happened in 2011 and 12 then it was just moscow with their numbers reaching 100120000 people just in moscow now with how much more widespread protests for instance today took place in over 150 cities in russia the total turnout is very difficult to estimate but for sure it's about $150000.00 people in the whole of russia in moscow so the police who are out of the center of the city in lockdown he will gather to different places so it's difficult to calculate but i think it's not less than 20000 people in moscow he was

a legend of the approaches to this changed the protest in 2. 1000 to 11 and 12 was sanctioned so they were protected by the police they i mean people were not afraid to come there all the protests that take place now for the last 2 weeks there and saying should. i am. here appeal union is saying it will receive $9000000.00 extra doses of covert vaccines from the pharmaceutical company astra zeneca making $40000000.00 in total it comes after a video conference between the european commission president sort of on the lion and the c.e.o.'s of pharmaceutical companies the e.u. had accused astra zeneca earlier in the week of backtracking on the initial deal to supply vaccines and has more on what was discussed at the meeting. well the meeting between the european commission ahead of us live on delaying and the c.e.o.'s of

the big pharmaceutical companies that are producing working on the coded 19 vaccine took place via video conference now after the meeting the european commission put out a statement it said that the aim of the meeting had been for the european commission to talk to pharmaceutical companies about how they could better work together on any future pandemic responses and also of course on the covert 19 pandemic response now and its variants are the same and says that the e.u. commission will look at putting together a group a task force that can work on this issue in the future one of the most interesting points of the statement which was very brief was that it pointed out the challenges of the manufacturing capacity so what we're talking here is the challenges of trying to supply vaccine doses and that really is the only reference in this statement to the route that has broken out between the european commission and some

of these pharmaceutical companies that are saying that they are having challenges on delivering their doses we have heard that for example from by pfizer we've heard that from the dernier and a huge route as erupted between the european commission and the british swedish pharmaceutical company astra zeneca after astra zeneca said that it would perhaps not be able to have to reduce its supply of vaccine doses by at least 60 percent in the 1st quarter of this year that is something that the european commission has said is a breach of contract it's extremely angry about it saying it will now transfer 5000 vaccine doses to palestinian medical workers they've been criticized for excluding palestine's occupied territories from their vaccine rollout which has been the fastest in the world but the palestinian authority has had to source vaccines itself as well as use the united nations kovacs scheme for developing countries well with 30 percent of its population having which. at least one dose israel is at the top of the vaccination leaderboard new zealand has ordered enough to vaccinate

its entire population 3 times but hasn't actually started its campaign it plans to give free doses to neighboring pacific island nations canada has ordered the most vaccines relative to its population but delay deliveries mean the only about 2 percent of its people have received jabs the e.u. is facing similar problems and since the 1st person was vaccinated against the corona virus here in the u.k. in december just over 94000000 doses have been administered globally but most african nations have yet to begin their vaccination drives with the african union saying it could take 2 to 3 years to immunize 60 percent of the population which is the threshold for vaccines to be effective earlier i spoke to michael head senior research fellow from the university of southampton currently working with ghana's health service on covert 1000 research and he explained how the continued spread of the virus in poor countries could affect global immunity i think the

chances of any vaccine looming up in sub-saharan africa he puts so lots of good doses will end up there any point soon between actually quite a short term is to view. it in terms of how do you carry us across europe are responding it might be good in the short term for 'd the continent of africa risk which is possible and that includes cooperation from the northern hemisphere countries and the panda who live along with the means to. where germany's military is sending medical staff and equipment to portugal to help that country deal with the world's worst current corona virus outbreak portugal is also closing its only land border with spain for 2 weeks they currently have the world's highest number of infections and deaths relative to the population only 7 intensive care beds are left available on the mainland and some of the critically ill patients are being sent to madeira and other portuguese islands. police in the netherlands are saying they've arrested around 30 people and sent hundreds more homes as they dispersed an anti curfew demonstration in the capital amsterdam but there was no repeat of the

rising that's taken place since the nighttime curfew was imposed last week and a step vause reports from amsterdam it was one of many similar events that is taking place across europe the. breakthrough started cheerfully in front of that x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 the nat'l into a population of 17000000 has had nearly 1000000 infections since the start of the pandemic and around 15000 deaths. were not denying anything. the rules are destroying lives economy whose arts are going up it's a disaster the threat is that we lose our freedoms freedoms restored for a long time and we should we should not give them away this easily. world protesters who are not following social distancing rules were repeatedly order to

disperse by police but these orders were ignored. in vienna the anti lock down march turned political with supporters of the far right freedom party dominating the rally in the austrian capital. in brussels police prevented people from gathering and started arresting them before the really could start. and in budapest restaurant workers took to the streets urging the government to open up their businesses. many people have lost their jobs hundreds of thousands have been left in insecurity and we still have any doubt that politicians have made responsible decisions governments across europe have been accused of being slow to act at the start of the pandemic one year on as cases searched have been forced to impose much tougher measures the situation has been compounded by frustrations over the slow rollout effect seems bullies are not taking any chances here in the heart of amsterdam they're confronted by a small group of protesters but police are trying very hard to befriend the

scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the level of the. after some protesters started throwing stones and letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area around 30 people were detained protesters have filed to continue their actions until the 9 pm curfew is lifted step class and al-jazeera amsterdam. where members of a wild health organized team has been visiting a market in the chinese city of vesta gate the origins of the pandemic the animal market distributed for. to the entire city and is thought to be where the virus was 1st detected more than a year ago the team is visited to hospitals who are at the center of the early outbreak and also visit a covered 1000 museum dedicated to the early history of the pandemic before drafting the report you're watching al-jazeera live from london much more still ahead on the program. we're not saying the military will take power but we're not

saying a warrant either. military says threats of a coup have been misinterpreted ahead of the newly elected parliament 1st meeting or. i'm going to adams in qatar where domestic and international tourist numbers are down significantly the local economy is that going to be eating as a result of the lock down measures economists say there's no quick fix. the atmosphere has turned really quite turbulent and we now have 2 tropical cyclones to look at lucas has just been named he's out of over water the moment has just gone across the main island of fiji now it was classified just into the lowest

of the hurrican range so when strength was sufficient to cause some damage this is what happened when it was being filmed over the maid and viti levu in fiji now there's one person missing at least and some damage but the things now went away from the island is going further south lucas is making its way down towards new caledonia possibly vanuatu but currently is over open water and then behind me this circulation as yet unnamed potentially develops into a tropical cyclone off the west coast of australia has already flood warnings out for this part of australia which is sparsely populated with easily flooded it being largely desert and that circulation carries on the next day or so to say seas lucas come further south but as yet we're just produce vast amounts of rain in for example van erratic the same time over australia it's hot in the interior but in melbourne we're down to 19 again in sydney having seen a sunday or monday is only slightly better on tuesday.

but. they journey to what can be a challenge on it. but for some peruvian villages traversing one of the world's most dangerous roads is a risk that comes with the job. will follow the journey of these people as they get to survive. on al-jazeera. the way.

i'm back a recap of the headlines this hour now more than 5000 people have reportedly been detained during protests in support of alexina valmy the kremlin critic was jailed when he returned to russia after recovering in germany from mccoy's and he says was sanctioned by the government. the european union says it will receive $9000000.00 extra doses of covert 19 vaccines from astra zeneca making $40000000.00 in total the block could accuse the pharmaceutical company earlier in the week of backtracking on its initial deal. all this is portugal is closing its border with spain for 2 weeks in a bid to curb the world's worst current corona virus outbreak relative to the population germany is sending in medical staff and equipment to help on saturday the health ministry said there were only 7 intensive care beds available on the mainland. and now in other news donald trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial senators have already been sworn in as jurors it's reported

lawyers wanted to argue the trial is unconstitutional because the former president is no longer in office but trump wanted to focus on election fraud he's accused of inciting the siege at the capitol building earlier this month in all the developers in washington 10 republican senators of democrats president joe biden to significantly downsizes $1.00 trillion dollars over $1000.00 relief package in order to win bipartisan support their proposal is reported to cost just 600000000000 dollars legislation usually requires 60 votes to pass but with the senate split fish. 50 in vice president come out a harris wielding a tie breaking vote democrats hoping to push through the bill with a simple majority this is the worst economic crisis in 75 years since the new deal the worst health care crisis in this century since the spanish pandemic flu we cannot wait we need vaccines we need help to small businesses and state and local

governments in so many other areas hospitals schools and so we intend to move forward we hope that we can move forward in a bipartisan way with our republican colleagues cooperating but we need big bold action and if we can't move forward with them we'll have to do it on our own. some 10000 foreign troops might stay in afghanistan past the may deadline which was agreed with the taliban according to a report by the reuters news agency the taliban agreed to meet certain security guarantees ahead of the withdrawal and a deal with the trauma ministration early last year there's been a spike in attacks in recent months and senior nato officials told reuters that the conditions have not been met u.s. president joe biden says his administration is now reviewing that deal will nato and washington will have a challenge getting the taliban to agree to any extension beyond the month of may as concerned if the situation remains unclear they will continue to step up attacks

the u.s. downsized its troops in afghanistan to 2 and a half 1000 just days before the former president donald trump left office which in and 19 yellow the american forces work alongside nato allies and all the potus all together the nato military alliance has 10000 troops in afghanistan from 38 countries including germany the u.k. italy georgia and turkey. a day ahead of the opening of a new parliament and me and fears of a possible military coup linger and sang city's government one of embers elections by a landslide but accusations of electoral fraud protests and an increasing security presence of lead to a state of uncertainty i leaf our reports from young gone. tension on the streets of myanmar this week as the country braces for a possible political crisis in the war. going on we're not saying the military will

take power but we're not saying at one time. this was the moment that it all began in a press conference on tuesday military spokesperson zalman turner refused to rule out the possibility of a coup log on the following day military chief men on lying stoked fears when he said the constitution should be repealed if it was not abided by the comments follow weeks of complaints from the military a voter fraud in november election and demands for an investigation of the military is forcing the you see in the government in order no you can just ignore us real stakeholder we have. obligations we have a guardian through the constitution so this is a regular message the military is trying to send it to the government and also the international community. fear escalated after reports of an increasing security presence and sightings of armored vehicles being moved around various cities as

tensions reach their peak on saturday the military issued a new statement saying the commander in chief's comments had been misinterpreted. but just hours later emboldened by rumors hundreds of protesters gathered in yangon at a pro-military rally where speeches welcomed a coup with support of the people protests like this have been happening on an almost daily basis over the last week while they have been gaining attention they failed to draw the numbers that would be. the pillar support beth crowd is gaining confidence and if so can fear in the community as the pressure builds to have been violent attacks on and now the supporters watching on. the n o d say accusations of voter fraud a just being used as an excuse to sow fear. your way real a senior general minong is making me an elderly scared and making the people skewed his main intention is to extend his senior general position. military chief men

online is due to retire in july and may be fearful of losing power although imminent action from the military now appears less likely tension remains high as relations between the civilian government and the military reach an all time low alley foul al-jazeera younger. india's prime minister narendra modi has broken his silence on the 4 month long farmers protest saying the violence in the capital new delhi last tuesday was in his words an insult to the country one person died during the demonstrations which saw the farm a stall in the city's historic red force farmers have been blocking roads since new agriculture laws were brought in at the end of september ending guaranteed prices paid by the government for projects modi says he will not change his mind on the new laws but has repeated an offer to delay them for 18 months al jazeera journalist man would hussein has been illegally detained in egypt for

$1500.00 days without charge the same was arrested while visiting family in december 2016 a number of human rights organizations have joined al-jazeera and demanding his immediate release his detention violates both egyptian and international law. also news from somalia at least 3 people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in the capital mogadishu witnesses say a car filled with explosives rammed into a hotel into the gate of the hotel the politicians regularly visit this was followed by a shootout between armed men and security forces officers say they've now ended the siege a rebel group al-shabaab has claimed to be behind the attack south africa's economy has been one of the hardest hit by covert 1000 with some economists saying it's been set back by more than a decade a lockdown has hit the tourism industry particularly hard with cities like cape town normally packed with tourists at this time of year now practically deserted or when adams has been speaking to some struggling business owners. captain has always

been a dream destination for travelers around the world the list of must see attractions is endless. december and january a peak periods with tourism in the cape but that the numbers are down by as much as 90 percent strict lockdown regulations include night time curfews and a ban on alcohol also beaches are off limits to all of those snaps posted to social media nowadays include some interesting visit to the police law enforcement and the national army who put all the shoreline i economy have gone down prices have gone up and people are suffering at the moment they are having difficulty surviving lots of business is over adding to close down if they're not already closed down the don't you know family originally from bulgaria has been struggling to make ends meet i mean most alarming survived lock down despite the reduced client numbers has been daniel's to a company which he started in 2007 as not it's always very hard and i used to hear

19 days here course now i have only one i don't have income from march of last year . just down in long street the heartbeat of guy turns into payments seem they are for sale and too late signs even when they sell almost it is die people get out to the streets no one can no one can find a job who takes care of us it. can get maybe $1.00 cost of can make maybe a 100 on an ordinary day it would be difficult to find a parking spot a chemist by a beach front but then cut down hasn't had one of those an ordinary day in the a year business is on the phone each step of suffering on that side of the main job it would be lined with informal traders selling their way is mainly african but only a handful of them remain notorious even the base they're close they've been some days. just maybe you can get different just for survival it's very difficult

because of lockdown so what's the way forward how we'll get it done we covered these are questions we put to the local government who look at the industry as all it's really an important sector for cape town a contributed around about one comma $2000000000.00 us dollars to the city's economy and it creates around about $300000.00 direct and indirect jobs so for us a priority is to make sure that we stabilize the tourism landscape by making as much relief available to our to resume and hospitality industry and that could be for example the reclassification of your property if you've got a tourism business property back to a presidential category and that could really reduce right spalls we've also implemented these other missions for people dream to land or building from the going to support it so that we can just you know give people that financial relief at this point in time while many of cut their losses and closed up shop people like

daniel i mean. jack and the estimated 75000 of his was jobs like risk in the midst who have no choice but to live out the storm. gov adams al-jazeera. now there's a glimmer of hope in the race to save the northern white rebel serous from extinction 2 more embryos have been successfully created bringing the total number to 5 but a sorry hierarchy aport are many challenges before a cough can be born scientists in kenya it's only in germany have for years been tirelessly working together to save the northern white rhino from extinction events there have been obstacles with a pandemic affecting one of the most important conservation projects in the world and after several failed attempts to harvest a number of immature eggs known as both sites finally there was a breakthrough in december 14 eggs were harvested from 5 to one of the last 2 remaining northern white rhinos on earth of course the highest number of you ever

got form i know and we were extremely happy about that outcome and on christmas eve 2 embryos for photos and solves that. at another 2 and bluest of the existing scare him best. 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 a 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 fatty but neither fast today 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 southern white embryos for each other less richer than the

northern why as a top dog to understand and to develop the procedures so far out of 2 or 3 hours for 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 they have to produce a car and then the next to see years but now we can't believe doctors and ultimately no employers 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 cough born from this process would even survive so that's. a. quick look at the main stories this hour now more than 5000 people have reportedly been detained during protests and support of alexina volley at least 800 were arrested in the capital moscow including of ali's wife union of elia the kremlin critic was jailed when he returned to russia after recovering in germany from a poisoning he says was sanctioned by the government alexandra gold for has more from moscow.