al-jazeera. every. i. mean i was a. protester a lot of all stop to st petersburg russians come out in support of jailed kremlin critic alexina valley thousands of detained. columns a whole robbery watching officer allies my headquarters here in doha also coming up germany sends medical support to portugal as coronavirus infection surge and intensive care beds run out. a 2 week lockdown comes into force in large parts of

peru as virus cases surge. and calling for compromise 10 republican senators propose a crow virus relief package that's one 3rd of what president biden is seeking. welcome to the program from st petersburg him the west to lot of all stalled in the far east tens of thousands of rallied across russia demanding the release of jailed a kremlin critic alexina valley more than 5000 people have reportedly be detained it's the 2nd weekend of protests and follows the values returned to russia earlier this month and he's been recovering in germany from the poisoning which he accuses the credibility of a kremlin of sanctioning as the back reports that. we don't have to stay longer to demonstration in. before you might be arrested right here the.

police wasting no time in taking these protesters away from the spot here they had been warned 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 say was 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 just now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid of 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 2 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. this movement is more than just support from the valmy. it's been a mobilizing call for those frustrated with everything from the economy to longstanding claims of corruption novelli supporters have used social media to spread his views and to organize protests there have been thousands of arrests across russia and with just days to go before novelli appears in court to face charges of parole violations the kremlin is keen to shut down and discredit him and his supporters. al-jazeera alexandra god. was among the protesters of the

russian capital she says that police went to great lengths to keep people. here in moscow the organizers announced that that is it for today that they made their point by managing to reach the detention center where not vialli has been held but that didn't come easy today 1st of all the original point where the testers were supposed to gather was completely sealed off the whole center of moscow the heart of moscow was sealed off with buses not running metro not stopping so they started together in at the reserved points and these points were changing in an hour because every time they would start together in coming out on the streets then police would immediately detain people finally they managed to get to. where all of the 3 were railway stations there was a significant group of people several 1000 people and they had their protests they

managed to come to this detention center and on the way police was chasing after them together with their detention vans the paddy vans and kept on feeling them in now there is almost no protesters left here but still police is patrolling in their empty riot gear and saying that the remaining ones so this is still going on and will be going on for some time we have reports that they're also going into small alleys in the vicinity and trying to detain people that they participated in this brought us or the people that indeed are work chanting against putting. germany is sending medical workers and the quitman to portugal for assistance as it battles one of the world's worst krone virus our breaks the portuguese government has also closed its borders with neighboring spain and banned its citizens from

traveling abroad i only see reports. are 2 of palma and his assistant are taking no chances and this funeral parlor that he runs in lisbon they're handling the body of an elderly resident who just died from corona virus pumice says he visits nursing homes up to 4 times a week to pick up bodies of those killed by covert 19 more than 12000 people have died so far in portugal half of them since the beginning of january. or it's chaos it's really chaos so many people are dead there's no room for all of them people should be careful they need to know the corona virus kills for real i have already lost my aunt my cousin my father and my grandfather. portugal is currently the hardest hit country in the world in proportion to its population on top of a nation wide lockdown portugal has shut its borders with spain and for 2 weeks no portuguese citizen can travel abroad except in special cases but. as we get there

if you could you know of before the closure there was some movement in the border area but at the moment it is quieter i assume that people are paying attention to the border controls and respecting the restrictions. portugal's hospitals are severely strained with his health ministry warning there are only a few intensive care beds left on the mainland some patients have been airlifted to the island of madeira to ease the pressure. the government's also asked for help from germany which is sending medical workers and equipment to help cope with the influx the situation is only comparable sure. to a tsunami in the sense that the number of infections that we are seeing on the rise . for weeks on word. this of course then translate into more patients going in. 'd which then leads to more. then into ice you. the government says the more contagious strain of corona virus

from the u.k. is to blame for up to a 3rd of the country's infections but the situation went from bad to worse as restrictions be lax over christmas did. not even include agence and i think they made a mistake at christmas they didn't have enough courage to order people to stay home for political reasons him must be at a more warm regional can be people still don't have respect for the rules and for as long as they don't understand that they've got to respect the rules we're not going anywhere. but even if rules are respected the governments warn the public that the country's facing its worst moment since the start of the pandemic and that will continue for at least a few more weeks and they sue al-jazeera. the president of the european commission says drug company astra zeneca will boost vaccine deliveries to the block by 30 percent after talks between the e.u. and the pharmaceutical company whole delay and says the u.k.

based drug maker will deliver an additional line 1000000 doses in the 1st quarter the e.u. is aiming to an ocular 70 percent of adults by the end of august. because failure to deliver the expected number of vaccines to the e.u. turned into a diplomatic row after the block lootera strict vaccine exports to the u k. police in the netherlands say they've arrested around 30 people and sent hundreds more homers they dispersed a few demonstration in the capital. today but there was no repeat of the rioting that took place last weekend after the nighttime curfew was imposed to contain the spread of covert 19 or step bus reports from amsterdam it was one of the many similar events taking place across europe. the protests started cheerfully in front of the x. music human amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government is lock down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 the nat'l and with

a population of 70000000 has had nearly 1000000 infections into start of the pandemic and around 15000 deaths now you said you were not denying anything. the rules are destroying lives economy whose are to growing up exhausted the threat is that we lose our freedoms freedoms restored for a long time and we should we should not give them away this is of. the world the protesters who are not following social distancing rules or repeatedly order to disperse by police but these orders were ignored. in vienna the end to lock down marched on 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 rally 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. 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.

through supposedly straight. ahead in the capital shortly after coming into effect on sunday despite an order by the president to limit trips outside. homes peruvians use public transport and visited crowded markets the government promised to give $165.00 to $4000000.00 families after 2 weeks but 70 percent of peruvians have to work every day for their income and can't feed themselves they stay at home or latin america to lucy the uber joins me now from chile's capital santiago lockdown has begun i mean it's not looking great though is it draws to a close. absolutely not speaking of not wanting to respect the rules president francene course i've asked these he need to his country men and women to please stay home has absolutely fallen on deaf ears thousands and thousands of people hundreds of thousands of people are still going

out on the weekend to markets and restaurants they just simply aren't paying attention and unlike at the beginning of the pandemic when a strict lockdown was imposed and people were fined and in many cases arrested if they broke her feel and just basically went out of their homes that they didn't have a special permit that's not happening anymore because they're just too many people to deal with i think that the authorities have felt that they need that that they all they can do is just try to appeal to people's common sense but it isn't working for the very same reason the 2 mentioned they need to go out 70 percent of people need to go out on a daily basis if they're going to be able to feed their families and just another sign of just how dire the situation is improving we were seeing the stories of people waiting in chewing for 70 hours a day and night just to fill canisters with oxygen that they could take home to their families so that the people who are suffering from cold 19 can perhaps

survive people who are desperate to get oxygen which is of course also in short supply these people just can't don't have any room in hospitals for them and so the families are trying to care for their sick family members at home so it is a very very very difficult situation improved indeed. in your position to bomb parts of latin america obviously the story is so very different in whichever direction you looked so now we're looking at a vaccine rollouts which he is beginning you believe colombia. it's on the back of a very worrying variance that's vava doing the region. it's fact it travels. in the entire region but some countries are better positioned to get back more vaccines more quickly than others what we're seeing in bolivia and in another and in many other countries colombia are just vaccinations for a few select people the most obvious one being health workers and people in the

government for example but they're not going to get massive amounts in fact the only country that's or the least the 1st country that's going to start massive inoculation is chile on wednesday for people over the age of 90 some 4000000 doses of the chinese see nowak vaccine have arrived here the president claims that there will be more coming and that they will but that almost everyone in the country 70 percent of the country will be inoculated by june he hopes but we've seen these promises from many of the pharmaceutical companies to provide many many nations with these vaccines and then they can't deliver so many will have to see what happens but there are not enough vaccines arriving in latin america in general at all especially the countries that are suffering the most from this pandemic for the update thank you listen you're with lots of america deterred from santiago chile. well still ahead here on al-jazeera nigeria plans to revamp 3 of its oil refineries after years of mismanagement and corruption story after the break.

now rolling down the pacific coast is this big opening storm which produces yet more rain potential for damage and snow up in the mountains for california but look at the east coast this is a nice more vicious storm turning into a nor'easter which means rain goes off shore the low develops and it brings in more stricken to cull background huge amounts of snow seem likely in this northeastern part of the u.s. new york is just one case in point could be blizzard conditions in new york city you go nor'easter and snow that last into tuesday and temperatures down to around 0 or below says going to be wind chill in that the thing rolls up the east coast in effect eastern canada and newfoundland right through tuesday the cult tucks in

behind high tension new orleans for example only 12 degrees once more and california wet or snowy and this cold air always floods through the gulf of mexico and kicks up the shop potential in the bahamas in cuba yucatan is no different this time last quarter wet looking picture on monday and in the tuesday getting some cuba getting some then haiti getting some pretty wet weather as this cold yes we've seen stop cold in feel the sun's out and have this 22. per. cent aberration tradition. algis there was a game where m. side stepped into the diverse culture of somalia as it has 2 different couples

embarking on their lives to get on to weddings to put some money style on al-jazeera. but like i want you all deserve me so horribly reminder of our top stories more than 5000 people have reportedly been detained across russia during protests demanding the release of jailed kremlin critic alexina valmy it's the 2nd weekend of demonstrations and follows the values returned to russia earlier this month. also germany is sending medical workers and equipment to portugal worked with asked for assistance while battling one of the world's worst coronavirus up breaks the

portuguese government ters also closed its borders with neighboring spain and banned its citizens from traveling abroad. and bruce supposedly strict lockdown is being widely flouted in the capital e. burgess shortly after coming into effect on sunday despite an order by the president to limit trips outside the home groovy and use public transport and visited crowded market is. let's bring you some breaking news coming out of b.n. bar and its leader and san suu kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in early morning raids according to the spokesman for the governing national league for democracy the move comes days after escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that has stirred fears of a coup this follows an election the army says was fraudulent let's cross over to our correspondent florence louis who's on the phone forests in kuala lumpur

florence serve you reported widely from being a bar there has been a great deal of tension what's your general understanding of the situation so far. well the fact of the rest has been confirmed by the policy of the ruling party the national league for democracy and there have been tensions between the military and sons who cheat but if actually lost in the past weeks in the past few months in fact and there's already started off to she won the election with a landslide victory and even bigger of a trade than the previous election in 2050 so the the military they've been making comments which really said fears of a cool last week and unfortunately i guess what people have feared has come to pot now we're not sure how the international community is going to react i think but it

will be a lot of condemnation 9. the minute trade they've been in power for many many years before they willingly handed over power in 2010 and allowed a and offensively civilian government to come in to take charge in 2011 but perhaps it is because they feel that they have been sidelined now the military is still a very very powerful institution in myanmar they are in charge of some 3 of the most powerful ministries in the country and they still have effectively a 25 percent guarantee of seats in parliament which gives them an effective veto voting power in parliament but. hadn't been in power for so long that it's hard to give up that sort of power it didn't cause the election commission themselves in me and said there had been no fraud committed in the country the u.n. had also voiced their concerns saying that any disputes should be dealt with internally

through recognized legal processes it seems yet again if this is true that the military themselves don't really care about legal process but it comes off the back if i if i'm right that the army chief is about to retire do you think this could all be connected to him perhaps trying to remain an influential sigur in me and my politics if this is the scenario that's playing out it could very well be that but it would be. a terrible legacy for him to leave. in a young mother was on myanmar had been prior the international community for many decades when it was under military rule and it was quite a brutal military rule they had put down uprising by students in a very brutal fashion. and then you have now come out of that pariah state

by by. by giving power in government and allowing free elections to be held. in a way. until the brutal crackdown on 2017 for him to do this really be a terrible saying on on on on his legacy and i really. really wonder what direction is going to be headed be heading into in the next few years. you talk about the international condemnation that we expect certainly from perhaps europe and north america it will be a mixed bag of comments i'm sure from asia pacific into china raise a strong ally and yet other countries in asia pacific are quite critical of. the military influence within me and miles politics. that's right but we've seen how throughout the years in the enron government whether civilian or military they

have been sort of tone deaf to criticism i think even if you know criticism alone isn't going to make gun laws change of course i think what's going to what's going to be needed perhaps it is is if it really is true that this is a military coup then perhaps sanctions that may be the way to go but even then that will take years and decades it's going to be you know we are not the government whether it's whether it's military a few 1000000000 they're going to feel the pinch when it comes to investment when it comes to sanctions not being able to do business which is they wouldn't play back into an international pariah that just criticism i really don't think we are not going to is that going to be enough to change the direction that the country is heading in so if it took to do there are flaws that is just the telephone line of course we'll come back to you with for analysis and when we get more information coming out of the young guns of the moment thank you and of course the news coming out of me and the current head of state towns and suci has been detained by the

military after rumors of a potential coup in the last few days when you board the task to get it a group of republican senators is urging us president joe biden to significantly downsize the covert 19 relief package to him bipartisan support in congress biden is pushing for a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package but republican senators have floated a $600000000000.00 alternative the white house of economic advisor has signaled a willingness to discuss those ideas let's get more this particle a news monitoring events for us from carter cat capitol hill i can't get the teeth in this evening patty do forgive me republicans all saying the right things but is it enough sort of to sway a democratic president to feels enough wasn't done under the last republican led presidency. you sound lovely as always but that is going to be the question here's president joe biden he said look he said i want to do it i want to be bipartisan

that was what he campaigned on that's what he said it is a speech and so now this is going to be a challenge for him because you have these republicans 10 of them that if they if they were able to come up with a deal with all the democrats they would be able to pass this legislation but at the other hand democrats have said repeatedly that they've learned their lessons from the great recession when congress acted slowly and they feel didn't act boldly enough and that led to long term economic damage so president biden has been making the case that all of this is necessary now we have to see exactly what stripped out of the bill we know that it probably has money for vaccine distribution it has money for schools have some much less money for the american people who are struggling but one of the things that democrats are really pushing for they want to see money for the states and cities their tax bases have completely bottomed out they're looking to having to fire 'd teachers firefighters garbage men so that's

been a really critical priority for democrats the other thing that they put in there is a long time wish for the democratic party which is a $15.00 an hour minimum wage across the country so democrats have been sort of gauging republican support and just this week they were expected to go ahead and move ahead with something called budget reconciliation which in essence means that they only need $51.00 votes the problem for them is there's 50 democratic senators so vice president kamel harris would be the 51st vote there's a democratic senator from west virginia who is saying look i think maybe we need to negotiate with the republicans so that is the republicans leverage here they can try and make sure senator manchin joe manchin from west virginia continues to insist that it has to be bipartisan because that's it they can't afford to lose even one democratic senator so in the coming days we're going to see butt. so far all the signals from the administration fronts that democratic leadership is look this is what we need 1.9 trillion and we need it now so they haven't shown any

indication yet that they're willing to compromise but you better be talking over the next couple of days for the update thanks very much political home there for us in capitol hill at least 3 people have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu a car bomb exploded at the hotel which is frequented by government officials police say a gunman then entered the building and opened fire on the our group al shabaab has claimed responsibility. india's prime minister the renderer modi has broken silence of the broken his silence on a 4 month long farmers protest describing violence in the capital new delhi last tuesday as an insult to the country or person died during demonstrations which saw the farmers storm the city's historic red force farmers have been blocking roads since the agriculture laws were brought in at the end of september and a guaranteed prices paid by the government are made he says he'll not change his mind on the new laws but has repeated an offer to delay them for 18 months the

limit the country was saddened by the insult to the indian flag on the 26th of january in delhi we have to fill the future with new hope and novelty. all muslims are not and will not agree under pressure or make any conditional agreements or compromise when we talk about all the issues the prime minister has initiated talks and he should mediate and he should not talk about the government is the prime minister of the farmers he is my prime minister as well i have also voted for him we will talk and there would be a respectable agreement he's given a call so we will respect that al-jazeera journalist mahmoud to say it has been illegally detained in egypt for 1500 days without charge they say was arrested while visiting family in december 26th seen a number of human rights organizations have joined al jazeera demanding his immediate release. protesters and police have clashed at demonstrations in the lebanese city of tripoli hundreds have been rallying against the government's quote of iris restrictions many are angry about

a strict lockdown over the country's worsening economic crisis. and thousands of displaced people in syria's itll a province have been left homeless by flooding rain storms that began almost 2 weeks ago have worse have done already critical humanitarian crisis the north western region is the last rebel stronghold where fighting has caused widespread displacement aid groups say they don't have adequate access to help people affected by the floods. are obese a whole rob a reminder of our top stories breaking news coming out of me in bar where the leader there and son suchi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid according to the spokesman for the governing national league for democracy it follows days of tension between the civilian government and the military raising fears of a coup now it follows an election at the end of last year.