and why. 'd this is al-jazeera. when you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. military seizes power in a coup it blames the government for ignoring claims of election fraud. the country's leader. detained her party's people to reject the coup and protest and military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief general min . the u.s. is threatening sanctions and other new south africa receives its 1st delivery of coronavirus vaccines amid criticism that the government was too slow to get the

doses. i'm sorry. the italian ration open the investigation into the on field ground. and it brought him a bitch at last week's. welcome to the news hour it was meant to be the day near mars newly elected parliament convened for the 1st time but just hours before lawmakers were due to take their seats the military seize control leader and son suchi has been detained and the army has announced it's removed 24 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet we begin our coverage with this report from the file one of the very few western journalists based in our. in dawn raids in yangon members of me a democratically elected leadership were rounded up and detained as the military

staged a coup in the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year. the military says it was acting in response to widespread election fraud its chief minimum lying now rules the country this is our worst nightmare quite clearly this is the myanmar military scrapping the democratic experiment you know you're talking about a party that won a landslide election truly a landslide election and all of the sudden we have. we have the president and other top people. under detention and a state of emergency manufactured by the military to justify your long seizure of power the raids came shortly before the 1st session of a new parliament was supposed to begin. party the national league for democracy had

won a landslide victory in elections in november instead the military is now patrolling the streets here in yangon it's been a tense day as information has continued to him although we have seen an increased security presence with riot police congregating in a few key areas the streets of remained relatively quiet the energy is released a statement accusing the military of trying to return me to a dictatorship and urging people not to accept the coup ok i am now you know we have a lot of struggles right now for food for life in general for the health you know us people have got the covered problem and now we have a coup we were about to be ok and now this happens what do we have to do to survive some supporters of the military did take to the streets in celebration the new leaders have pledged to hold fresh elections and allow the winner to take power. but this is a country that only recently emerged from 5 decades of military rule and many

a skeptical. how can we believe they will stick to that one year period based on what there have been other things in the past we couldn't believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minimum lying is pursuing his personal ambitions. i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minim lines power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies

early file al-jazeera younger. while u.s. president joe biden has called on the myanmar military to give up power or face sanctions let's get more on this more white house correspondent kimberly health it joins us from washington d.c. your reaction was swift from the u.s. as soon as that news and in the early hours of monday morning kimberly about the coup what exactly is being said now. well president joe biden has released a statement in the last hour and essentially the united states is now calling on the international community to pressure me and mars military to immediately relinquish the power it has seized the president putting out a statement where he says in fact that the declaration of a national state of emergency is a drag to assault on the country's transition to democracy and the rule of law and the press secretary the white house press secretary jens psaki saying at her

briefing at the white house in just the last half hour or so that what is happening right now is that the white house is reviewing various sanctions laws and authorities and that there will be some sort of swift response and that will be followed by appropriate action in terms of precisely what that action is it's not clear but what we do know is that there seems to be a leaning toward sanctions by some in the united states particularly not only the white house but also on capitol hill in terms of the sanctions you say they will be swift kimberly but he won't fall but we're talking travel restrictions are we talking a 6 assets being seized as such i mean it's the sort of line isn't it about an area that with the normal phase the normal line of sanctions and starts. yeah it's unclear right now where this is specifically being steered it could come from

the treasury department which of course is part of the biden administration it could be in the form of economic sanctions we could also see travel restrictions as you point out which are usually announced by the state department but we also know that there is a movement on capitol hill well there have been many that have been very supportive of the civilian leader aung sun suu kyi there have also been some concerns over the fact that she really failed to speak out against the discrimination of the range of muslims in the country and. essentially kind of stayed quiet defending the military so many people kind of soured in terms of the support in some respects but at this moment it appears there is unity there is concern that sort of the fragile march toward democracy that many had hoped for from the united states' standpoint has now been stunted and they want to see an immediate return to that so there's no question that we're going to see more of this being discussed in capitol hill top senators like bob menendez on the foreign relations committee already raising

concerns calling on the international community and also calling on the military to immediately reverse course for the update thanks very much can you help of our washington d.c. once house correspondent. now the u.s. diplomatic relations have been up and down for the past few years following near mars and multi-party elections in 2010 relations with the west improved washington even appointed its 1st american ambassador to the country nearly 22 years by 2016 the former president barack obama lifted economic sanctions finance and sue cheese national league party victory a year later washington echoed the outcry of the global community for determining the amar's military committed violence against drink or muslims in rakhine state as ethnic cleansing the us went on to impose targeted visa restrictions and sanctions on military leaders involved in the violence inflicted on the ranger in 2019 so it is a professor at the national war college he says the u.s.

can virtually denounce the coup but following through with any concrete actions might be difficult. yes this is an enormous challenge right off the bat for the president and his new team on the one hand we have a very experienced team especially if they're asia experts and many of them served in the obama white house and are personally invested in. me at mars' democratic transition so it's important that we've had this strong forceful condemnation of the coup from the white house from the state department we have. had been missing in action for the past 4 years when it comes to standing up for democracy and human rights but there are limits to what can be accomplished through the united states has been absent in leading that it creates an opening for china and other countries that are trying to promote it craddick regime. and there are limits to what the

u.s. administration can too don't forget the military through this coup for a reason they really believe that following the drumbeat they got the polls in november that they were very close to losing their 2 thirds majority in the parliament which includes their 25 percent bloc representation by the military so that means that suit she was really cory's to start to dismantle some of the military's neagle protections and constitutional powers and if you have that as nexus tendril threat. well let's take a closer look at the general in charge of being on the yang took over the military in 2011 the same year that me about began undergoing major political changes under a power sharing agreement the military has had a major say in defense and border affairs is also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in

parliament generally being credited for his part in critical national security decisions such as cease fire agreements with armed ethnic groups but 2 years ago he was sanctioned by the u.s. for his role in a military crackdown on ring of muslims that led to more than 730000 people fleeing to neighboring bangladesh and in recent interviews with local media he said that he's open to entering politics once he's stepped away from the military. or been badly on some cities turbulent relationship with the military. me a muslim leader. was once considered a beacon of democracy who stood up to the country's powerful military leaders now that military has seized control and arrested her replacing her with a military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government

policies that will weaken the military's power system i think everyone in myanmar understands that that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between fucci and the military that's been going on for decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung sun and she spent much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1988 when she joined student that protests against the military the taken power in 1962 who. lived and who was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and with her. and 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to

maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule cities national league for democracy came to power in 2015 she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed it control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it another power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice where she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twenties november election her party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months

later it seized power by force provoking void spread criticism. cities previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's unclear how active and vocal her supporters will be on the threat of military action nor about the man the al-jazeera. hold an emergency meeting. or what the reaction has been so far. real shock at the united nations at the move that had been taken the secretary general had warned about the possibility of a coup now he says he's gravely concerned about the situation and we've also had in the last few hours a new statement a very strong statement from the u.n. high commissioner of human rights michel bash away which was read out by her spokeswoman we echoed the secretary general's call for the military leadership to

respect the outcome of the election. the high commissioner is alarmed by reports suggesting that at least $45.00 people have been detained including elected parliamentarians under confinement and we call for their immediate release the high commissioner urges the international community to stand in solidarity with the people of myanmar at this time and for all states with influence to take steps to prevent the crumbling of the fragile democratic and human rights gains made by me and maher during its transition from military rule the key un body in all of this is the u.n. security council is the body in the u.n. system that has real teeth now the new president of the security council starts the day the 1st of the month and it's the u.k. which has the presidency the u.k. doherty planned a meeting on me on march on thursday what i'm hearing from european diplomats is that they are pushing for that meeting people called forward and possibly to take place in the next 24 hours what will the security council do will they got lots of

potential tools i think many diplomats on the security council would be wanting them to issue a strong statement potentially they could push for sanctions but there i think you need to look at the role of russia and particularly china the regional power which has a great deal of leverage in myanmar and what their position is on this so i think sanctions though are likely if not from the u.s. and i think the u.s. and the european union will be looking very closely at sanctions in the coming hours but the u.n. is concerned the coup will make the situation worse for the range of muslims who are still in the a bar hundreds of thousands fled their homes following a military crackdown most are now living in camps in cox's bazar in bangladesh. has more on the capital dhaka. well the 1st official reaction was from the foreign minister he said it really doesn't matter who is in power 'd the repatriation agreement must be followed through now the foreign ministry itself send out

a press release saying that it hopes that the constitutional arrangement and the democratic process will be upheld in myanmar although i spoke to some official off the record there are still concerned that think that my military might take a hardline approach if need to be saving concept that has been recently trilateral meeting between china bangladesh and me and mark china is a very close ally of bangladesh it has been trying to influence china to excite pressure on me and mark to start their repat ration process and there was some progress there was going to be another meeting in director general level of foreign office about the country to start the process. me and my said that it won't be anytime soon. till june or july not that whole thing might just fall apart because they'll be too busy with domestic politics right now there's been interesting reaction from the camp i spoke to a lot of the rowing a leaders as well as some community people i know they're happy actually they said that he is behind bars they're rather detention they said she has been

a big failure for us she gave us a lot of hope we even voted for so many of us during 2015 election but she let us down it was during her time that janet genocide in their trust that it took place they're not very happy with the military because the military has been the key from sixty's onwards to systematically. crack down on joining us and deal them. with the activist a refugee in cox's bazaar he says elections won't change anything for the remainder . this morning. when i were hearing the news that the state councilor don't think susie and other senior figure ruling party of canada will be we are arrested by military government this is really very shocking news for me i'm also. on the ground in myanmar is

really comes and really read between much for me. i have been experiencing genocide and. right now i am staying in the largest refugee camp in court for bangladesh so i am really really thinking and worrying for the people of myanmar i don't want to suffer any other people in myanmar like we had severed 2 in myanmar. for me. a it doesn't make any difference for me whoever was in the election because. it was a the government of me and we had suffered the genocide in memory again in this. election. but nothing makes a difference to me because. we are the people who have been accusing.

action of genocide. really. very situation that is going on in myanmar now. discuss this with michael when he struck for the east asia programme for the quincy institute joins me now from calling in maryland via skype good to be with the program very strong words from the u.s. initially but actions speak louder than words what would you like president biden to do right now. well i think the statements that have come out of the white house and from president biden have been a good start i do think that by the ministration really needs to stay very strongly its opposition and be able to take actions against the military coup and against the government that would result from that and demand that they have a return to the results of the previous election and not the need to hold new elections this is clearly an effort by the military within thailand to overturn the

elected government and their party in myanmar but i do think that the u.s. administration needs to be clear that it needs to focus on developments in myanmar and not on issues relating to u.s. china strategic rivalry which i think has been too much the emphasis on past administrations in looking a policy towards of myanmar there's been too much of an effort to somewhat soft pedal developments in myanmar with the hope of the country away from its leanings towards beijing which has been the case for many years and i think that the u.s. policy towards myanmar should be based on the intrinsic value of having good relations jamar without having to bring in the u.s. china rivalry in this effort but it would say that the issues that the u.s. is faced with me and have been addressed in the past where the u.s.

house placed sanctions has isolated me and ma you might say that from itself or from its its supporters from in the in the west yet me a mosque still has friends in asia that it can rely on sanctions haven't always would and china has always be the pivot to which. moves to to deal with me and ma means you have to deal with china as well. oh i think that that's true in the in the large sense i mean china is right next to me amara in china has for sure has influence in that government and i don't think the united states is going to be able to stop that what the united states needs to do is to be able to stand up for the process of democratic change within myanmar and the process of trying to have a stable government there are that could work with both china and the united states

inappropriate ways economically politically and otherwise and not regard developments in myanmar simply through the lens of this strategic competition between the united states and china which i think is vastly overemphasized in washington within u.s. asia policy ok since tuesday this is when it since 2010 it's been a lot of soft power you might say going in through the american embassy into me and there's been a cultural centers dialogue between different ethnic groups that the united states has facilitated its encouraged the younger generation to grasp what is available in the west whether it be you know computer literacy or. communication is that the way through to try and change it in a way that would be acceptable to the international community because there is a gender gap an agenda a generational gap between the of the old guard and the younger generation that are coming through. oh yes i think so very much i think that those types of u.s.

policies that they're expanded strengthened toward me amar would be would be helpful you are right there is a generational gap there and i think there is a lot of support for the democratic movement within myanmar and there's a lot of support for myanmar to retain its independence from china and also be able to deal with the united states and beijing both so i think anything that can encourage that stability within myanmar and an even handed policy within the country this not just based on a 0 sum competition between the u.s. and china would be very good for myanmar so any policies that support that from the united states i think would be beneficial and i'm heartened by what the by the ministration has done initially in condemning this coup but i think we do need to follow up with a range of different policies both at the social level and the political level but we're hearing now from a white house correspondent kimberly how that president biden is also calling on

his international partners to you might say speak with one voice i mean at the end of the day you know you could get the e.u. on side a body you might get some members of asio and also. asia pacific but then when it comes to the security council that's where the divide happens you have russia and china one side and you might say the rest of the world on the other it's going to be difficult to form a coalition to try to find a way to persuade the military aid b.m.r. that they've that heading in the wrong direction. well i think that's true it will be difficult the chinese and the russians probably are not going to come out and condemn the coup outright they're going to call in general as the chinese have already done for the following of legal procedures and for restraint on all sides it cetera i mean you're not going to get that kind of stronger response from the chinese and yet at the same time there are elements of the myanmar military that

really resist beijing's influence within the country and so i think china should be actually taking a stronger view about this well that would better serve their own interests but in the final analysis i think that beijing in the united states both can reach some kind of middle ground in dealing with myanmar that could push it in the direction of a more stable regime domestically and not one that's based on military coups because ultimately that will go against the interests of myanmar citizens and that will undermine the attractiveness of myanmar for both beijing and for washington and for other countries to deal with myanmar both politically and economically so it will not serve anybody's interests to be supporting or condoning or looking the other way towards a sort of military coup but it will be good if we can approach this problem more cooperatively with when the u.s. and china and other countries are not as a source as i say of psycho u.s.

competition which we'll see what happens in the coming days for them but michael's point thanks so much for joining us from ireland thank you sure you're welcome. well still ahead here all the news on al jazeera investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with the bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister sheikh hasina. and we have from an olympic and paralympic ajah from iran who are training hard to secure her spots at the tokyo lympics. weatherwise is still quite quiet serrata arabia iran and turkey the shamali is blowing it's weakening slowly jury in tuesday's big dusty one so far but not particularly cold and there's a breezy and it's coming out from the interior towards the coastal event barretts up to $22.00 degrees that's recently warm for this time of year but the hint of

clouds forming here in a development taking place which i think you will see happening in the forecast for a man by friday it starts to rain surge they may well produced under storms and then on saturday we're down or back up to 15 having dipped about 12 degrees or something is going through on friday is development of rain i think an arc from northern siberia up through jordan into parts of iraq and syria but a rain developing in place not a usual feature but as jim said this is more usual now the seas no showers are quite fierce the moment to botswana and the eastern side of south africa the orange top indicates how deep those showers could be so we are back in flash flood territory most of mozambique is now dry few showers further north and maybe the far south the tanzania so all the action is down here and quite significant rain seems likely be wondering around from the eastern side of africa back to the center.

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angels on al-jazeera. oh. you're watching al-jazeera news hour with me said the reminder of our top stories in bars military has seized power as the removal of $24.00 ministers from their post and installed its own cabinet civilian leader and other officials have been detained the military has alleged voter fraud in november election but as promised to hold new elections in a year and some suit she's party is urging people to reject the coup and protest there's heavy military presence and major streets throughout the country

communication lines have been disrupted following the takeover and there's been widespread international condemnation of the coup the u.s. has called on the military to give up power. face sections the un said the coup is a serious blow to democratic reforms while the european union is calling for the outcome of recent elections to be respected. door to door testing is set to start in parts of england for the more contagious south african covert 19 strain residence of 8 areas where we visited and asked to take a test regardless of symptoms at least one $116.00 cases have been identified across england 11 of which have no legs to travel to south africa let's cross over to jonah hole who's monitoring events for us from london this mutant strains now giving the government more concerned a very different tact to getting people tested jonah. yeah i think there's a good deal of concern about the emergence of this so-called south african strain now and despite travel restrictions being put into place to try and block travelers

from countries where it had been identified in particular south africa itself of course as you say $116.00 cases now identified included among them 11 that have no connection to previous travel in 8 different local areas in england and that suggests a degree of community transmission prompting the health secretary matt hancock a couple of hours ago to say that the health service would do whatever was necessary to crack down hard on this strain to try and eradicated so-called surge testing now ordered to begin as soon as possible in those 8 local areas that includes door to door house to house testing calling on people to come out and be tested $80000.00 adults they're hoping to cover all together as quickly as possible and pinpoint focused on those 11 addresses in an effort to break the chain of community transmission i think the problem is that community transmission may be wider and deeper than they're able to detect at this point because one of those 11

cases we're told received their positive test several weeks ago now back in december suggesting that this south african strain so-called much more transmissible more virulent of course alongside its u.k. born cousin the so-called kent strain may have been around now for quite some time here's the health secretary matt hancock speaking a little earlier if you live in one of these postcards where we're sending in enhanced testing then it is imperative that you stay at home and that you get a test even if you don't have symptoms this is so important so that we can break the chains of the transmission of this new variant and we've got to bring this virus to heel so. there's lots of good news but this is a stark reminder that the fight against this virus isn't over yet every day we're

protecting more people and getting ourselves one step closer to normal life but this is no time to let things slip so let's all of us do what we must to get this virus under control shown in the u.k. continues really to see high infection and death rate so i mean what are the implications of what's happening on the government's strategy and sort of the vaccine rollout. but as he said there the health secretary there is a lot of good news about we're now a month into an all but total national lockdown heavy restrictions have been in place for much longer than that the vaccine rollout continues apace doses of 2 available vaccines are being dispensed now at a rate of several 100000 doses each day and perhaps this monday the 1st time that really some good news is appearing in that the daily record did u.k.

infections and deaths across the border at their lowest level in the past 6 weeks of course they will be concerned that there are now 2 mutant strains of the virus about particularly given the damage that the kent strain was able to do in the run up to and over the christmas period altering the should trajectory very much for the worse of the pandemic and the 2nd wave but worth noting i think that all of those 2 available vaccines both do offer coverage against both mutant strains albeit scientists believe slightly less coverage against the so-called south african strain for the update thanks very much for said london. plane carrying south africa's 1st 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more contagious there ian 1st identified there is concern about the effective or how effective vaccines will be against the new mutation south africa is the worst

hit country on the continent it's south africa's president says that nobody will be forced to take the vaccine cyril ramaphosa has been addressing the nation he says the government hopes to get enough vaccines in order to achieve herd immunity and also announce that the curfew would be eased but the country would remain on level 3 alert for me to miller is in johannesburg she says some of the che challenges south africa faces in its 1st vaccine rollout. well there's been a lot of anticipation around the arrival of those vaccines of that vaccine at least that $1000000.00 doses that's come through now it wasn't clear all sue these processes what exactly what was going to happen and now it seems that rather than the x. actual vaccination process beginning any time soon it will take another 10 to 14 days for those 1st jobs to be given and that's often a quality assurance process the storage of the vaccines as well as tests on

samples just to make sure that everything is as it should be we do expect the government to implement a electronic database where people can register to get the vaccine but at this stage that focus will be are now front line workers people working in hospitals and health care facilities and in a later at a later stage phase 2 of the government grohl out will see essential workers like teachers and police officers able to get the vaccination also we know that it's on a voluntary basis and we do expect that the government may encounter some difficulties around confidence within the south african population around the efficacy of the vaccine and just exactly how it works because of course as many countries around the world are the same as many countries around the same around the world they've been a number of. conspiracy theories misinformation that people have come

across on things like social media so these are some of the challenges the government is facing aside from the issue of logistics and getting that vaccine to all parts of the country as quickly as possible. karim is the co-chair of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on covert morning to you here and joins me from durban good to have you with us live on al-jazeera i mean having a drug that is globally approved for use by the w.h.o. now needs to undergo south african quality checks before distribution and use could you explain 12 years now especially those in south africa that are watching why. so that applies to every jar re the seed in south africa so in the way in which the system works is that any joke that is imported asked to receive regulate. and then on arrival in our country it has to be checked that what was said to be delivered is the drug that has been delivered and those quality checks are also to ensure

that there wasn't any damage or loss of cold chain in the process of transport and then once we're confident that the driver is still active in is in the couldn't concentrate then it is distribute and that takes 2 weeks. actually it takes just over we but i think it's also part of all the logistics that have to be done in order to ensure that probably because it's the 1st time they've given themselves extra levy way you know the wraps around the test sites ok the issue is now how to distribute the procedure to do this in hospitals and other places that you want to try and get the population at large immunized or what plans are in place now in terms of those logistics and what areas are being targeted. so in keeping with the south african vaccine plan they are 3 levels of priority

and at this stage the 1st 1000000 doses going into level one priority and those a health care were the way in which the vaccines will be transported is from the airport the badgers go to the liberty for quality assurance and then they go to be stored in our vaccine facility caught by the river in cape town and bio of act normally distributes childhood vaccines so they have huge storage facilities there and they have a distribution net from there it goes to each of the clinics and hospitals there just over its mark $2.00 to $300.00 back seen sites that have been identified and expected to and this app's a system that each health care worker has to complete that gives them an appointment to go to one of those sites to get a vaccine i appreciate that you're not a politician but you are an advisor to

a ministerial body that has been criticism from the opposition that the acquisition of the arrival of the vaccine in one of africa's a worst cave in 1000 hotspots has been too slow is that a justified accusation. when we look at the situation south africa chose to go with any quotable approach and joined coca we decided initially that that was the important route to do now because of political pressure the government has also chosen to go with by and actually be i think there is a certain challenge that comes with that because the moment we start initially initiating every enjoyments to go to pharmaceutical companies and compete with other countries we end up pushing prices because we can only buy small quantities we don't have the buying power of co-ax but also we end up taking products that are

meant to be equitably distributed to co-direct and direct them to individual countries i don't think that's a very critical it's a system but i think because of the political pressure the government decided it will also engage in this kind of me 1st backs in nationalism and i think that that's part of the reason why we've got a vaccine about 2 weeks ahead of schedule when kovacs was supposed to deliver the 1st batch and there seems to be a great deal of skepticism in the weeks leading up to the arrival of the vaccine in south africa and speaking to our correspondent in various contributors to al-jazeera in these days to where we are right now. how convinced are you that you can support the south african public in there you might say mistrust of vaccines and how much trust must they have in this government that what they're doing in terms of vaccine uptake is in their best interest.

it's a matter of deep concern fortunately when i look at the most recent study that was completed and least one tried it last week that showed that in a pretty large sample there are 2 of the sort south africans are ready any good to take the vaccine of that meaning half of them are not going to take the vaccine most of them believe in some conspiracy theory or have some concerns and then the other half of the remainder are people who are just hesitant they just don't know right now and they want to have a little bit more information about the safety of the product before they make it so we have the undecided and we have the firmly decided and firmly this say that against when we look at that we know we need a bar out 2 thirds of the population. and so if we can convince most of the the people who need additional information i think we should be on target when i look

at that the main thing that's got to be done is that people have to see the benefits of the vaccine never to see that it's enabling south africa to get back into normality and that's going to take a long time but i believe that that were do the convincing ok well we'll see how that works out and hopefully we'll come back to to see how successful the scheme has been in south africa salema bill kareem thanks very much for joining us from durban. drug like a fire has pleasure an additional $75000000.00 vaccines to the european union for the 2nd quarter it comes after a battle with astra zeneca and pfizer announced a delay in vaccine shipments now the european commission president wants 70 percent of the adult said the block to be vaccinated by the end of the summer so far the vaccine rollout has been slow. israeli forces have dismantled several homes in the jordan valley displacing more

than 70 palestinians locals told al-jazeera they're being pushed out so israel can expand its illegal settlements in the area the united nations says the israeli army has demolished $78.00 palestinian owned structures since the beginning of this year . there is a vestige of unit has uncovered a criminal that were colluding with the security forces of bangladesh and profiting from powerful links with the country's prime minister the investigation found evidence that generalising is head of bangladesh's army helped criminals to evade justice and make money from state corruption well thought has this exclusive report . general is easier made head of the bangladesh show me and the man appointed by prime minister sheikh hasina to defend the country. our surveillance team follows the general to malaysia and discover that he's also guarding his own secret. waiting for him is his brother harry so ahmed he's

a convicted murderer and an international fugitive from a notorious dukkha crime gang banger desh police put him on their most wanted list another brother is also there joseph was on death row but freed after he was pardoned by president abdul hamid in 2018. 0 my god we then tracked down the 4th armored brother anis as with how reese he's on the run after fleeing a conviction for the same killing of a political activist mr for rahman in takar back in 1996 the men get a diplomatic escort from the bangladesh high commission their bond was shake a scene or began when the brothers worked as her bodyguards in the 1990 s. in a covertly recorded call general as he says the prime minister recently praised the loyalty of the brothers while speaking to prominent members of her ruling party.

haris has been in hiding for 20 years protected by the general before he was part of a crime gang on the streets of dhaka now he says he can exert influence over state institutions. people here. who don't. play nothing that point for nothing. we found harry's in hungary where he runs numerous businesses under a false identity he tells our undercover source that he has shaikh has seen a support. contract you don't get that 7200000 he will never touch with him but little thing. that i think is about. her response who acts as a middleman for business deals in bangladesh. the man on the left is her son's

business associate they think they're talking to a fund manager in london who wants to invest millions in the bangladesh hotel to do so this is really really game because he. really. is. spatially. but the meeting is a sting set up by al jazeera is investigative unit. and. his son says he takes 20 percent from every deal. this is. basically. using. because mr leader with. al-jazeera invited all those involved including prime minister shaikh a senior and general as he's ahmed to respond to its findings none did so well thought on al-jazeera and you can watch the fall of us to go all the prime

ministers there as there are 20100 hours g.m.t. . still ahead on the new south the world's top players continue their preparations for the 1st grand slam of the tennis action coming up in sports a take away. ok

back a powerful winter storm is threatening parts of the u.s. northeast and the mayor of new york city has declared a state of emergency until chews day 19 clinics in several states of closed

anticipation of the storm distance maybe as in new york or the significant travel chaos. we've already seen 15 centimeters of snow fall here in new york city and we can get up to 50 centimeters that has prompted city officials to the for the state of emergency it's not just the snow itself it's the high winds that could get up to eat kilometers an hour and that is making for very treacherous traveling conditions with low visibility on the roads not to mention power outages in areas outside of the city where transmission lines are above ground so officials are warning people to stay off the roads they say travel problems could continue for days of course thanks to the coronavirus many people are already working from home and doing remote schooling but this is yet another impediment to vaccine rollout to many people are now finding that these appointments that they fought hard for are being canceled and corny york city restaurants they only have outdoor dining allowed for

another 2 weeks and needless to say not a lot of people are going to want to eat outside even with some of the elaborate set ups that we're seeing around the city to keep people warm and of course it's not just new york the east coast from philadelphia all the way to boston is being blanket it would snow as much as 60 centimeters in some places. how will result with it's hot and football federation has that's opened an investigation into the round with serene romano kaku abraham of it during last week's milan dobie and strong side a huge confrontation which included a head to head crash during the co-pilot's hollioake quarterfinal now both players will form a man you know it's a team mates were booked with zatanna later dismissed for a 2nd unrelated yellow ever also been allegations that news racist language which he has denied. well it's a big day across europe top leagues february fasts is transfer deadline day one do

about has been complaints in the last few hours. german world cup winner sonic adare musa banquet is assigned to her but in the midfielder joins from it's holly and championship event because he had a trophy made in time that uva winning sorry are 5 times this season however he's been out of favor and has not played a single game 5 instances the start of the campaign and also known as former president just that maria bottom i am has denied any involvement in the making of the n.l. messi is contracts of spanish newspaper and according to all monday the deal signed in 2017 is worth $673000000.00 over 4 seasons despite the story breaking earlier on sunday messi scored as boss a bit of lets a cup build out to one messi hadassah and his relationship with a former club president whose branded has brought him a liar in recent interviews and also to also say the leak did not come from them and that they will be suing the paper. because it is the question. in this case the

person with very bad intentions looking to her to play that deserved more respect someone has given a lot to spanish football for this club today once again he showed he's a pure one of someone who knows how to focus on the game despite everything else. that's why kill him thinks may still be in doubt jutes the pandemic draft lease around the world are still training for the games and i must say is one of them and she's an iranian paralympic and didn't pick on china says coven 19 crisis hasn't deterred our from her goals despite many obstacles that she faces in front to her and also to rory has this report. a paralympic gold winner in 2012 the only iranian woman who has ever brought home a gold medal. is now part of the national paralympic and olympic archery team the 35 year old was paralyzed after a car accident in 2003 prior to that she competed in taekwondo. competing in the

olympics has been a lifelong goal to recount i meant courage as i always dreamt of the olympics to take part in the games at some point but i never thought that dream may come true especially in archery and the paralympics as well. her mental health plays a huge part in her sport but also in her teammates performance. has been with mit for 4 years. especially as i call her the engine if the team when she's training and is satisfied with her work it has a positive impact on a teammates who try to improve and reach her level their expectations from themselves raise when they see her setting of the record. he was the flag bearer for iran in the opening ceremonies of the 2016 olympics a day she says she will never forget she has already qualified for the paralympics in japan later this year she is now training to compete in the olympics as well

covered 19 has not only affected athletes personal lives but also their professional ones they can train for months at the start of the pandemic so now they are trying to make up for lost colleagues they tell me even if the paralympics and olympics are cancelled later this year they will still continue to train because for them it is now a way of life. these women are relatively new additions to the national team as they enjoy a much needed break from the cold. a glimpse of everyday life peeks through but zara's focus and determination shows no respect she sits on a number of committees for athletes and explains the challenges she has faced as a woman rough and when i'm home with her i think there are obstacles for women all around the world let alone a woman with special needs who is wheelchair bound and doesn't have access to many possibilities had it not been for those challenges and invitations. he wouldn't be

the person sitting before you today i think iranian women under all these circumstances prove many things and themselves to the world a country under sanctions a disabled female athlete and a pandemic with no clear end in sight all obstacles for most but here they are viewed as hurdles to overcome dorsett al-jazeera. or syria williams as containing our preparations for the 1st grand slam of the year the australian open on monday should be daria govern over in straight sets in a warm up 20 melbourne park or number 2 samoa howard has also won the iranian defeated and the stays airport to post 6464 straight and open starts on february 8th but this year's event has been pushed back by 3 weeks and it allows players to quarantine. what's it for me about says oh sorry i'll be more news on the other side of the break my love the new center with lauren tiger woods a lot from me on the news stream thanks for your time and your company.

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