induct saying. that the deny any wrong. why when he stood next to gates on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world is another matter we're. using current affairs that matter to you. kremlin critic alex in iran is sentenced to 3 and a half years of violating his parole while recovering from being poisoned. on our intake of this is our 0 live from london also coming up. protests ring out in yang going against me in mars military coup as leader and son

says she's moved to town serous. but it's hospitals struggling to cope with zimbabwe sees an alarming surge in code infections and deaths. and captain to tom moore the 100 year old war veteran who raised $44000000.00 for britain's health service has died after contracting over 19. no we begin in russia where a court has jailed prominent putin critic alexina valmy after finding him guilty of violating his probation he's been handed a 3 and a half year sentence but his lawyer says he'll serve 2 years and 8 months because he's already spent time under house arrest around the breached his parole because he was being treated in germany for suspected nerve agent poisoning charlie angela with force. once again alexina valley is paying

a high price for his criticism of the kremlin as a court sentenced him to $3.00 and a half years the judge found the valley guilty of breaking probation failing to report to russian police over an embezzlement charge the fact he was in hospital in berlin was not accepted the valley was there recovering from nerve agent poisoning he alleges was carried out by the russian state the kremlin critic drew a heart on the glass in court for his wife and asked supporters to protest. the aim of this hearing is to scare a great number of people it works this way jail want to scare millions. i hope that this hearing will be interpreted by people as a signal that they have to be more scared it's not a demonstration of power the national guards of russia this cage they are a demonstration of weakness you can't jail hundreds of thousands and millions like this from outside the court a major show of force from police rounding up and detaining the valley supporters

who call not only for his release but for the release of russia from putin's rule no one you saw in this pretty deal this is total lawlessness you can think whatever you want about alexina valmy as a politician but the problem is that if such high profile people can be arrested in a live television broadcast without a reason it means that people like you and i are known people they can do whatever they want to us at the margin of the seats are these trial is a sham like many other trials in russia this is a politically motivated case he was poisoned in russia that crime is not under investigation he returned to russia and they have jailed him straight away everything these going on has nothing to do with justice. after days of nationwide rallies detention centers are overflowing and despite the threat of new sanctions from the west the kremlin has shrugged off criticism from the u.s. in europe and continues to deny that the value. was ever poisoned. still not have

an answer for on what basis the swedish military conclusion that mr move only was poisoned by a. group in the last 10 years in the valley has been jailed more than 10 times many working for his anti corruption network have now been detained and his spokeswoman is under house arrest but his lawyers promised to appeal against his verdict or he asks people in and outside russia to continue putting pressure on putin charlie angela urges their well being swift international condemnation of the sentencing your secretary of state anthony blinken called for the immediate and unconditional release of the valley and his supporters u.k. foreign secretary dominic robb also called for an around these immediate release saying today's perverse ruling targeting the victim of a poisoning rather than those responsible shows russia is failing to meet the most basic commitments expected of any responsible member of the international community has crossed 30 alexandra go to trial who is outside the court in moscow and

alexander we've heard from the valley's lawyers after the sentencing what do they say. well they said that they're going to appeal this this verdict because i mean they have 10 days to do so they are going to appeal because of the same reasons they were defending it's today in court saying that he did not violate his probation and that he was reporting roussel to the prison authorities and when he wasn't he couldn't because he was in germany being treated for the consequences of poisoning with a nerve agent and they did send to the prison authorities when he was still there he's letters saying what happened and giving the address in germany where he will be so they are going to appeal but not a lot of people here in russia including not only himself have reason to believe that the judge or will it change this verdict that was clear from what he said in

court and from his reaction basically what he said in court is that it's this is a political showcase meant to scare 1000000 people millions of people who are against putin and against the presence of. the present way that russia is run and he also said that this was a fabricated thing in order to remove him from political political life and just about security around the place and has been very tight as they expecting more protests. well today the security was around the court building behind me but also the surrounding area and they were not letting anyone in who doesn't believe here they were also detaining people that were coming straight out of the metro stations so preventing any kind of fraud is

they were detaining people for looking suspicious in the sense that they might be protesting for. now the moment the verdict came in the army is so seized the ones that are still. not detained they called for his supporters to come to the center of moscow the center of moscow is now completely sealed actually the police started gathering there hours before the verdict was announced and they now shut it down completely some people that tried to approach the appointed spot which is very close to the kremlin it's a square that is a joint meant to the red square they started detaining these people the same situation is in another city of russia the city where from outputting is something there's a birth where there is also a hundreds of police in gauged in preventing any kind of protest happening tonight and i don't have good for thank you very much indeed and just while we've been

talking to alexander a couple of lines have dropped on the wires from the tass russian news agency the russian foreign ministry saying that western calls to free novelli are divorced from reality and the russian foreign ministry tells the west not to meddle in its sovereign affairs that was from our ira so some reaction there coming in from the foreign russian foreign ministry today now on the story. now moving on to me and man the residents of the largest city there have displayed that anger at the military coup that ousted on some cities government she's been moved into house arrest all the people of the country try to make sense of life under the new regime and if our reports from yang on. a day after a coup in myanmar soldiers on the street are stark reminder of the new military regime. in yangon banks and shops reopened as the city seemed to be quietly returning to normal but the mood among the people here seemed low as they digested what had happened. when i heard the news i couldn't believe it i'm sad i'm sad for

the people i feel pain in my heart i think people are going to face trouble i would . rather i can't even eat or sleep we are not strong enough to do something back to them we don't have power they seize the power because they have guns we hear nothing. on monday the military detained the factor leader aung san suu kyi and other prominent political figures since the arrests some regional ministers and lawmakers have been released. in a country where she and her and l.t. party remain extremely popular winning a landslide victory in november elections this coup will undoubtedly be unwanted by many but always people are men women. even children don't want to return to military rule you know and they hate even the thought of it in the very

founder of it all even want it but what can they do. the n l d party has released a statement repeated to on sansa chee calling for the people to protest against the military's actions. all the voters who gave their backing to his in the 2020 general election should follow old son through cheeze instructions to carry out civil disobedience. that call has been widely shared across social media here on the streets of yangon it seems like business as usual but although it's company now voices of dissent are starting to be happy. the n l d is calling for the immediate release of those who've been arrested a party spokesperson says suchi is in good health. and as the sun goes down the sons of resistance can be heard in the city. people striking pans and drums from their balconies and sound in their car hands all in

protest against the military coup alley file young gone al jazeera. you know nations security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss an international response and possible sanctions are diplomatic editor james bays joins us now from the u.n. and james. it was a closed meeting but what can you tell us about what they were discussing. well this i think will be the 1st in a series of meetings and i think the 15 ambassadors will sound each other out yes some of them particularly european ambassadors the u.k. currently the president of the security council had a draft statement and would like them to have put out a strong statement but some members of the security council russia notably china because that has the most leverage with the military asked for more time to speak to their capitals to get instruction on where to go next the members of the security council were briefed by the u.n. special envoy christine shana bergen who gave them the latest information and

during the council meeting she got the information about and san suu kyi who has now been moved out of the place she was being detained and is now being held under house arrest but the spokesman for the secretary general of the u.n. staff and said that was still on acceptable and the u.n. wants all of those detained to be released in the country put back on a path to democracy i see it's likely that the u.n. security council will have further meetings in the coming days on this issue and certainly they'll be efforts to try and get a strong statement confirmed by all members of the security council but anything beyond a statement sanctions for example on the military in myanmar i think that's unlikely in the short term james bay thank you very much indeed. in arabic since unwittingly captured the coup in progress p.t.

choking in way often streams workout videos from the road leading to me and mars apartment building but her latest routine has gone viral as the backdrop showed a military convoy moving in to seize power on her arms to an electronic beat the teacher seemingly oblivious to the moment of history unfolding in hind her. at least 3 people have been killed and 7 injured after several bombs exploded in afghanistan 3 say 2 people were killed in the capital kabul after their car was targeted with a sticky bomb elsewhere in the city people who were injured when another 2 bombs exploded meanwhile in the eastern city of jalalabad one soldier was killed in an explosion targeting his vehicle the u.s. blames the taliban for arranging a series of high profile assassinations recently which it denies. more of them or that argues the you've got them the myth that i think the vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb or a sticky bomb when we went close to the start for help the driver was in the

driving seat and he was hit by shrapnel on his neck and blood was coming now i think he was already dead. still to come this half hour donald trump's lawyers say the senate has no authority to try him we'll hear his argument shortly. it's a beautiful morning there so i can see with all my fans viewing virtually. going down there it pushes down to 20 fellows went to prediction online making it to the ground tom de lay the difference. of. the cold air is still pretty stubborn stuck up in now the northeast of of europe particularly scandinavia but against it is this relentless atlantic push the as the milder and mild windy and wet is fairly typical weather i have to say for

this part of winter that's the case for some parts of france and germany low countries in fact as in flood warnings out for france for a couple days in germany at the moment but this all comes up against the cold eastley breeze this line here through northern germany through poland back to scotland is going to be a role one feel pretty horrible in complete contrast to what's happening down in italy for example a good part of the southeast of europe and even spain and portugal where temperatures are actually rising so here's a contrast hamburg's hanging around about 0 plus one with either a cold breeze or no breeze and snow and overcast conditions pretty much all the time for the next 3 days now as you can see there's a line of this there was buckles up through the north sea give some for denmark and still keeps throwing snow into well poland and the baltics and then it goes eastwards as you can see not far from kiev but look at rome and here's the forecast for rome for thursday and friday and saturday might be a big fat around even a murky morning but it's warm the average is 30 new got 19 or 20.

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and one of the top stories here on jazeera russian opposition to the other side of and they has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison he breached probation terms by traveling for treatment after a nerve agent poisoning is to be shortened due to time served on the house arrest. of in public displays against the military coup in myanmar with people of young go on buying hearts in anger against the overthrow of elected leader on some sushi she's been moved into house arrest. russia's sputnik 3 vaccine has been found to be nearly 92 percent effective in protecting against covert 19. that's according to peer review results from its stage 3 trial published by international medical journal the lancet it's also been found to be safe and offer complete protection against hospitalization and death the vaccine initially met with some skepticism after it was rolled out in

a number of countries before final trial data was released it's already been approved by 15 countries including argentina hungary and the united arab emirates. from pollution and according to the results obtained and published in this article it is arguable that to date the sputnik very soon is the safest of all drugs in widespread use in civilian circulation or the trial of this vaccine showed no serious complications a new study has found the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is 76 percent effective against covert infection for 3 months after a single dose at effectiveness improves once a 2nd shot is given the findings which are yet to be peer reviewed support decisions made by some countries to extend the interval between initial doses french health authorities have restricted the rollout of the oxford faster than it vaccine to people under 65 it's the latest carry out imposed on the vaccine by an e.u. member state due to what they say is insufficient data on its efficacy for older

people the e.u. drugs regulator approved the oxford astra zeneca vaccine for all adults but each member state sets its own rollout policy scientists say a code 19 variant discovered in the u.k. has mutated further in a way that could help evade vaccines tests show the changes a similar to those seen in the more contagious south african and brazil variants the u.k. is tightening measures to control the spread of new very new strains with urgent testing in parts of the country and tougher travel restrictions planned the government is also working with pharmaceutical companies to identify whether vaccines need to be modified to tackle the variants. if huge amount of work with the scientists and the pharmaceutical industry to to develop modern modified vaccines should they be necessary and we're also monitoring the results of work to understand the africa see of the existing vaccines against the variance of concern

. for centenarian captain tom moore has died in hospital after testing positive for cope with 19 more raised millions of dollars for the british health service by walking laps of his garden in last year's knockdown u.k. prime minister described him as a national hero charlotte ballistics back his life. he inspired a nation during a difficult time captain tom moore fund raising hero has died in april 2020 of an obscure retired british army captain captured hearts when he attempted to walk 100 lefts of his garden at the time of his 100th birthday he wanted to raise $1500.00 for the national health service and state he raced $43000000.00 and his story went global delighted the word there for the reset of old war so

this is warsaw has turned into this enormous sum of. the cause is so good that we're not poor if we were delighted where we got so much money for such a good cause. his optimism was contagious is catch phrase you'll never walk alone became a number one hit. a book about his life followers and a film is in the making of. queen elizabeth came out of lock down to give him a knighthood and he entered the guinness book of world records what can you do. i think. those are all was may of 2 mystic who would have you talking to bob ilb the mystic because they're so good and mincing. captain tom served in india and burma during the 2nd world war. he likened the fight against

covert to a battle with doctors and nurses on the front line the prime minister pay tribute to him captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word in the dark days of the 2nd world war he fought for freedom and in the face of this country's deepest postwar crises he united us all he became not just a. national inspiration but a beacon of hope for the world. despite being prioritise for vaccination he developed pneumonia before he could be protected against the virus an emblem of hope during the pandemic he'll be mourned by a nation of. zimbabwe as you know surgeon covert 19 cases more than half its infections so far and more 2 thirds of deaths have been recorded in the last month alone the country's health system has been crumbling for years and can barely cope with

a rise in cases. has more from harare. so also tested positive for covert last year. he says he survived despite getting little help from hospitals since then he's been using herbal home remedies to try and boost his anine system doing everything he can not to get sick again. in. zimbabwe is battling a 2nd wave of coronavirus infections and the already struggling healthcare sector is overwhelmed some of those buried recently include 2 cabinet ministers a retired general and other high profile zimbabweans the country of about 15000000 people has 84 working ventilators in public hospitals and just over 1000 beds for covered 9000 patients in private and public institutions that's according to the

health ministry public health care workers often go on strike protesting against poor salaries and the lack of personal protective equipment and drugs sometimes you find patients dying in front of you when you don't know what we're supposed to do but it isn't even a choice nor are the resources nor this patient needs. rather than often. do they really know this patients need drugs but. to try and bring down the infection rate the government has extended a lockdown by 2 more weeks this includes a dusk to dawn curfew and shutting land borders nonessential businesses will remain closed until mid february that includes clothes stores and mobile phone repair shops only 10 percent of government workers are allowed to work from day offices the rest are home. health officials are investigating with a more infectious south african variant of the virus is circulating in zimbabwe

fearing it may have entered when thousands of citizens living in south africa returned home for the december holiday the world health organization says the south african variant has so far been reported in 5 other african countries but swine or zambia malawi the gambia and tenure and according to w.h.o. new and more contagious variants of covert 19 are spreading across africa causing an increase in infections and deaths. every day when he gets home salsa in hell steam with some eucalyptus oil added to it he says his health reduced the mucus in his lungs he believes coughing gets rid of germs that could make him sick with no word from the government on when vaccines against kovan 1000 will arrive the businessman hopes alternative therapies will protect him out his or her dowry. both sides in the impeachment case against former u.s. president donald trump have submitted their briefings to the senate trump's legal

team says the senate lacks the authority to try him now he's not on the president or to stop him running again the democrats who drafted the impeachment charges have accused him of offending everything constitution stands for. she have a transforming events for us in washington d.c. tell us more about the the document democrats of. well there are arguments is what we saw on january the 6th here in the capital was the culmination of a campaign by donald trump to pursue power at all costs that even bigger before the election when he was priming his supporters to question the results of the election that went into a new phase after the election when donald trump started questioning local officials but also tweeting and making speeches about how he his landslide had been stolen that culminated in the john yoo the 6 john kerry the 6 roads and as the democrats say. the honorable part of that point was to trump to accept the results

and concede defeat instead he summoned them up to washington exhorted them into a frenzy and aimed them like a loaded cannon down pennsylvania avenue not only that even as the right was on the way he seemed quite pleased with what was going on but using certain anecdotal accounts that we had at the time and then the 2nd part of the case the democrats are making is on this idea of constitutionality which is expected to be the main thrust of the trump defense arguments and they say look the constitution is very clear the president has to be held accountable from the beginning to the end to the 1st from the 1st day to the last day of the presidency you can't have a january exception and say well look he's about to leave office in january so you can't impeach him in general because that would obviously give rise to other leaders thinking well in january i can do whatever i want even cling on to power as they allege donald trump did so that's their argument. and she had trump's team responding to these allegations what are they saying. and it does seem that their main main argument will be that one store left office he could no longer be

impeached the constitutional provision of impeachment requires that a person actively hold office to be impeached they say he doesn't hold office told trump so therefore you can't impeach him that is the main argument and it's pretty safe ground for donald trump because 45 of the 50 republican senators have already said they agree that the impeachment is unconstitutional the democrats need 17 republicans to join them where things get a little bit more shaky and i think which is where republican senators are a bit concerned about the the the defense strategy was was donald trump going to go heavily in to the argument that the election was rigged so therefore it is all right to try and tell your supporters to fight what is an injustice that isn't such a big part of this defense the defense talk and as far as we can tell however it does say they don't trump has the right to make his argument if he genuinely believes it that the election has been stolen that is legally protected speech

under the 1st amendment if you start prosecuting people for giving unpopular political opinions in particular well that makes a mockery of the constitution as well so that's the other part of the of the trump defense but as things stand certainly on the constitutionality of impeachment in the 1st place he still has all the republicans at least a majority of republicans on board no conviction is likely to have a chance and thank you very much. 5 today seems a bit familiar maybe because it's groundhog day in the united states made famous by the 993 film of the same name this is ceremony starring the groundhog punxsutawney phil was a bit different from usual adding to the pandemic with people to follow the event online job was to predict the weather for the next 6 weeks he emerged from his tree stump just at that as the northeast to the us was blanketed in snow for a 2nd day and it seems the country is in for a long winter it's a beautiful morning this i can see with all my fans viewing virtually my

faithful followers being safe and secure our tradition of groundhog day must endure we have all passed through the darkness of night but now see hope. in mornings bright light but now when i turn to see there's a perfect shadow cast of me 6 more weeks of winter there will be. top stories about is there the russian opposition to an extent of on a has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison the vocal critic of president putin was jailed for breaching his probation terms by traveling to germany for treatment after he was poisoned by a nerve agent the russian government to suspected of orchestrating the attack his

term will be shortened due to.