may she is right lays bare the bias people believe things because they want to believe them done covers the uncomfortable truths if you think they did enough to scrutinize the case or the listening posts on the. protests in russia as opposition leader alexina valen these jailed for more than 2 years world leaders demand his immediate release. in jordan this is our jazeera life and also coming up. the 1st major protest in min margins the military coup a civilian leader and son suci has put under house arrest. u.s.

president joe biden signs 3 executive orders rolling back donald trump's hardline immigration policies. concerning mutations found in the u.k. variant of corona virus which could reduce vaccines effectiveness. and amazon's founder jeff bezos is stepping down as c.e.o. as latest quarterly profits hit $7000000000.00. but we begin in russia where opposition leader president putin's most familial critic alexina valmy has been sent back to jail he's been sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for violating probation terms by traveling to germany for a lifesaving treatment after he was poisoned with a nerve agent his lawyers say they'll appeal the conviction the u.s. britain germany and the e.u. are all calling for his immediate release well security has been stepped up in moscow more than 900 people have been detained as an avanti supporters gathered to

protest against the ruling well we'll have an update from moscow but 1st here's charley angela. 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 his supporters to protest. the aim of this hearing is disco 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 why 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 become one of the see this trial is a sham like many other trials in russia this is a politically motivated case he was poisoned in russia but 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 valley was ever poisoned your 30th in the marsh we've still not heard an answer for on what basis the swedish military made their conclusion that mr novelli was poisoned by an agent from the group. in the last 10 years nirvana 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 promise to appeal against his verdict while he asks people in and outside russia to continue putting pressure on putin charlie angela is there but the police crackdown on the volleys supporters has been swift alexandra god ford reports now from moscow well today the security was wrong 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 station so preventing any kind of brought as they were detaining people for looking suspicious in the sense that they might be protesting for. the moment the verdict came in as so says 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 a very close to the kremlin square that is a joint meant to the right square they started detaining these people the same situation is in another city of russia the city where from some petersburg where there is also a hundreds of police in gauged in preventing any kind of protest happening tonight

. well as you mentioned there's been global outrage against the verdict u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken called for the immediate and unconditional release of the valley and his supporters u.k. foreign secretary dominic robb describe the court ruling as perverse and the german chancellor angela merkel said violence against peaceful demonstrators must stop let's bring in ariel cohen he's a senior fellow at the atlantic council and joins us via skype from washington d.c. out of good to have you back on the program what's your response then to this prison sentence handed down in a valley is it likely to silence him in any way do you think. no not at all and we've head example of there are major soviet regime opponents like the softer of the physicists who was exiled to the city of gorky and force fed through to by the regime and nevertheless suffered remained in the

russian history as a great man of freedom of the russian dolls and della with all the difference of suffering never became the head of russia not violently is a major figure in the regime is doing everything to show that he is a major political opponent of let's remember to. 1 he made his job to expose tremendous corruption in russia and to me what they did today was a huge mistake just as the sarras regime in the 19th century early 20th century at every crossroad made a wrong move that brought the russian empire to the disaster in 1917 with it collapsed when i was alone people removes against the regime and brought the regime down ariel you've met alexina valmy and know him personally how do you think he's handling all of this i mean the poisoning that nearly killed him behind the

continuous harassment by the author of his against him and his protest as and his wife even and now this jail term. after being poisoned and being in a clinical in the state of clinical death in a coma of 4 days and then being treated in germany for weeks to stand up and to go back to russia for the russian people it's an act of tremendous courage and they respect courage russians are courageous people you remember the russian heroism in world war 2 when they were fighting the nazi germany and defeated it so i think that the violin is demonstrating that he's sacrificing his own life moreover you can say he came back from the dead. to fight for the russians and the russians are tired of 20 years of lies in the woods and they say enough is enough so even if today relatively few people came to demonstrate for the

young people not violate is unquestionable but their next leader ariel just a final point to you what does this prison sentence mean for the protest movement going forward i mean is this going to be a rallying cry perhaps for the protests to gain more traction across the country well it shows that the regime is dead serious that it will trying to keep not violate above and beyond the 2 and a half years that he needs to serve he was jailed for not coming because of this of suspended sentence not coming to the police well gee he was in a german hospital dying of a poisoning how could he come and. present himself to a police precinct he could not do that but they will cook up additional accusations i'm sure and the word is out there trying the gunning for him his wife he is the leaders of the movement who are in the house arrest so it's

a real serious struggle for the future of iraq and good to get your thoughts thanks for talking to al-jazeera. now the u.s. is classified the military takeover in myanmar as a coup and that means washington could look for ways to impose tougher sanctions on the generals who seized power on monday for the 1st time in being miles largest city young gone there been widespread protests against the removal of anger is now under house arrest the head of me in mazar me the man who now runs the country says the deposing of suchi was inevitable from a young gone his army fell. a day after a coup in myanmar soldiers on the street a 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'm with you. i can't even eat or sleep we're not strong enough to do something back to them we don't have power they seize the power because they have guns we have 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 now tea party remain extremely popular winning a landslide victory in november elections this coup will undoubtedly be unwanted by many but already people i've met many women. even children don't want to return to military rule you know and they hate even the thought of it you know very found of it or even want it but what can they do. the n l d party has released

a statement repeated tongue sense to cheney calling for the people to protest against the military's actions. all the voters who gave their back into his in the 2020 general election should follow exxon's who cheese instructions to carry out civil disobedience. that cool has been widely shared across social media here on the streets of yangon it seems like business as usual but overall it's come from now voices of dissent are starting to be heard. the n.o.c. is calling for the immediate release of those who have 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 sounding their car. all in protest

against in the true coup alley file young gone out. on the u.s. state department says it's reviewing millions of dollars in aid to me and. our 1st concern of course is the restoration of civilian leadership in burma our concern consistent with that is ensuring that as we undertake this review now that we have the chairman that a coup has taken place on february 1st the civilian led government has been deposed by the military our 1st concern is we do that review will be to ensure that all of the $135000000.00 we contribute and all annually to the people of burma that we don't do anything that would affect the long suffering people of burma including. the u.n. security council held a meeting on the developments in me and ma but stop short of taking immediate action diplomatic editor james bates reports. the u.n. security council met in closed session but they couldn't agree a statement condemning what's happened in myanmar in recent days they heard from

the u.n. special envoy christina shriner berg and she told them that. she had been moved from the place that she's been detained in to house arrest the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general though said that was still on acceptable and as a 1st step all detainees needed to be released a special envoy said that given the apparent commitment by the military to save for the rule of law following the november 8th elections these turn of events was surprising and shocking the current president of the security council the british ambassador said that discussions will continue in the coming days there's been widespread concern among and across the international community i heard those concerns very clearly among my colleagues this morning and we welcome the role of regional partners including s.c.n. to resolve this crisis the key to the next steps on myanmar depend on one permanent

member of the u.n. security council china in the meeting i'm told to the chinese representative was playing for time and diplomats say china has not yet shown its hand. the u.s. has rejected a call by iran to revive the nuclear deal a spokesman said it's too early for such action and the terror on must 1st come back into full compliance iran's foreign minister had proposed that the european union help coordinate a similar tenuous return to their agreement by both sides the u.s. left the nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions since then the iran has increased uranium enrichment levels beyond the limits set out in the agreement. time for a short break here now does iraq when we come back donald trump's lawyers say the senate has no authority to try him plus. after a successful test launch the rocket space x. hopes will one day go to mars explodes on landing again.

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not missing in sumatra daily shows tend to be in the evening and in the south a good change i think for india weather wise whilst you can't see it most the northern plain and including bangladesh is full of fog which means air quality in the cities is pretty poor but you see this into showers rate all snow depending on your height above sea level is like to stir the atmosphere always a good thing that means the air quality will improve and last through thursday and friday but with on the story unfortunately on saturday it all goes downhill once again. sponsible qatar airways it's 10 years since revolutions across the arab world challenge the power of the us but how did these leaders rise to their positions the principle of the before these dictation is to be patient they play their game very carefully and how did they stay in control of

a common thing amongst the arabic states as is incredible will to survive the arab awakening absolute power. on a. whole . welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here this hour a russian opposition leader alexina valley has been sent to jail will spend more than 2 years in prison for violating terms of his parole by traveling to germany for treatment after he was poisoned by a nerve agent hundreds of his supporters have been detained. and their been public displays of anger against the military coup in mark people in the nation's largest city young gone bang pots to protest against the overthrow of elected leader and son suchi she's now been moved into

a house over. scientists a covert 1000 variants found in the u.k. has further mutated in a way that could help it evaluate vaccines to show the changes are similar to those seen in the more contagious south africa and brazil variants the u.k. starting measures to control the spread of new strains with more testing and tougher travel restrictions let's bring in dr ali thought whom he's a vaccine all a just on a jump professor at the university of michigan he joins us via skype from ann arbor . so how worried are scientists and health officials about this new mutation of the covert variants found in the u.k. i mean viruses mutate normally anyway but how serious is this latest development. you know this nice mutation that happened in the u.k. and in south africa ended roseate are already some because the susceptibility to

the unity is reduced by the vaccines have been reduced it's not that he didn't escape yet it is only a change we still have lists efficacy less efficient against the soviets and therefore our there is a chance and there is a risk and therefore we need to mitigate these terrorists by continue with our isolation and. sort of distancing and all the other measures that we all take so it's really it's one of some but it's not that easily. with huge risk at this point i mean what impact is this going to have on transmission rates because this is the one unknown that is crucial in trying to contain the spread of the virus isn't it. yes it is it is a huge true and there are these new strains are having a very high rate of it to its mission and colonize asian and as long as are the circulation of the virus in the community and indigo in the different countries

continue are there is a kind of selection toward these fit viruses to increase is there a tendency to cause did to cause infections are therefore we have an issue they have still just to make a point that some of the vaccines are still able to free thought of to take care of these were irises with less efficiency but definitely in the case of severe this season it we are to still be vaccines are very good in preventing severe disease by the specific variants that the have been appearing in different countries has been asking about the vaccines only because let's talk about the manufacturers for a 2nd how much tweaking then to they need to do to their shots to increase efficiency against these new mutations. yes i think there are the super long ways

to do it one is that needed to create a vaccine to tweak the existing vaccine to cover these new strains but still i think that would be with most of the world is did not get the regular vaccine to start talking about the 2nd generation is really ahead of don't worry too in early to talk about i think what we need to do is to look for ways to use the syrup relation of it virus in the community is so that the so isolated isolate sort of variants that are are super spreaders can be controlled and could be can be happening at 80 with the existing vaccines to have access to all for all to this these vaccines and as long as nobody will be safe until every word body is safe so therefore are extending and expanding the vaccination would be one measure there who abuse their relation to use more of mutations and more selection toward

more virulent strains knocked out if i tunes right to get your thoughts thank you for talking to art as they are in here for us president joe biden has signed a series of executive orders aimed at reversing donald trump's hardline immigration policies thanks to the creation of a task force to reunite hundreds of children separated from their families on a trump 0 tolerance policy and also a peer review of the asylum process at the border with mexico and it's bringing alan fischer he joins us live from washington d.c. alan said tell us a bit more than about these executive orders and how much of a about reversing donald trump's hardline immigration policy. well moving into the 2nd film week of the biting ministration they've obviously set their target on dismantling some of the legacy of donald trump's immigration policies you'll remember that on day one joe biden over tunde the so-called muslim ban and he also made some actions that would help dreamers young children who were brought here by

their parents illegally but have no nor nothing but living in the united states well this time there were 3 executive orders 'd from joe biden the fuss was to set up a task force under the newly confound head to all of homeland security to try and reunite the families that were separated at the border there are hundreds of them we don't know the exact number because that is the level of dysfunction in the government that they don't know where all these children are and they don't know how many were actually impacted clearly joe biden would like quick answers that is why he has set up this task force he's also going to take measures to luke review the policies that were put in place by donald trump when it came to restricting the number of asylum seekers admitted into the u.s. restricting the possibility of citizenship for a number of people and also for a green card holders those work permits that allowed people to live on what here in the united states the president says this isn't about making law by executive order

this is about doing the right thing for america after what happened under the trumpet ministration. this is about how to safer stronger more prosperous and we have a theory or 2 here are you married a legal immigration system. with the 1st action today. we're going to work to undo the moral. of the previous administration and literally not figuratively river children from the understood their families the mothers and fathers of the border. with no plan none whatsoever to reunify our children still. cause to be in their prayers the 2nd action addresses the root causes of our migration to our southern border and refer to action the 3rd resigned orders a full review of the previous administration's harmful and counterproductive immigration policies basically crossed. so 3

executive orders citing the on monday but the by the administration isn't done we're told that there are going to be more executive orders they might look for example at the thought that a number of migrants accompany being held in camps in mexico you remember that donald trump reached an agreement where there would be can set up there for people who applied for residency here in the united states or asylum here in the united states rather than the former polish sea of allowing them into the country before the hearings could be held so that is likely to be addressed and we know that joe biden would like to see an immigration reform bill sent to congress very soon he's talked about the possibility of providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants here in the united states they some republicans say that's simply not going to happen but there would be support among the democrats and remember democrats at the moment control the house and the senate it's clear that joe biden isn't done with this monthly donald trump's legacy

on immigration just yet all right alan fischer there live for us in washington d.c. allan thank you. but 2 more biden cabinet appointees have been confirmed by the u.s. senate. will serve as secretary of homeland security is the 1st latino and the 1st immigrant to hold the position new york us is expected to play a key role in biden's attempts to reverse some immigration restrictions imposed by donald trump and only a pete but a judge was confirmed as transportation secretary is the 1st openly gay member of the u.s. cabinets the former presidential contender will be leaving the white house efforts to increase spending on infrastructure 'd. meanwhile the impeachment case against donald trump has been set in motion at the senate democrats who drafted the charges have accused him of endangering the lives of all members of congress by inciting his supporters to storm the capitol hill trump's legal team says the senate lacks the authority to try him now that he is no longer president. and boss jeff bezos has announced he's stepping down as c.e.o.

later this year he set to become executive chairman where he plans to focus on new products and initiatives bezos leaves his post on a high note as the company posted quarterly sales of more than $100000000000.00 for the 1st time and you just see the head of amazon web services will be stepping up to run the company the u.s. company space x. has carried out a 2nd test flight of its prototype rocket being developed to take humans to mars things were going well until it tried to land on the chappelle explains. one. you're looking at the future of space travel built by a private company space x. starship is designed to transport people deeper into space than ever before and possibly take 100 people at a time to mars the 1st high altitude test flight of the starship prototype was carried out in december stunning onlookers with the landing put maneuver that until that point had never been done the reusable spacecraft stabilizes itself in

a controlled fall before landing which didn't go so well the 1st time. test vehicles are built to fail so that later versions don't data from test flights are used to make improvements to the production line in texas along the u.s. mexican border the company's founder elon musk says they'll go through around 20 prototypes before it's operational starship will eventually tower 120 meters in the sky atop what's called a super heavy rocket more powerful than the saturn 5 used for the apollo missions to the moon and it will launch from the sea space x. recently purchased to decommission oil rigs for 3 and a half $1000000.00 each and is converting them into floating space ports. musk says 1000 starships will be needed to build a city on mars and he's committing billions from his personal wealth to finance it do you want a future where we become a space bring civilization and are in many worlds and out there among the stars

a whole one where we are forever confined to earth and i say it is the 1st and i hope you agree with me. fully reusable transportation systems have significantly reduced costs for each launch for humans and cargo multiple ships and start building up the city then making the city bigger and bigger even after defying expectations musk's critics doubt his billions will be enough to finance his dreams a vision that will likely cost trillions of dollars to realize and will depend on future technology not yet invented but for now the next starship is fully assembled and nearly ready for launch and or shipped out al-jazeera. talk a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera russian opposition leader alexina valen he's been sent to jail and spend more than 2 years in prison for violating terms of his parole by traveling to germany for a life saving treatment after.