i women when no topic is off the table there was in the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls they are often legitimize them grega one is pedophile on air or on line jumping to the comments section and the teacher asked to discuss this stream on out is there are. thousands protest across to me and for a 2nd day calling for the military to give up control and to release civilian leaders. who want to become our son summary of this is the world news from al jazeera a new hurdle has astra zeneca says it's vaccine is showing limited protection against the south african variant of covert 19.

more anger at police in chile after the killing of a street performer that was caught on tape. and al jazeera journalist mom at the same freed from prison in egypt after being detained 404 years without charge. around with starting in may and now where there is growing defiance nearly a week after the democratically elected government was ousted in a military coup hundreds of people were not protesting despite the risk of arrest crowds in yangon of calling for the deposed leader aung sang suu kyi to be freed she's been charged with violating import export. foreign snowie is in kuala lumpur this sunday following developments for us the fact florence that people are still out on the street a week later and continuing to oppose this military rule is significant in itself.

very significant kemal and this is the protests taking part for a 2nd straight day in yangon the largest city in myanmar and those are taking place despite a near total shutdown of the internet that's been in place since saturday afternoon now on people in yangon the reports say that hundreds of people marching in different parts of yangon many of them wearing red holding red balloons red being the color of the national league for democracy that won november's elections now we don't yet know how the military is going to react to these protests but the voice of anger has grown even louder and bolder throughout the week they 1st started with nightly noise protests in yangon people making loud noises at traditional myanmar believe that this will drive away evil and then it grew to a civil disobedience campaign with people going on strike and now street protests that are growing that seem to be growing across the country we're hearing that there was a smaller protests that took place in mandalay the 2nd largest city in myanmar and

also in a coastal town of maule the main on sunday now but this country has a history of brutal repression against uprisings the military used violence to put down protests in 190-2007 we don't yet know whether or not that's going to happen but i think much of it will also depend on how launched these protests are going to be and how much longer they go on for. our people being explicitly told to get off the street this is what i wonder in the lead up to anything more that could happen if they've been told you should you shouldn't be out here we want you off the streets because that is when things could get even worse. well so far there's been silence from the military there hasn't been any warnings but more than $160.00 people have been arrested since the coup on monday that's according to the un special rapporteur on myanmar and we know this includes not just politicians but also some activists so the myanmar military is really. quite

intent on stopping these protests from growing even bigger but that's not enough to deter people and people are also aware of what the military is capable of and there's still many still say they're not afraid because they're doing this for the future generation they know what can happen to them and you know the risk of arrest israel but they're still coming out on the streets to protest now there was a rumor on saturday night that aung sun suu kyi had been released and some people say that this is possibly a ploy by the military to get people off the streets but that rumor was very quickly debunked by a lawyer who say who have still not been able to see. or speak to her and so you know people are still coming out on the streets to protest because they're so angry at what's happening in yemen. florence lose keeping an eye on the protests in me in march from kuala lumpur to thank you florence. on to other news an astra zeneca says it's working to adapt its covert 19 vaccine against a new variant 1st identified in south africa this is after

a trial showed it might be less effective and study shows the vaccine has significantly reduced efficacy against that mutation is coming from a report in the financial times the trial is small and has not been peer reviewed we must say a south african variant is among a number of mutations causing concern because of the higher rate of spread and the potential to resist vaccines or is a pleasure to talk to dr sanjay in canberra australia an associate professor of infectious diseases at the australian national university. dr the 1st things 1st this has not been peer reviewed that means that it's not but it's not out there the report i guess is not out there for other people to to to compare and contrast is do we just have to wait for more information at this stage from your your perspective. yes come on we do because as you say there's very sparse

information at the moment for example they didn't actually give a figure of vaccine efficacy we also know that it's very young people some of the impacts on severe disease unlikely to be known because it is very unlikely in young people having said they're from our we know from the other vaccines that are around but do not. know that x. johnson and johnson they also have shown reduced impact against the south african strain although they are effective against the south african strain so this would be consistent with what we have seen with those other vaccines and this can't really be a surprise though can it because a vaccine that's been developed inside 12 months against a very specific disease and then it mutates i mean of course there's going to be a level of catch up here. well you know a koala to be honest it is a bit of a surprise so we always look we always knew that viruses mutate that happens all

the time but when we talk about a new strain we're talking about a mutation that affects the way the virus behaves in humans and really we thought that a corona virus tends to mutate quite slowly maybe 5 times slower than influenza so in a sense that we were seeing strains at this point of the outbreak was kind of a surprise and i suspect it just reflects the fact that we've seen so many cases worldwide of coded and it's allowed the virus to replicate in replicate hundreds of millions of times and we've seen the strains of much it's is why you're the doctor and i'm asking the questions and one thing i do want to know though is the idea that if you create a vaccine for a particular disease and then it changes you don't have to start from 0 again do you with these mutations you i guess you build on what you've learned already and in theory if a vaccine can be created as i said in such

a short space of time then hopefully the doctors would be able to to catch up and keep trying to keep pace with the variance. no bets quite right and influenza is the perfect example so every year we get a new mixture in our influenza vaccines both in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere so we've already had murmurings from one of the m r n a vaccine companies that coated sand and that if they have to it might take about 6 weeks to make an adjustment for these new strains astra zeneca has apparently said that by autumn so it sounds like about 6 months they could have a new strain in place new type of vaccine to fight these strains of so yes you're right it's not as hard as starting from baseline. should we remember and i've made this point so many times in this interview already the fact that this has all moved so quickly and while we're all desperate to get

a vaccine and to find some way out of all of this the fact that we are even talking about a vaccine at this point is still really significant oh look it is it is wonderful in fact i've got an upcoming talk or i'm going to say that because i'm talking about where australia might be in a few months time and i say the fact that we're having this discussion is amazing because we've got vaccines that have been rolled out in phase 4 trials it is something to be thankful for it is something of a preset dented but we've also seen that the virus is very versatile and we will have to adjust accordingly but we're definitely in a better position now come are one thought we would have been then always good to remember that as an adult to sundance and i could joining us from camera thank you . well the killing of a street performer in chennai has triggered protests against police violence the 27 year old juggler was shot dead in the southern town on friday after office and say

he resisted a routine identity check more details in this report from. anger in the chilean capital over the police shooting of a young street performer police used water cannon as hundreds took to the streets in santiago to the bank pots and charge that officers the protesters want to show solidarity with 27 year old francisco martinez will marrow who were shot dead by police on friday officers say they opened fire because the juggler refused to cooperate in a routine search the government held an emergency meeting well a judge has ordered an investigation into the shooting. but we always regret that an operation of these characteristics result in the death of a person as a government we want to guarantee that all measures will be taken to ensure the justice system and the prosecutor's office can investigate exactly what happened the fall for justice came after demonstrators at several public buildings on fire in the normally sleepy town of. residence

a police brutality must come to an end you know gregory fought in the i believe that the protocols and the actions of the police must be reviewed yes it's not the 1st time or the 2nd order 3rd time he can either give it before we must have justice because something like this cannot go unpunished it cannot be always wash their hands saying it was in self-defense no things cannot stay this way it cannot be. mass anti-government protests since 29 team have put chile's police force under intense scrutiny with local and international watchdogs alleging excessive use of force and human rights violations. it's always been like this in the last couple of decades because the police institution has never really been reforms. there's a lot of human rights violations a lot of repression by that you know these going on in the shanty towns near the capital and in a smaller neighborhoods the poor neighborhoods which we never hear of well those

living and mourn the death of the young street performer but many are hopeful it would bring what they say is the much needed police accountability sue al jazeera. in the news ahead and he government protests like this they have become a regular occurrence in haiti we're looking at why they could be about to escalate further and fears the biggest day in america's sporting calendar could turn into a code with 19 super spreader events. hi there it is positively spring like across eastern parts of the mediterranean better elsewhere winter really has got its correct polish we've got some cold air across eastern and northern parts in particular cross those northern areas of here we are going to see more the way of colder weather and more the way of snow we have

storm darcy bring you some very wintry weather in across the british isles and we got this nother area of low pressure moving across the i peer pressure and lat will just run up across the flood affected parts of france are going to see somewhat of weather coming back in here there we go with that moderate into central and eastern parts of the mediterranean getting up into the twenty's but look further north a minus 12 in moscow 0 in berlin just 7 degrees in london and it does get colder as i say push on into saturday we will see that colder air gradually making its way further southwards and west was one celsius there in london at this stage 0 celsius there is it go on into monday as we go to a choose day on hang on to a similar. temperature but just minus 20 the top temperature in moscow still plenty of walks down towards southern most past we got the snow across central areas it will turn a good deal wet and windy for central parts of the met. but

. when the going gets tough many bangkok slum dwellers are forced to borrow. she may be kinder than your average moneylender. she may have more patience. but make no mistake. she means business. granny lone shot because of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera.

down to 0 these are the top stories this hour thousands of people in me and protesting against the military coup and subsequent cracked crackdown for a 2nd day now they are holding public demonstrations despite the risk of arrest and internet and phone line disruptions as well. astra zeneca says it's working to adapt its coded 1000 back scene against a variant 1st identified in south africa a new study shows it has significantly reduced efficacy against that mutation and the killing of a street performer in chile has triggered protests against police violence police shot the street juggler in a southern town on friday the officers say he resisted a routine identity. we return to corona virus news in israel is expected to begin lifting its latest coronavirus lockdown on sunday some businesses will be able to reopen including takeaway food services and hairdressers the month long lockdown was the 3rd time the country's shuttered shops and kept people home for an extended

period ban on air travel remains in place let's talk to harry for sid in west jerusalem now morning harry is this the result of an we were just talking to a doctor about vaccines a result of the fact that israel has been able to vaccinate large parts of its population. that is certainly part of it there is a feeling that there is enough of a cohort especially within the most elderly and therefore most at risk members of the israeli population that there is an opportunity at least to start releasing some of these restrictions but there's also real political pressure to do so there is an acceptance i think that this 3rd lockdown has been less well observed than the 1st 2 obviously there's been a lot of criticism about netanyahu as policy for the ultra orthodox community where we've seen large gatherings funerals and so on but even among more mainstream israeli society you can see that there is a lot more traffic on the roads for example than in previous occasions so

maintaining the strict lockdown politically was becoming increasingly difficult and so what we're seeing as of 7 am on sunday is an ability to travel outside of one kilometer radius from one's home go to other people's homes go to bed and breakfasts as a nuclear family still no word yet on how they will reopen the education system but some of the most restrictive parts of the lockdown are being eased and as you say a lot of it does depend on whether they can maintain at least the within bounds the effect on the hospital admissions and severe cases stemming from a more relaxed approach because of the vaccines certainly they're going out of this lockdown at a far higher rate of infection far higher positivity rate than the previous 2 in fact the positivity rate according to the y. net new site has risen during this lockdown so there's certainly no real

indorsement in terms of the infection rate coming down the relaxing the measures but there is at least the opportunity because of a vaccination program to try to do so and so israel is not just a test bed in terms of the sort of medical efficacy and effect of this is this of this vaccine which is. pfizer is using it for but also it's a bit of a test bed to see even at this relatively early stage in israel is far more advanced than other countries in terms of its vaccination program whether there will be enough of an effect to allow the restrictions to be relaxed even at a high rate of infection thank you harry fawcett in west jerusalem let's keep talking about the nation's bangladesh which has started its nationwide program it hopes to inoculate 3 and a half 1000000 people in the 1st month but the campaign set a tepid response with less than half the teams administering the vaccines deployed around the country than planned bangladesh has received 7000000 doses remember it has a population of more than 160000000 people china's drug regulators given conditional

approval to a 2nd locally made covert 1000 bags in the corona vac jab has been used in china's vaccination program for people in high risk groups since july it's affected this in clinical trials around the world ranges from 50 to 91 percent sign of acne is the beijing based company behind the vaccine and expects to be able to produce more than a 1000000000 doses a year. hundreds of people in denmark of protest against coronavirus restrictions around $600.00 demonstrators rallied in front of parliament to denounce what they call dictatorship and they say plans for a vaccination passport will infringe on their freedom denmark is reporting around 450 cases of coven 1000 a day which is well down from the peak of 4 and a half 1000 back in december. so great news for us here at al-jazeera as our journalist mahmud hussein has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt he was arrested in 262016 while simply visiting his residence in cairo and

was never formally charged with a crime or put on trial barbara has our report. home at last and a joyful welcome for mahmoud hussain after 2 years in prison. multiple organizations campaigned for his release and say could open the door for other journalists wrongly held in egypt but news release can be a step forward. loosening up the repression in egypt there are dozens more journalists in egypt in jail there has been a mass crackdown closing of. sharon. i think it really didn't help but we hope it will be a stepping stone for mahmoud was detained in december 26th seen after traveling him to cairo from his base in to her he was accused of incitement broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions allegations he and al

jazeera have repeatedly rejected al-jazeera media networks acting director general welcome to mummies truly after a vigorous campaign for his freedom throughout his detention a statement said while he was incarcerated mahmud had become a symbol of press freedom across the globe on the day of his release al-jazeera course for freedom. all journalists who were unjustly imprisoned all around the world while being held at the tour a maximum security jail in cairo my maid was kept in solitary confinement for long periods and did not receive proper treatment when he broke his arm. was reunited with his family and friends there are other wounds that won't be easy to heal. mahmoud's father died just every year ago before witnessing his son's release. out of syria. in

a major reform of cuba's state dominated economy the government says it will allow private businesses to operate in most industries in the past small businesses businesses could only participate in 127 sanctioned activities but that has now been expanded to more than 2000 the communist caribbean island is trying to recover from an economic slump brought on by tough u.s. sanctions and of course the pandemic for the brenna professor emeritus at the american university in washington d.c. told us the economic reforms have been years in the making. 10 years ago when they designated a list of private enterprises but those who are willing limited to things like being a shoemaker were being repairing bicycles and restaurants now this opens it up to a more professional to natives and the significance is twofold one it expands the

possibilities for small businesses private entrepreneurs currently it is about 15 percent of the population who work for non state and the prices and this could expand that much further 3040 percent of the nation which changes everything a bit much less reliance on the state and the 2nd is that the state needs to reduce its. employment because it's running out of money they've now changed their economic system so that was going to be a single currency and that's going to result in raising the. wages of state employees and the state can't afford that and so this is a way of helping people we have a state employee and take private jobs for a much broader range of people especially rationals lawyers architects people who provides services the business. now haiti's constitution says the new president's

term begins on february 7th heaven agrees on that but not on which year president german i was he says he still has another year in office but as far as the opposition is concerned his time is up today sunday to rise above reports on haiti's political crisis the. clashes between the opposition and security forces right next to the presidential palace. it's become a regular occurrence on the streets of port au prince. protesters continue to demand presidential in moyes steps down. gives us. it's a strike against kidnapping against hunger in the country and we are sending a clear message to the president to respect the constitution oh your this week transport unions and other workers went on a 2 day strike denouncing institutional violence and an alarming grice in kidnappings human rights groups say at least a 1000 people were kidnapped in 2020 when someone is kidnapped. the person must

go to the street and ask for a given security doesn't this and why we organize 2 days of lock up so. that we can accept this situation you know but as soon as the look of finish the kidnapping restored quickly. haiti's opposition says it's time for moyes to go they say he's mandate ends this sunday but moyes does a greece he says his 5 year term began when he was sworn in in 2017 and that he still has one year in power but members of the opposition say maurice term began in 2016 in the wake of chaotic elections. and while the political crisis deepens haiti's economy continues to deteriorate. economies like. says urgent action is needed. the amount of people going hungry in the country is

doubled it's gone from $2000000.00 to $4000000.00 people the currency is devaluated and there is an inflation rate cost 25 percent. to complicate matters legislative elections were postponed when parliamentary terms expired this past year. has been ruling haiti by decree the u.s. and the organization of american states have urged new legislative elections to restore the balance of power maurice is proposing a referendum in april to reform the constitution. last week we held a major meeting with all interviews including the un the provisional lector council the advisory committee the government the police chief the prime minister we had a big talk about security issues elections and the referendum we were clear with all these people on april 25th because it will be a victory for us. but the opposition says it's another excuse to hold on to

power and that's why they vow to continue pressuring the government on the street. and. the united states is believed to have passed the peak of coronavirus cases that followed the christmas new year period the average number of new cases over the last week dipped below 126001 friday which is down for more than one 180008 week ago more than 3000 new deaths those still being recorded every day health experts are now concerned about a spike in cases of people attend parties during sunday's n.f.l. super bowl events and as the tampa bay buccaneers in the kansas city chiefs go head to head on sunday new variants of covert 19 continue to spread organizers say they're taking extreme measures but as we said health experts are worried and again i go with this report from miami. n.p.r. pro word got out of the super bowl is by far the biggest sporting and television event in the united states last year's final attracted over $100000000.00 viewers

but as the tampa bay buccaneers and kansas city chiefs prepared to meet on sunday this will be a game like no other tampa's raymond james stadium is the venue it's also a testing site for code 19 in a state that's lost close to 30000 people to the virus in a bid to keep the game safe the stadium will only be a 3rd full with strict protocols and social distancing as you pass through security screening your tickets will be scanned and you will be provided with a safety kit which includes a and $95.00 mask and a hand sanitizer health experts say the national football league's measures are acceptable under the circumstances that more concerned with what happens in areas outside their control it's the pre-game the post-game and for those people who aren't at the game the during game celebrations where we expect folks to get together in private and public venues and that's where the risk is especially since

we now have 3 new strains of the disease that have made landfall in the states that will of course be the much anticipated celebrity filled multimillion dollar ads but also a recognition of the sacrifice made by u.s. healthcare workers 7500 free tickets have been allocated to vaccinated frontline staff mostly from florida it's just exciting like you don't even believe it you know like a fairy tale almost it's amazing and we're very grateful all this is a far cry from previous super bowls where host cities reap huge economic benefits last year's game in miami generated more than $500000000.00 for the local economy tampa's mess says the goal is to have funds arrive healthy and leave healthy umask mandates now in place but health experts warn there could be a spike uncovered 1000 cases following. again the super bowl was never going to be canceled all anyone can do is make the best and hopefully the safest of

a bad situation to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida finally something which might make you feel just a tad lazy and adventuring grandfather has completed a record breaking atlanta voyage 70 year old briton frank rothwell has become the oldest person to row solo across the atlantic $56.00 days it took him to make a nearly 5000 kilometer journey from the canary islands to antigua in a boat he aptly named never too old ruffles no stranger to the sea either is already sailed around north and south america and around the world. past the hour and these are the top stories there is growing defiance in me and man nearly a week after the democratically elected government was ousted by a military coup hundreds of people have been out protesting despite the risk of arrest the internet.