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warning shots fired me and mar as police try to break up protests denouncing a military coup and demanding a return to democracy. voters in ecuador pick their new president who inherit a country facing deep economic problems made worse by cope with 19. political standoff in haiti the opposition wants the president out saying his term is finished but maurice insists he still has one year to search. hard and with all the day sports tampa florida is preparing to host the super bowl later this sunday when the buccaneers take on defending champions the chiefs. welcome to the news hour more than a 100 people are feared dead in india after part of a himalayan glaciers collapsed a torrent of water was sent right. down

a river where there are hydroelectric power stations and villages several bodies have been recovered but rescue operations are still underway alexey o'brien reports . a wall of water dust and rock roars down the river in northern india the bridges and dams in its path damaged or destroyed a portion of the name to davy grace is said to have broken off sending the torrent surging down the mountain and through narrow valleys below people living on the river and several nearby tributaries were warned to move to safety immediately alerted them to a lot of other people are being evacuated from the area here in atlanta as a precautionary measure floor by the rocky river has been stopped to prevent the flow of water from manic monday the dam and rishikesh dam have been emptied. rescue teams in the military quickly arrived at the area where dozens of people were working on major hydro power projects like the top of envision

a god plant which was under construction others scramble to reach at least one blocked tunnel where people were trapped inside. in these difficult times the modi government is standing shoulder to shoulder with the people of that account of the disaster management teams along with other security forces are already there and the indian air force is also on alert it is our priority to minimize the loss of life and property to the people of lootera cond and restore normalcy here. in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in june 23rd tain record rainfall caused devastating floods that kind of close to 6000 lives. that disaster was dubbed the himalayan tsunami because of the torrents of water which buried homes and swept away buildings roads and bridges. a former water resources minister and other environmental experts have criticized the construction of power projects in the area pointing to

its fragile ecosystem and to the damage caused by the 2013 floods it seems like the plant which was right in the wee off this disaster today was actually in less than 15 megawatt hydro plant the question is should we be compromising the integrity of the malia for such a small project more questions will no doubt be raised after this latest disaster for now though the rescue operation continues brian al jazeera. well tens of thousands of people have risked violence under arrests to protest in myanmar and the largest demonstrations yet against the military coup. it follows days of growing civil disobedience including strikes internet access has been partially restored that's according to monitor net walks it's been nearly a week since the army ousted the democratically elected government rights groups

say dozens of people have been arrested since then including the leader on song suchi florence louis has the latest. for a 2nd successive day people in myanmar have taken to the streets to protest against the military takeover marching through downtown yangon they held up a 3 finger salute a symbol of defiance against authoritarian rule. even people who weren't part of the demonstrations showed their support by backing off on from that car protesters are demanding an end to military rule and the release of aung san suu kyi the democratically elected leader and others still in custody they marched undeterred by the police presence and the threat of arrest in iraq so you know we have decided in the fight and to be in for a generation we have to. it's a mixture narration to get democracy to them if we want to in this military dictatorship myanmar emerged from the 50 years of military rule in 2011 people here

are aware of the military's brutal repression of past uprisings but some say they're not afraid and. i'm sure our ancestors had a ready made revolution against the military we can't just let the military when citizens had already shown their demands by voting we are on the streets for sure that we are against the military dictatorship a near total shut down of the internet and disruption of phone lines was partially lifted on sunday facebook and other social media platforms had already been blocked the un special rapporteur on myanmar has accused the military of trying to paralyze the movement of resistance and keep the outside world in the dark all week the voice of disquiet has grown louder and bolder from nightly noise protests began gone to a civil disobedience campaign the un secretary general antonio good terrorists has pledged the un will do all it can to unite the international community and create

conditions for the coup to be reversed activists say mere words on likely to have any impact on the military leaders dictatorship is gambling on the fact that there will be a lot of statements but no real action it's time to target military companies because the economics of the situation is all economic power is one off the block you dating forces for the military to grab power like this for now there's no sign the generals are ready to give up control even though the calls for them to go are growing sunday's demonstrations are the largest since the 2007 uprising against the military client slowly al-jazeera. voters in ecuador picking a new president who will be expected to steer the country out of an economic crisis . made worse by the coronavirus pandemic 16 candidates are vying for the top job

but the main contenders are former banker. an economist and dress are was voters are also choosing members of the national assembly. is joining us from bogota neighboring colombia for an update on the elections in an ecuador alessandra and tell us what's at stake. well there are in voting is underway in there and as you were saying there are 16 candidates on the ballots but the name most voters mind is not one of them is actually that former president. could who governed the country through much of the 2000 through an economic boom brought by a rise in commodity prices that helped millions get out of poverty in there and has created a lasting political influence to so many people are seeing this election as a referendum on rough. policy and on who is to blame for the current economic

crisis. or is it the fault of a 6 successor. leonine modi and so this is what many aquarians have in mind as they go voting now now himself is in exile right now out of the country in europe in belgium he is accused of corruption and could be arrested if he sets foot back in ecuador but he has decided to back this mostly unknown candidate and that is the. 35 year old economy's who is now 1st in the polls and could be well when the 2nd candidate in the polls. instead of well known tree times. can do they. lasso who believes in mainstream free market the economic politics the 3rd candidate in the

polls is an environmentally who who is sort of middle ground between those 2 so voting is underway we will see what could the audience will choose in what is seen as very important the elections given the fact that the economy is in shambles in the country yes so with so many candidates on the ballot do you then expect the elections to be headed to a 2nd round. well if we look at the polls more than a 3rd of voters are saying that they will vote for a file could ask candidate. that could very well put him within striking distance of an outright victory to win you need 50 percent of the vote or 40 percent while also having a 10 percent and point advantage over whoever gets in that 2nd that

could happen but most polls say that most likely we will see a 2nd round in april. we will probably know more later during the day. the 1st. early polls are expected this evening and there are usually they're quite fast in giving results and there is a lot of attention in internationally on who will win because. it comes from again a very very difficult economic crisis there's also the fact that the pandemic has hit the country very hard so there's also talks about possible abstention people being afraid of going out to vote because depend they make so we'll see what happens during the day but so far the voting is going on their way in a normal manner all right alessandro the reporter from bogota thank you. plenty

more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including open for business the move by cuba to help its economy rebound after being hit hard by the coronavirus. and we'll hear why teachers and students in the philippines say academic freedom is at risk. in sport lee i will be here to look ahead to the fifa club world cup semifinal in qatar between byron munich and the league. but 1st the opposition in haiti is threatening more protests if president java now more years does not step down on sunday haiti's constitution says a new president's term begins on february 7th everyone agrees on that but not on which year well he says he still has another year left in office there is about reports on the political crisis. 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 precedential in and steps down oh. 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 are you 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 was go to the street and asked for a given so you really does a reason why we organize 2 days of look up to show. that we 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 has doubled it's gone from $2000000.00 to $4000000.00 people the currency is devalued and there's an inflation rate close to 25 percent. to complicate matters legislative elections were postponed when parliamentary terms expired this past year preston moyes has been ruling haiti by decree the us and the

organization of american states have new legislative elections to restore the balance of power maurice is proposing a referendum in april to reform the constitution cement video last week we held a major meeting with all it to including the un the provisional electoral 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 date for us. but the opposition says it's another excuse to hold onto power and that's why they vow to continue pressuring the government on the streets he said will and. let's discuss this with kim was a journalist for the newspaper haiti liberte who's joining us from new york thanks very much for your time with us on al-jazeera so as far as the opposition is concerned in haiti they're saying look the president's term is up on sunday what's

going to happen next well it's anybody's guess but there is definitely going to be a lot of trouble. operating in the streets today i mean 35 years ago today was when i was younger duvalier was driven out by demonstrations are the people going to. need to drive. is today i don't know but one thing's for sure even if he survives today he's going to be faced with a huge. rest next year how much support does the opposition have in these particular claims when they say that the president's term is up today this sunday and not in a years time. well legally it's pretty solid the bar association of haiti weighed in on this question that is the constitution article 134.2 says very clearly that if

a president is not. sworn in on the 7th of february of 2016 when he was supposed to his term will begin on that day even if it's a later in the year and that's what happened on november 20th 2016 was when joe vitale. won the election the very controversially so they say that this is when his term began in 2016 but he actually took office himself on that 2017 and he's starting the clock there but the fact is that most legal analysts and most of the haitian people believe that he should be leaving today what do you think is political calculation in. going ahead with a referendum on a new constitution that referendum on to take place in april. well he's really taking a page from the devalued dictatorship which ruled haiti for 3 decades from 10572986

and france what happened back to valuate basically lay the groundwork for that presidency for life as he called it. for it by rewriting the constitution and setting up the rules of the game so that he could stay in power and so joe now is really taking that. approach himself i mean his party the nation baldheaded party founded by his mentor sweet micky michel martelly is in new york about the u.s. party so this is basically devaluing some 2.0 and how significant is it that the united states government has also weighed in on this contentious issue of the presidential term and the u.s. says says he can hold on to power for another year. it well yeah that's to some extent to be accepted the last time there was

a sort of transitional government which put in place that is organized by the opposition to civil society was in 1990 when the new york evaluated dictator prosper a real detail in march 9090 so the opposition and civil society got together just as they're trying to do today and they held an election and the result of it was their turn to arras steve b. and he imperialist liberation theologians priests which washington didn't like very much at all and they immediately organized a coup and kicked him out so they're a little of frayed that the same result could happen even though there's a lot of friends of the u.s. in the opposition but i think they're worried that they're safer bet is showing no mo he's in his. cronies can i have thank you so much for joining us from new york

thank you let's now take you back to our top story we were telling you about the glacier collapse in northern india it's left more than 100 people missing we can now speak to near 0 that's why it was a spokeswoman for the indian red cross society and it's our candace she's joining us from there thanks for your time with us what can you tell us about the rescue efforts and the numbers do you expect the numbers of those missing and those who have been killed to go up. i don't know much more funny. to you. than party not anything yet how often don't you michael w. gets to sing with that kind of thing. you know you do this take it off base yeah i damn well want to get involved because he got involved was also flushed out the audio. i fly through the admin to. 9. i'm very blunt people sometimes listen and

sit still as the nation people don't know. why by far these have been. going to cite these this. and and been the administration. just tell us about the efforts by the rescue crews by your teams to reach these areas. to be up to date and get you off. the ship. i will this. immediately move. that will leave you didn't leave. you. and i don't think you. and how long will this effort go on for will be

a matter of hours days weeks. mom still be that stupid to live on because i don't. feel the. by this all of this we get to know that that is what will then i'm going to run if people are still missing so on do you. still believe all right when they get there thank you very much for giving us that update from india and. now a roadside bomb and so malya has killed at least 12 agents working for the national intelligence and security agency it happened near do some arab town on sunday and host the talks on elections that collapsed 2 days ago and shabab says it was behind the attack. a new case of ebola has been detected in the eastern democratic republic of congo the infected woman in the city of kiba region has died the area

suffered a large outbreak from 28 to 2020 that killed more than 2000 people last november the country declared itself ebola free after ending a smaller outbreak in the west of the country israel has started lifting its strictest coronavirus lockdown restrictions some businesses are able to reopen including takeaway food services and hairdressers the month long lockdown was the 3rd time the country has shut shops and kept people for an extended period a ban on air travel remains in place every faucet has more from west jerusalem. 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 in 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 wind at new site has risen during this lockdown so there's certainly no real indorsement in terms of the infection rate coming down for 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 of this vaccine which obviously 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. astra zeneca says it's working to adapt its covert $1000.00 vaccine against a variant 1st identified in south africa after a trial so that might be less effective the study shows the vaccine has significantly reduced efficacy against the mutation according to a report in the financial times the trial is small and has not been peer reviewed the south african variance is among a number of mutations causing concern because of their higher rate of spread and potential to resist vaccines dr sanjay said any aca is an associate professor of infectious diseases at australian national university he says other vaccines have also shown a reduced impact on variance so it is very sparsely of the nation at the moment for example they didn't actually give a figure of vaccine africa say we also know that it's very young people some of the impacts on severe disease unlikely to be known because the fear is very unlikely in young people we know from the other vaccines that are around but do not. know that

x. johnson and johnson that they also have shown refused 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 we always knew that viruses mutate that happens all the time but when we talk about a new strain we're talking about the 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 kovac and it's allowed the virus to replicate and replicate hundreds of millions of times and we've seen the strains of march. afghanistan has received

its 1st doses of the astra zeneca vaccine made in india but it's still waiting for emergency approval from the world health organization before it can begin administering it health workers security force members and teachers will be the 1st to receive the jobs. 3 up on the al-jazeera news hour the police shooting of a street performer sparks fiery protests in chile as demonstrators demand an end to police brutality. fears that the biggest day on american sports calendar could turn into a covered 1000 super spreader events and former world heavyweight boxing champion the banks has died we all will be here for a look back on his long career. well it's an active weekend weather wise and the remains of the curling low here in the

cloud going around left $66.00 millimeters of rain in court which is in the thai on the south back of the tigris and it's by double the average so we've had a wet spell but it's all falling apart usually when this goes through that might give a shower to us as qatar you end up with blowing and it's doing the same again for a couple of days beyond that the skies have cleared the temperatures are up into where they should be more or less average of about is nice and warm in jerusalem by the same opinion by representing part of the levant there are shovelled rain or should say in western yemen and the maps of the southwest and saudi they're all the way back once more in fact there's been an unusual bit of activity in kenya and tanzania was right where you don't expect it this time of the year otherwise the seasonal rain is doing its stuff we have had flash flooding in botswana and parts of south africa but there's the extent of the rain in the forecast is looking dry in cape town in terms of and things probably on its way up but in madagascar we've

got days or thunderstorm this is the last of the really wet months for that rain continues and not just in madagascar as you can see it's in the mainland to. al-jazeera is investigative unit goes undercover tracking down an international organized crime network. is going to have. the right to exposing direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government and through the fact. that you see it is very hard to get all dizzy or investigations all the prime minister's men. the latest news as it breaks human rights groups are questioning why people are taken to this isolation centers and the treatment they receive once met here with

details coverage beyond groups now control the villages that we can see on the other side of the river people who live on this side that they can hear gunfire when they're fighting from around the world months after that will cain the eruption they say of their harvest are now back to normal. over. and over again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour rescue efforts are underway in india after part of a himalayan glaciers collapsed officials fear up to $150.00 people are dead including people who were working at 2 power plants when flash floods hit both sites tens of thousands of people have risked violence and arrests to protest in

myanmar there have been the largest demonstrations yet against last monday's military coup polls have now opened in ecuador's presidential election voters will choose between 16 presidential candidates as well as elect $137.00 lawmakers to fill the national assembly the country suffering a severe economic and political crisis. and african leaders have wrapped up their virtual african union summit the pandemic dominated that meeting while mass vaccinations began in other parts of the world the rollout has been slow on the african continent leaders also discuss political and humanitarian issues including border disputes and displaced people will join us from nairobi for an update on the african union summit what more was discussed malcolm. really agenda was the response to the coded 19 pandemic africa although it

seemingly hasn't been hit as hard as other continents is as you mentioned significantly behind in terms of vaccinations south africa which are some of the best there in the continent in terms of testing in cases is recording a 2nd wave you know through a new variant which is proving much more deadly than the region. variant of coded 90 not vaccine shortages been addressed by a task force from the african union who ordered 6683. 680000000 doses of the vaccine health care activities just a drop in the ocean and tiny compared to what rich countries are not being up they also discussed various internal mechanisms some reforms that they are trying to bring about within the african union and they completed the handover of the outgoing chair south african president to run a poser to the incoming chair whose security the president of the democratic republic of congo. alright malcolm thank you so much reporting from nairobi

so don has warned its national security will be threatened if ethiopia goes ahead with the 2nd phase of filling its blue nile down sudan's water minister says it will also put the lives of half of the country's population at risk so don in egypt fear the mega down will divert too much of the water they rely on while ethiopia says the project is vital to its economic future talks held last month to resolve the dispute failed to make any headway. the killing of a street performer in chile has triggered protests against police violence the 27 year old juggler was shot dead in a southern town on friday after officers said he resisted a routine identity check emily soon reports. 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 romero who was 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 set several public buildings on fire in the normally sleepy town of. residence a police brutality must come to an end you know get very far in the for 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 before you begin to be fearful we must have justice because something like this cannot go unpunished it cannot always wash

their hands saying it was in self-defense you know things cannot stay this way it cannot. mass anti-government protests since 29 team have put chile's police force under intense scrutiny with local and international watchdog alleging excessive use of force and she likes 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 in police going on in the shanty towns near the capital and in the small and 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 will bring what they say is the much needed police accountability sue al jazeera. let's get an update from our lot america editor lucy newman she's joining us from santiago in chile so do we expect the protests to

continue to see oh. we believe that they will continue the casket carrying the body of francisco mcguinness is on its way or has already in fact arrived here in santiago where his family lives and will be there will be away throughout the day i understand he's going to be buried tomorrow the funeral the actual funeral will be tomorrow but there have been protests overnight where you see where we are right now for example the there were running battles with riot police until very late you could see pieces of the footpath behind me that were torn apart and used as ammunition by the protests just to hurl at the police and in fact that this moment we can still feel the the residue from the acid or chemical laced water cannon that's used against the protesters it's all over the place here and the people again are very very angry about this because it's not an exception charges of police brutality since especially last october when the the

social upheaval began here in chile have been numerous and continuous despite promises by the government that there will be police reform ok let's see a new man reporting from chile thank you so much micio. in a major reform of cuba's state dominated economy the government says it will allow private businesses to operate in most industries so in the past small businesses could only participate in 127 sanctioned activities but that's 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 as well as the pandemic so for decades cuba's economy has largely been run through state owned companies and it relies heavily on price controls on subsidies and owes massive debts to venezuela russia and china among others tourism health care agriculture and offshore oil or some of its major industries any

foreign investment is tightly restricted the economy has stagnated for years the government began slowly rolling out policies to open it up in 2011 but analysts say it hasn't been enough the economy shrunk by 11 percent last year its worst decline in nearly 3 decades and for months cubans have faced shortages of basic goods and necessities let's bring in dr neil parson who's a former special advisor to the world bank also former secretary for integra development of the organization of american states he's joining us from washington thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera so how would you describe the scale of these changes in cuba and the timing why now. it's too little information to lead to soon because not enough has been certain explained to reanalyze a situation i think so far what has been suggested is that right not 124.

suggests it will be under state control but. removing 127 entities who are 2000 in numbers are impressive however one doesn't push for change one wants to see genuine reform to be a general a correct and also and i would i would support your statement in terms of time in being be being interesting one when the economy has contracted considerably we were since the collapse of the soviet union percent. but we also know that. we continue to be borders because of the pandemic we could out of the tourism industry and was slowly rolling back of the obama era policies with cuba. last trump ministration the indention be in command by future probably loosen some of those you strip joints and look at its user remittances which is a great reason to think that percent of the investment capital going to be iran

will be of great assistance but i think it's clear that the present president. is showing some indications of these incentivizes wrecked by trying to dodge a raise the economy might pull me up a bit too for american. encouraging exports by. the private sector engagement and economy if the past is anything to go by reforms in cuba tend to move very very slowly so would you say it would still be some time before cubans sort of see a noticeable difference on the ground. yes indeed the piece has been some our weekly show almost like lara it means it needs to speed up rapidly and again we don't need incremental change based on logic an incremental business we need dramatic reforms the really trickled down to where it matters most to me content that level of impact to the everyday lives of witnesses in the uk you were and you were mentioning joe biden in the new administration just

a moment ago is cuba a priority for joe biden. during his election country and began president elect indicated but absolute certainty he intentionally administration to reversed some of the things that the previous troubled ministrations of including for example because you have restrictions looking at the supreme attitudes but that you haven't been up the economy the u.s. travelers back into the 60 in one when b.b.b. will back up these policies but obama administration we're 500000 people us to respond to the island bump economy considerably in an island of 11200000 people 500000 the stars there's a lot but economy but also a resident secretary of state indicated that these so drastic changes must also come with some commitment not just lip service but it must come a time commitment of our principle of the democracy the violation of human rights

and somebody's issues that have been historic in the archives will be constrained relationships and i would suggest that the president of the united states needs to move us really with caution but with a commitment ensuring that this is not just lip service reform it is genuine meaningful changes what the government the people and the a parson we thank you so much for speaking to us from washington d.c. . al jazeera journalist mahmoud hossein has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt he was arrested in 2016 while visiting relatives in cairo but was never formally charged with a crime or put on trial iran can reports. free at last and a joyful welcome for mahmoud hussain after years in prison. multiple organizations campaigned for his release and say it could open the door for other journalists wrongly held in egypt. really can be

a step forward. loosening up their oppression in egypt there are dozens more journalists in egypt in jail there has been a mass crackdown closing a website. i think it really did help but we hope it will be a stepping stone. mahmoud was detained in december 2016 after traveling home to cairo from his base in doha he was accused of incitement broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions allegations he and out 0 have repeatedly rejected al-jazeera media networks acting director general welcomed mahmoud's release after a vigorous campaign for his freedom throughout his detention a statement said while he was incarcerated mahmud become a symbol of press freedom across the globe and on the day his release al-jazeera calls for the freedom of all journalists who are unjustly imprisoned around the

world. well being held at the tora maximum security jail in current mahmoud was kept in solitary confinement for long periods and didn't receive proper treatment when he broke his arm. was reunited with family and friends other wounds that wasn't that easy to heal the. man whose father died just over a year ago and never got to embrace his son. imran khan. well it's super bowl sunday in the u.s. and the kansas city chiefs are chasing their 2nd straight title against the tampa bay buccaneers only a limited number of fans will be allowed inside the stadium but health experts are worried about another rise in covert 19 cases as andy gallagher reports from miami . and camp out 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

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 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 there 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 $7500.00 free tickets have been allocated to vaccinated frontline staff mostly from florida to exciting i.q. 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 were 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 in curve in $1000.00 cases follow. in the game 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 the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida sports coming up in just

a moment when they were in tampa bay with more american football fever and the west indies pull off an incredible run chase to beat bangladesh will tell you about that as well in just a moment. frank assessment you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like good little get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al jazeera examining the impact of today's headlines it didn't matter you're rich or poor what your religion is you

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art is a reflection of society then this display of work by filipino artist email can be seen as a portrayal of young people struggle for academic freedom in the philippines time cause. our barricade he created it to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the building and put you in february 971 activists march to the university jury martial law and declared it liberated from state forces the incident ended in a violent scene which. and now similar battle lines are drawn once again the military has and did a decade's old agreement with the university of the philippines to keep state forces out of its campuses across the coaching the military says the university has been a haven of recruitment for communist rebels the new people's army and the military have been fighting for more than 50 years the conflict is described as the world's

oldest existing communist insurgency hope we will. be militarized not going you know only you. remember. what resource. for other universities have also been accused of encouraging dissent in a joint statement to the military their heads say such allegations are irresponsible and without proof critics say the military's the zisha and to cancel its accord with the university of the philippines is the plea disturbing it could soon mean that soldiers in civilian clothes could join students in rallies and that the atmosphere of freedom and campuses would soon be replaced by fear. the man who thought he was fine in

a lengthy all here role. is based here. across the country student activists are up in arms to their unfairly targeting so far and it's because we are not to be very critical about the soul and i think it's the duty of students not to do that much of times work has been focused on the legacy of the martial law era when young people were under siege and turned to art as a means of expression and defense he says recent events are a reminder that those times of trouble and conflict could be returned. to. manila. let's get an update on the sports thank you durian let's start off with the super bowl starts in just a few hours in the united states the kansas city chiefs opted to spend their week in the build up to the game at home for safety reasons before flying to tampa in

the u.s. state of florida the buccaneers are the 1st team in history to play the super bowl on their home field also my home state all eyes will be on the 2 star quarterbacks patrick holmes and tom brady jay agree is outside the stadium and sent us this report. this is a guy who really is the undisputed greatest quarterback of all time he's in its 10th super bowl looking for his 7th to win and really that's unparalleled in the sport and really in the sport 70 championships would just be amazing across the board on the other side you've got patrick mahoney the quarterback for the chiefs who is in his 2nd straight super bowl looking for a 2nd win and many think that he's the heir apparent to tom brady so you've got what could be a passing of the torch here but tom brady says he's not ready to go in fact now saying and he's in a story saying he could go to 45 maybe and play football so it will be interesting to see how how this plays out tonight either way i think what we're going to have is a very good football game these are pretty evenly matched teams when you talk to fans

what they say is yeah we can't be together we can't gather but but it brings a sense of normalcy and i think a lot of people me that the super bowl is a big deal here and i think a lot of people want to feel normal again. european champions baron munich will be in action on monday when they take on african champions of the holy and the future club world cup semifinal bayern have won this title before after taking victory in 2013 but i have never reached the final the germans have won the abundance league for each of the last 7 seasons and are hoping to add the club world cup to their list as well as fire phone from. will it was always a good thing if it is being played we want to take part in it and we want to win this tournament we all know that it is a bit stressful but we have to say that we want to approach this with seriousness it is a great challenge to end the season with

a 6 title we know that we have to put in excellent performances for the next 2 matches if we had to do this. if you ask any team in the continent of africa. no one has done what we have done and then we don't also snow no. we every team any t.v. know if we want to be where we are. that game between baron and ali is coming up on monday but before that the 1st semifinal takes place and just a few hours south american title holders palmira us open their campaign against mexico's take this andy richardson has more from doha. well one of the standout memories of the last club world cup here in cats was the 10s of thousands of fans who made it over from brazil to support flamengo in the tournament they go through to the final where eventually beats in liverpool no such globetrotting no sadly for the palmeiras fans due to the global pandemic and even for the couple it's a tourist fun which took place in brazil last saturday only

a handful of fans were allowed into american austudy for that game when paul maritz be best sao paolo rivals sound sauce and now those supporters are missing out on the chance to witness that sea make that debut the club world cup the last time paul maris won the south american championship i was back in 1999 when the club world cup didn't exist in its current format but occasionally went through to the intercontinental cup final where they were beaten by manchester united but they do you know have the chance to become the 1st team from brazil or indeed that continent to win this title since corinthians did so back in 2012 standing in the way at this stage of mexico who beat olsen haagen die of south korea. in the 2nd round a note seen from mexico or indeed from north or central america has ever reached a club world cup final cigarettes have the chance to put out rights. the upcoming european champions league match between rb lipstick and liverpool will be played in budapest instead of germany german authorities have denied the entry of liverpool

because of their covert $1000.00 rules all arrivals from areas with the mutated strand including the u.k. are banned until at least february 17th the big were due to hold the 1st leg of their last 16 tie dye a day before that on feb 16th. former heavyweight boxing champion leon spinks has died at the age of 67 he famously shocked mohammad the lead to win the title in 1978 in only his 8th professional fight scenes also won olympic gold at the 1976 game in montreal for the last 5 years he's been battling prostate cancer and other cancers after smashing a double century against india england cricket captain joe root has also been impressive in the field he took this spectacular one handed catch to get rid of. me on day 3 of the 1st test mazing shot england are well on top in this one after

their huge 1st innings total of $578.00 india close 125746 still 321 runs behind. the west indies have pulled off a remarkable test victory in bangladesh mare's made an unbeaten double 100 on his debut as they chased down $395.00 to win by 3 wickets it's the 1st it's the 5th highest successful run chase in test history meanwhile in raul pindi south africa and pakistan are set for an exciting finish to their 2nd test as one hit a century as the host set the south africans $370.00 for victory the tourists reach stumps at 127 for one. world number one golfer dustin johnson has won the saudi international for the 2nd time in his career the american was the overnight leader going into the final round johnson shot a 2 under par 68 on sunday he was 15 under overall for the tournaments and that meant he would finish 2 strokes ahead of justin rose and tony. already that's it

for me to direct over to jury there thanks so much and thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera we're back in just moments with much more of the day's news see it that. the philippines is biting to restore in doc saying. that the body clearly deny any wrongdoing or. one of many students to guides on al-jazeera. has information on governments responses to covert 19 across the world images so too as

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