mr smith. it was rescue teams in india free survivors after a himalayan glocer breaks and sun's floodwaters and debris down the valley but up to $170.00 are feared dead it's. gotten al-jazeera live from doha i'm tearing up again also coming up. this. morning shots fired at me amar as police attempt to break up some of the biggest protests against the military in almost 15 years voters in ecuador pick their new

president will inherit a country facing deep economic problems made worse by covert 19. african leaders trying to hammer out a coronavirus vaccine plan of their virtual summit but it's another deadly disease causing alarm in the democratic republic of congo. around 170 people are feared dead in india after part of the himalayan glaciers you're collapsed a torrent of water was sent rushing down a river where there are hydroelectric power stations and villages 7 bodies have been recovered and rescue operations are continuing alexy o'brien reports. a wall of water dust and rock rule was down the tally gangle river in northern india the bridges and dams in its path damaged or destroyed a portion of the name to david iglesias said to have broken off the same during the

torrent surging down the mountain and through narrow valleys below people living on the river and several year by tributaries but want to move to safety immediately because what is it the government i've never seen anything like what i saw at the ritchie getting a power plant about 50 to 100 people were running for the lives they could not be saved and they were engulfed by the river. 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 scrambled to reach at least one blocked tunnel where people were trapped inside. here at least some good news with several workers pulled from the rubble. 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 the indian air force is also on alert it is our priority to minimize the loss of life and property to the people of and restore normalcy here. but at a condom the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in june 23rd tain record rainfall caused devastating floods that claimed 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. before the water resources minister olmert batty and other environmental experts have criticized the construction of power projects in the area pointing to what's fragile ecosystem and the damage caused by the 2013 floods it seems like the plant which was right in the way of this disaster today was actually a less than 15 megawatt hydro plant the question is should we be compromising the

integrity of the maleo 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. elizabeth cohen has more. in the foothills of the himalayas. rescue workers said they are going to be working throughout the night at the moment they say that there are 30 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel and that rescue operations are proving difficult because they believe a lot of people are trapped on a a lot of debris now local media of approaching that at least 8 bodies have been recovered so far we know that hundreds of homes have been washed away and as well as the homes that have been destroyed rescue teams have also saying that they're finding bodies really far away from the size of where the worst of the flash floods

happened and that's because of how fast the we'll show it was moving again as well as the ones that have been destroyed to power hydro electric power plants have been damaged one of them is on the construction we did see 16 workers being rescued from a tunnel in need the top of that for power plant that was under construction but there are fears for around $150.00 workers at the vishy going up power plant that authorities have not been able to get hold of and a major bridge in the area has also been washed away by the floods and that is making the rescue efforts more difficult scientists studying himalayan glaciers have warned that increasing global temperatures are excel aerating the rate of ice loss and causing the development of glacial pawns which could hold millions of cubic meters of water so they're really going to hydroelectric project so the change in ice cover on the surrounding glaciers over the past 4 years from early

february 27th through february 28th in the region experienced a gradual increase in the surface area of ice coverage this growth continued throughout 2019 before rapidly expanding in the winter of 2020 but as you can see within the past year all of the newly gained ice cover melted away. tens of thousands of people have risked violence under arrest to protest the man maher and the largest demonstrations yet against the military coup the mass demonstrations followed days of growing cell phones of a baby and so including strikes florence henri reports i 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 free thing the city a symbol of defiance against authoritarian rule. even people who weren't part of the demonstrations church the support by cracking off on from bangkok's protesters

are demanding an end to military rule and the release of. the democratically elected leader and others still in custody they marched undeterred by the police presence and the threat of arrest already so you know we've decided and i'm fighting to be individualized for a generation we have to work for the next generation to get democracy to them if we want to in this military dictatorship. the demonstrations which are spread across the country have been largely peaceful although police fired shots in the town of mia wanted on sunday to disperse the crowd and video showed at least 2 protesters being arrested. myanmar emerged from nearly 50 years of military rule in 2011 people here are aware of the military's violent crackdown of past uprisings but some say they're not afraid. that our ancestors had a ready made revolution against the military we can dislike the military when

citizens had already shown their demands by voting we are on the streets to show that we are against the military dictatorship. a near total shutdown 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 roman catholic pope is the latest in the international community to express solidarity with the people of myanmar but activists say mere words are unlikely to have an 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 mark 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. just. voters in ecuador seeking a new president who will be expected to steer the country out of an economic crisis made worse by the current virus pandemic 16 candidates are vying for the top job but the main contenders are former banker guillermo last so an economist and a ruse voters are also choosing members of the national assembly. pity is following developments from the colombian capital bodes. well if we look at the polls more than a 3rd of voters are saying that they will vote for

a full court press candidate. that could very well put him in striking distance of an outright victory to win using the 50 percent of the vote or 40 percent while also having a 10 percent and point advantage over whoever gets in 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 in ecuador usually they're quite fast in giving the results and there is a lot of attention internationally on who will win because ecuador 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. iran's supreme leader says his country won't return to the 2050 nuclear agreement limits on its nuclear program unless the united states lifts all the sanctions it's imposed leaving the deal in 2018 but president biden has rejected that saying any future negotiations would depend on stopping its uranium enrichment. has a latest from to her on. it is national air force stay in iran and this day is named after a day 42 years ago when the country's air force pledged their support to ayatollah khomeini who had just returned to iran on february 1st after spending 14 years in exile abroad we heard from the current supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei who

addressed the country's air force and he used the opportunity to reiterate iran's position when it comes to negotiating with the united states and what iran expects the new administration in washington to do before they return to the j c p a way. out of the one that has the right to set conditions for continuation of the j.c. is iran because from the beginning iran has met all of its commitments they violated their commitments we have the right to set the conditions if they want iran to return to the chase e.p.o. commitments the u.s. must prove all sanctions and not just in words and on paper they must remove all sanctions and practice. then they will return to our commitments this is the definite policy of the islamic republic and all aronian officials agree with that and we won't change this policy this is something we've heard in the past from not only the supreme leader but also all other levels of government including the

president and the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif this is where things stand at the moment the arabians have given the bonnet administration till roughly about the end of february to see if they will do anything in terms of lifting any of the sanctions so otherwise iran has said that they will take the next step and that means according to a law that was passed in the country's parliament they will reduce their compliance to the j c p a way by limiting the access of i spect hours to visit the nuclear facilities under the nonproliferation treaty iran currently now allows the inspectors to visit at any time any of the facilities that are declared nuclear sites but after this deadline the end of this month that will no longer be the case the inspectors will have to request in advance what sites they want to visit and when this is something the international community has said they don't want to see happen it is in the best interest of all parties involved for the united states to return to this

nuclear agreement and for iran to return to full compliance coming up on al-jazeera in just a moment haiti's opposition wants the president out saying his term is finished but given job morey's insists he still has one year to serve open for business the move by cuba to help its economy rebound after being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. when it's dark if we can weather wise and the remains of the low here in the cloud . left $66.00 millimeters of rain in court which is in the sky on the south bank of the tigris and is 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 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 up into where they should be more or less average of about is nice and warm in jerusalem the same a pinball representing part of the levant there are shovelled rainer should say in western yemen and the match of the southwest and saudi there all the way back once more in fact has been an unusual bit of activity in kenya and tanzania was right where you don't expect 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 of thunderstorms this is the last of the really wet months but that rain continues and not just in madagascar as you can see it's in the mainland to.

frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people informed opinion of how big this foreign policy in the early stages of a vine administration comes into office with a huge lot more experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like you live get the vaccine when there's no money and all the rest the rich countries are fighting for inside story on al-jazeera. the a. telegram headlines on al-jazeera rescue efforts are underway in india after part of

a heavily in place or a collapsed officials fear up to 170 people are dead including those 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 to me and mark these have been the largest demonstrations yet again last monday's yet again against monday's military coup. polls have opened in ecuador's presidential election voters will choose between 16 presidential candidates as well as elect a 137 lawmakers to fill the national assembly country suffering a severe economic and political crisis. african leaders are wrapping up their virtual african union summits the pandemic has dominated the agenda while mass vaccinations have begun in other parts of the world the rollout has been slow on the african continent leaders are also discussing political and humanitarian issues including border disputes displaced people welcome why i was in nairobi you with

the latest on the summit. but on the agenda was the response to the coded 19 pandemic africa although it seemingly hasn't been hit as hard as other continents is significantly behind in terms of vaccinations south africa which has some of the best data in the continent in terms of testing in cases is recording a 2nd wave and also a new variant which is proving much more deadly than the original variant of coded 19 that vaccine shortages been addressed by a task force from the african union who ordered 680000000 doses of the vaccine to health care activists say is just a drop in the ocean and tiny compared to what rich countries are snapping 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 to south african president to run a poser to the incoming chair whose felix to carry the president of the democratic

republic of congo a new case of ebola has been detected in the eastern democratic republic of the congo the infected women in the city of but sambo and the keeper region has died the area suffered a large outbreak from 2018 to 2020 that killed more than 2000 people last november the country declared itself ebola free after ending a smaller outbreak in the west. we opposition in haiti is threatening more protests of president governor malloy is there's not stepped down on sunday haiti's constitution says a new president's term begins on fabrice the 7th everyone agrees on that but not on which year always says he still has another year left in office to risible 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 presidential in more he steps down. gives us. more yes 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 you know 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 asked for the given security 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 so. 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 pressin moyes 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 integers including the un the provisional l'ecole 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 onto power and that's why they vow to continue pressuring the government on the streets . in a major reform of cuba's state dominated economy the government says it will allow private businesses to operate and most industries in the past small businesses could only participate in 127 sanctioned activities 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 and the pandemic for decades cuba's economy has largely been run through state owned companies it relies heavily on price controls on subsidies and 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 the early 3 decades and for months cubans have faced shortages of basic goods and necessities meal person is a former special advisor to the world bank and he says it's too early to say whether these changes will be enough to turn cuba's economy around. i think so other than suggested that right no the 124 sort of is a jet that will be under state control but the will begin there removing the 127

and 54 what 2000 in the numbers are impressive however one doesn't wish to change one wants to see genuine reform to take the agenda forward correct the economy has contracted considerably it wasn't because of the soviet union 11 percent interest it was but we also know that with the continued push out the borders because of the pandemic with the collapse of tourism industry and also the rolling back of the obama era policies with cuba last time but ministration and the intention of the incoming by that ministration if i will loosen some of those restrictions and look at its use or remittances which is of great service and you think that that sense of investment capital going to the island would be of great assistance what i was it's clear that the present president is showing some indications of events and devices right i treaded are right the economy by putting

up a bit of foreign direct investment and that encouraging export by having put up by it with an economy. the killing of a street performer in chile has triggered protests against police violence 27 year old juggler was shot dead in the southern town on friday after officers say he resisted a routine identity check out all these so 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 wanted 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. residents say police brutality must come to an end you know get very far in the film 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. in a given period 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 watchdogs 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 in small and neighborhoods the poor neighborhoods which we never hear of well those living and you mourn the death of the young street performer but many are hopeful it will bring what they say is the much needed police accountability to al-jazeera. astra zeneca says it's working to adopt its covert $1000.00 vaccine against a variant 1st identified in south africa after a trial showed it might be less effective so the study shows the vaccine has significantly reduced efficacy against the mutation that's 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 it's super bowl sunday in the u.s.

that's when the best in american football battle it out for the top prize 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 still worried about another rise in covert 1000 cases and gallagher reports 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 can ask 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 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 free tickets have been allocated to vaccinated frontline staff mostly from florida just exciting i.q. don't even believe it you know that 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 fans arrive healthy and leave healthy umask mandates now in place but health experts warn there could be a spike uncovered 1000 cases following 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 at the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera rescue efforts are underway in india after part of a hell of a in the search for lapsed officials fear up to a hunk.