to be the place that you start not a place for al-jazeera has teams on the ground but one which is changing all of the right to bring. documentaries and light. meanwhile as military extends the tension and increases its presence as anti coup protesters demands for release. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know also coming up lebanon begins its nationwide coverage 1000 bucks a nation program as it struggles to keep infections down and hospitals are overwhelmed. and paul brennan at london's heathrow airport has

a policy of hotel quarantine comes into force. a no show south africa's former president jacob zuma skips a judicial hearing to face charges of corruption we're live in johannesburg. hello thanks for joining us me and mars' deposed leader and sons to choose the tension has been extended 2 weeks after the army seized power in a coup there is heavy military presence in yangon as nationwide protests calling for a suit she's release and they are 10th day tens of thousands have been on the streets denouncing the coup. has been criminally charged in a lawyer says she is set to appear in court on wednesday scot heiler is monitoring the situation for us from bangkok in neighboring thailand so what do we expect to happen on wednesday then. that in right now we don't really

know exactly you know this is something that her attorneys expected there to be some kind of movement on her case possibly her release today on monday they got to the court and that wasn't the case and as you said it's going to be wednesday now so yes this is a charge against her that is the illegal imports of 6 hand held walkie talkie radios it's a criminal charge in myanmar so that is what she's facing what's interesting is that when you think about all the other democratically elected leaders who were rounded up who were detained in the very early morning hours of this coup that was staged on february 1st this is the 1st one the 1st trial the 1st case i should say that has really come forward and shown some movement so what's happening with all the other detainees too that's a big concern a big question for a lot of the protesters but obviously the significance of. being detained that is why there's such a focus on this and maybe hopefully possibly they'll be some clarity on wednesday and scott there is some concern surrounding this potential new cyber security law

that the military is looking to implement what do we know about that and what impact will that have. it will have a deep impact on freedom of expression and freedom of information access this is something we've spoken with experts about over the last several days now this is a bill that the military has kind of tried to fast track last week they gave i think a 6 day period where it can be reviewed by. advocates inside myanmar as well as experts and then they come back and present what their findings are what their their interpretations are of this bill to the military government and then presumably it'll move on from there what experts have been telling us is there's great concern because essentially this law part of this bill the laws that gives the military government the authority to detain people who simply just comment on

social media that could they could be deemed as. damaging to the government or destabilizing the security inside myanmar so those a deep deep. laws that could really really impact what people say about the military government and that they can be arrested for this so this is something that's a great concern as things move forward one expert described to me as a page out of the dictator's handbook the best way to kind of squelch dissent is to have laws like this so any time that there is anything said that could be viewed as destabilizing to the government they can actually arrest people for it all right scott thank you for that update from bangkok. lebanon's vaccination program is underway on monday elderly citizens are getting their doses the 1st shots of the pfizer vaccine were given to health workers on sunday lebanon is struggling with a recent surge in cases intensive care units are full and there's

a shortage of oxygen tanks xina 100 is joining us from a vaccination center in beirut santa tell us what you've been seeing this morning and how the campaign is going. well we are at one of the vaccination centers like you mentioned the elderly the health care workers they are given the priority in this campaign if we just go inside to show you the whole process of course there is a sense of relief lebanon has seen some of the highest infection rates in the region the hospitals were struggling because there is a deep economic crisis in this country there's a lack of supplies because there's just no hard currency to import the material and the staff it's under the staff are underpaid overworked so this there is this sense of relief that this is the beginning of the end but experts are warning that the government's approach its is being described as a patchwork approach is not going to bode well for and for ending the pandemic wife

1st of all you have a public which is hesitant to get vaccinated and there the 500000 people have signed up but that's less than 10 percent of of the population and then you have the aids structure in the country where 20 percent are children and they cannot be vaccinated so every adult needs to be vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity and then there's the question of supplies the government reserved those is only enough for half the population and the government is cash strapped in fact this vaccination rollout is being paid for and financed by the world bank the government is reaching out to the private sector hoping that the private sector can also. this doses of vaccine but then again there's a competitive international market where the private sector be able to do that and who is going to be paying for these vaccines when 55 percent of the population is

living below the poverty line there's also the question of 250000 migrant workers the government is trying to find funds in order to vaccinate them and we can't forget that lebanon is home to more than one and a half 1000000 syrian and palestinian refugees so as you can see many many challenges and this crisis is far from over ok thank you for that update from beirut. zimbabwe says it will begin its code with 1000 an occupation dr next week after receiving its 1st shipment of vaccines 200000 doses of china's foreign vaccine donated by beijing have now arrived in harare another batch is expected this week frontline health workers will get 1st priority infections have been more than doubled in the last 2 months with confirmed cases reaching 35000. new quarantine rules have come into effect for incoming travelers who are arriving in the u.k. from monday people arriving from 33 high risk nations how to isolate at an airport

for 10 days at their own cost let's cross to paul brown and he's at london's heathrow airport so the rules now in force paul but what are the challenges. other numerous challenges both organizationally and epidemiology as well because you know there is a lot of concern about exactly how the policy will operate both here at the airport and and at the hotels we've just seen the 1st group i counted 7 passengers dragging their suitcases being escorted out from the terminal building terminal 5 here at london's heathrow airport behind me on the way into the hotel quarantine they will now spend the next 10 days at a hotel probably the novotel here on the airport premises where they will have to 1st of all pay for the privilege $1750.00 pounds the equivalent of around $2400.00

going to have to be tested twice during the course of those 10 days and if they are negative at the end of that process they will then be released essentially but there's been a lot of concern and criticism as i say 1st of all about how this might operate and 2nd of all about the time it's taken to actually implement this policy. in aviation terms the u.k.'s hotel current team plan has been on final approach finale 3 weeks now and it was 1st announced back in mid january 10 days and 11 nights of enforced hotel quarantine now wait anyone who has passed through one of the 33 countries on the government's red list but london's heathrow airport said it's had yet to receive what it called necessary reassurances an airport spokesman warned of significant gaps in the implementation of the plan and the union representing so. the security staff is equally concerned about the transfer process from airport to hotel what does that quite well p.p.

is going to be available for very well. what. they call our once great. how now you have to bear in mind that the problem is they're not in ca. the u.k. government says its hotel quarantine plan amounts to decisive action against curve at 19 but even as the 1st arriving passengers go into enforced confinement there is strong criticism of the way and a policy is being operated under enforced. inbound passengers need to show a negative test just to board an aircraft and pre-book to further tests for the days after arrival lying on a passenger locator for now carries a 10 year prison sentence ministers to spent the past week talking up the plan we have among the toughest border regimes anywhere in the world but doubts persist australian states introduced hotel quarantine in march 2020 and have learned tough lessons since then procedures on meal delivery times ventilation staff testing and

protective masks of all evolved significantly yet the state of victoria is now back on the lockdown after an outbreak of the virus spread within this quarantine hotel australian infection experts say the u.k. needs to be ultra cautious i'm nervous about what i know about the cases it's good to know that smokers will not be allowed to leave their rooms but there's still about to leave the rooms we learned very much the hard way that that just doesn't work. the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough. as i say there are 2 stress points in this policy 1st of all here at the airport where we saw queues at the passport control of up to 5 hours last week and that was because the border force officers are taking longer to check people's paperwork the transaction time as it's called was taking longer and

we also don't know exactly how many passengers are going to be affected by this because there aren't any direct flights or many of those 33 red list countries and so relies on people declaring that they've been in one of those 33 countries in the past 10 days on the paperwork that will be separate lines for people who are affected by this offer or from those 33 red list countries and they're moving to the hotel as we heard from the epidemiologist in my report that there are real concerns about. how tight the process is at the hotel will be in australia for example they staggered meal times so the doors facing each other all not opened at the same time with the risk of passing from one route to the next and infecting people that the feeling was that the guidelines and rules that had been laid down for hotels were not explicit enough so the still the potential for big teething problems as this policy comes in yeah sounds like it ok paul thank you so much for

that update from heathrow airport in london. the world health organization is planning a rapid response to an ebola outbreak in guinea after the 1st outbreak of the disease there in 5 years 7 people have tested positive and 3 have died during an epidemic in west africa between 20132016 at least 11000 people died guinea and w.h.o. say there are better prepared this time because of progress on vaccines and liberia's health authorities are now on high alert because the deaths in guinea were reported in and around a city close to their shared border liberia was declared free from the bowl and 2015 no cases have been detected since then still ahead on to 0 from russia why protesters are using valentine's day to bring attention to the plight of alexei navalny and from street parties to silence brazilians are trying to fill the void left by the cancellation of this year's carnival.

it's time for the perfect. storm supply qatar airways. the deep freeze is been covering much of europe the us for a couple of weeks is about to be moved out of the way it's still weather coming from the atlantic is going to do the time it'll make more progress is a frontal system behind it's windy wet and relatively mild but ahead of it it's like this in the netherlands the canals are frozen over and every iceskating that's true not just oh of the west or right into amsterdam and beyond the course it goes into germany and pardoned and further south this is for one example now if you show the temperatures by day the blues represent subzero by day and it's been like that as a for a couple of weeks but for the next 3 days we can sweep them away right up to the baltic states and right down through the balkans now it does still leave cold in

the fringes particularly in greece and in turkey and during monday's going to be the netherlands and germany sees rain freezing at 1st and then snow on the forward edge moving with temperatures rising off would say amsterdam where all the nations have a red warning out because this sort of thing freezing rain produces slick ice which can cause damage it won't last a long time just do rise very soon afterwards they say they're on the fringes the next 2 days particularly in turkey greece that northerly wind bringing snow unpleasant conditions. at ways. these things are said at a time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think on asking me questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only comedy so let's leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and to me the contradiction. i'm mark

lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera at this hour as the pows leader has had her detention extended until wednesday nationwide protests calling for her release a bunch of their attempt. to appear in court later this week. lebanon's vaccination program is under way and on monday it's elderly citizens whose have started getting their doses in lebanon is struggling with a recent surge in cases intensive care units are full and there's a shortage of oxygen tanks the world health organization is planning

a rapid response to an ebola outbreak in guinea after the 1st cases of the disease there in 5 years 7 people have tested positive and 3 have died. lawyers for the former south african president jacob zuma say he will lot attend an inquiry investigating corruption during his time in office the commission has been hearing allegations the wealthy gupta family used its friendship with zuma to win government contracts and influence policy as many as 36 affidavits have implicated the former presidents in what's known as the state capture scandal both zuma and the family deny the allegations let's get an update from a family member who's joining us from johannesburg that's where the inquiry is taking place so do we know any more as to why the former president did not attend. well up till now former president jacob zuma has employed

a number of delay tactics not to appear at this commission he did at one point but that session was quickly put to an end and at this particular time the former president is saying that he has previously applied for the commission of this inquiry the commissioner rather to recuse himself because of the personal relationship he's had with jacob zuma and that was denied by the judge presidents on door but following that jacob zuma has then applied for review of the decision to the high court so that's what's been used now to allow the former president not to appear he says that review is pending in the high court and until that happens he won't appear at the commission of inquiry but as i say it is just the latest in a number of delay tactics but what is also interesting is those tactics are within the law it appears and so we are now waiting for the judge president's order to the

chairperson of the commission to say what will happen next the options available to hear are to put forward a criminal complaint to perhaps seek a and an arrest warrant for jacob zuma that's from the courts not from the commission itself jacob zuma could face arrest he could also face a fine for not appearing at the zonda commission today which was also endorsed by the constitutional court which would say that jacob zuma was in fact undermining the law by not appearing until now and remind us so once again about the commission's work and was. accused of allegedly. well the commission was implemented by the the the public protector at the time in terms of these investigations into state corruption and this is where the issue of awarding contracts was was highlighted in a manner that was corrupt that was for to learn but also specifically linked to

jacob zuma as a little asian shop with a particular family in south africa appear to have a lot of influence over the former president now in a number of testimonies we've heard up till now by various people it appears that the former president has been implicated in alleged corruption and fraud and this is why the commission has wanted to hear from him to understand better the role he played when he was president in terms of influencing the awarding of state contracts we know that the former president has denied any wrongdoing but they are a number of questions that need to be answered separately he's also facing a corruption trial to do with the procurement of arms a number of years ago so this isn't the 1st time that jacob zuma has been implicated this isn't the 1st time the questions are being put to him but ultimately he's priority at this point appears to be trying to avoid having to answer those questions and we also know that the former president does have support

this is an issue that is divided the governing african national congress we do know that a top leaders of the governing party is due to see the former president to try and compel him to attend the commission but this is really a battle that that party is facing in terms of the allegations leaders within its party the party itself is facing and what it does next and how it appears to south africans how the a.n.c. is trying to battle corruption ok thank you so much from it i'm a lawyer for that update from johannesburg. police in haiti have fought with protesters demanding the resignation of president john l. movies officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets and demonstrators who threw rocks and set fire to vehicles always has been in a power struggle with his opponents who say his term ended a week ago but the president says he still has a year left in office the supporters of jailed russian opposition leader like scent

of all the ignored police warnings they held vigils across the country they used valentine's day to bring attention to his imprisonment but after thousands of her arrests in the past few weeks they suspended their major street protests and more. as night fell on valentine's day they gathered in small groups in various parts of russia to show solidarity with the opposition leader alexei novelli who's currently in jail and playgrounds and courtyards the place candles in the shape of a hot lights for mobile phones the coordinated action came in response to a call from a man called volkov now based in lithuania he's a close ally of alexei navalny he wants russians to copy tactics used by pro-democracy activists in neighboring better roofs our force of the are more. sophisticated than them the more creative and we have to think about other forms of protest and the over the environment something vocal verge people to post pictures

of sunday's gatherings all social media using the slogan love is stronger than fear the aim was to avoid large demonstrations of the type that seen thousands of people arrested across russia in recent weeks among them alexei navalny his wife who's now reportedly in germany and his spokes person kira yarm ish they were among the women activists being honored in the 2nd city sent petersburg around 100 women formed a human chain near a monument to victims of political repression and i think it will have an impact at least will show the world that we're here that those people are not alone that we stand in solidarity with them in the valley was arrested in january immediately after flying back to moscow he spent many months in germany recovering after he was poisoned with a nerve agent an attack that nearly killed him on friday he was in court facing slander charges which he's dismissed as politically motivated he's already been sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for parole violations while he was convalescing

abroad after the recent crackdown his team perspired mass rallies until at least the spring and just a few days ago president putin suggested the street protests were not really about novell me it was negative you. you know what this person under investigation is being used precisely at the moment when in countries all over the world including us our own people are tired irritated and discontented about the conditions in which they live and their income the video on them but if the ortho exceeds continue to go after political activists this type of event could well gain momentum the day barber al jazeera. activists have rallied in paris against a bill the french government says will target what it calls islamist extremism opponents say makes all muslims potential suspects they want the bill withdrawn but it's expected to pass a key vote in parliament on tuesday president's emanuel micro introduced the bill

last year following a spate of attacks including the be heading of a teacher. well this would have been the long weekend that brazil holds its annual carnival the festival which normally brings in millions of tourists was canceled because of the global pandemic but as monica and a cab reports from rio de janeiro some brazilians are trying to keep the spirit of celebration alive. the bright orange jumper long wooden legs the rhythm the new some cost the has it all and nobody to dance with. but our boy said i'm going to kind of all help me i'm totally in favor of the government's decision to cancel carney val mass gatherings in a pandemic are deadly but i found a safe way to spread joy during these gloomy time. it just takes a long morning walk in a socially distant costume to do the job. and you saw hands out flowers in the

hilltop neighborhood of sound that that is a favorite among tourists. in normal times i would never be able to be walking in the middle of this street with this silence at this time of the year it would be packed with people dancing dressed up but this is a completely different carnival this was the same neighborhood last year and the feel is somebody who prayed with tens of thousands of tourists celebrating just as the pandemic was hitting is still it since claimed almost 240000 lives. if this is real somebody's home now no revelers just doctors and nurses vaccinating the elderly in the brazilian city with the largest couvade 19 death toll. the coronavirus has also dealt a punishing blow to brazil's economy carnival would have made

a difference had it not been cancelled last year's brought in hundreds of millions of dollars and would have created more than 35000 temporary jobs at a time when unemployment is at a record 14 percent time say that each visit was led by the others there up to 120 people working for somebody school producing everything for carnival and on the day of the parade you have other jobs such as floats pushers security and even more people so we have 300 to 350 people on the ground. involved so as a cell scorn comes on the beach 10 times less this year than last year you know about us to the locals don't buy as much as stores my customers are mostly foreigners but with no call to will there are almost not meanwhile in some that there is a still to man is keeping what's left of the carnival spirit alive reaching out to

the. who are locked up at home still waiting for the vaccine to open the door. just sirrah we additionally room. house that me and poets hold see who's known for his revolutionary verses against the israeli occupation has died at the age of 77 but of o.t. was born near the palestinian city or from a law before israel was created he was displaced from his homeland for 3 decades after the 1967 arab israeli war experience much of his work and was depicted in his memoir i saw it on the law argentina as for president carlos menem has died at the age of 90 his casket arrives at the national congress for the wake the president has declared 3 days of national mourning a man and lead the country for 10 years from 1989 daniel shriner looks back at his life and career. carlos menem was for many arjen times a man from another time another place he was born in the remote mountainous

northwestern province of the orca to syria immigrant parents. many became governor of his home province in 1973 representing the peronist party founded by the former president one better on he took to the stall with his geltrude dress and white sideburns of 19th century rural heroes and brought to one osiris flamboyance and pena mixing with show business sporting celebrities and driving fast cars. he came to power in 1909 as argentina was suffering hyperinflation seek justice with his influential economics minister domingo come by all implemented the plan credited with ending the economic crisis along with large scale privatization of state industries his 2nd term in office however still rising unemployment and increasing social discontent and a prisoner during military rule he helped steer argentina from brutal repression

although some criticized him for making too many concessions to those same represses you'll see he failed to change the argentine constitution limiting him to 2 consecutive terms in office that ran for the presidency again in 2003 standing down before the 2nd round of voting when it became clear he'd lose to the eventual president mr kitchener many was no stranger to controversy convicted of smuggling weapons to crew a show in ecuador and investigated the various corruption charges could be remembered with mixed emotions biology and science who lived through the 1990 s. one thing they all agree on however life with carlos menem as president was never dull. bad lines on al-jazeera ran wires deposed leader and sound suchi his hat had her detention extended.