river be panning for gold in d.c. area for centuries the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is low the jury in the summer months these tiny little yellow flicks you can see fun don't look much they were around $50.00 a gram. tester's i mean maher refused to back down a security forces ramp up their presence across the country. you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and also coming up the u.k. brings a new court rules for incoming travelers is the health secretary warns of a high death rate. dozens are killed in yemen at province as houthi

rebels scale up their offensive to capture the northern stronghold of the internationally recognized government. no shows south africa's former president jacob zuma skips a judicial hearing into allegations of corruption. hello thanks for joining us we begin in me in mar that's where local media are reporting that soldiers have opened fire on protesters gathered in the country's 2nd largest city mandalay the number of casualties is still not clear at this stage of thousands nationwide are protesting for a 10th consecutive day against the military coup and earlier in the day the lawyer of the deposed leader and santucci said her detention had been extended so that she was detained 2 weeks ago and her court hearings been rescheduled for wednesday there's been a heavy military presence throughout the country on monday and overnight or

authorities rist strict access to the internet while deploying troops to major cities but that hasn't deterred protesters crowds have also gathered in front of the chinese embassy they were accusing beijing of supporting me and mars crew dieter's let's bring in difficult calling for an update of years following developments from hong kong for us and we're hearing that security forces have opened fire on protesters in mandalay to what more can you tell us about that. that's right from what we understand they were getting reports that both security forces the police and soldiers are firing indiscriminately at crowds to try and disperse crowds in mandalay it's still unclear whether they're using live fire or rubber bullets and it's also unclear whether they're firing at the crowds or in the air to try and get all the protesters to disperse now as you know madeleine is the 2nd biggest city in burma in myanmar and it's also one of the cities where the

protest movement has been quite strong and in a man march largest city of the on gone for the 1st time since the coup there were armored vehicles on the ground that didn't seem to deter protesters many of the protesters and cars driving by honked at those armored vehicles with their displeasure at having the military rule to try and express the former protest also but there is concern that this is an all men a sign given that many of the those on the ground from the military who are in the end go on in those armored tanks are from a very from a from the combat unit which has a very very. worrying reputation for brutality so there is concern and perhaps some fear there on the ground but that didn't seem to deter the protesters as you said. i mean while we also hear now that she's

hearing has been pushed forward. that's right her lawyers did go to court hoping to get some kind of a direction and said they were told by the judge that her her hearing or perhaps the next appearance in court will be on wednesday now it's on there is also they they also said that this might be via video link she may not need to actually present herself in court but once again that can change what we do know is that the military rulers have been moving the goal pulls all along and have been changing the rules as they go and it would be of great concern to them to have on song suchi in any kind of public forum given that she is the symbol of man marse push for democracy and there's also worry that seeing her in the public forum or somewhere where protesters would be able to see her or if whether she would appear anywhere

would actually galvanize the protesters not just to remind you the reason she is or has been arrested is for using illegal communication devices which essentially is 6 walkie talkies that her security was using so the military government is understandably worried that she would instigate the protests or push them even further in a sense so it's very likely they'll move the goalposts again according to her lawyers all right we'll wait to see what happens if you go paula reporting from hong kong thank you. arriving in the u.k. from 33 high risk countries will now have to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days the government says it's to help prevent the spread of highly contagious variants of covert 19 but the policy which came into force on monday is attracting criticism for the way it's been organized holbourne and reports from heathrow airport. in aviation terms the u.k.'s hotel quarantine 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 some of the security staff is equally concerned about the transfer process from airport to hotel workers not quite well p.p. you're going to be a banker for very well. what are. they going our once great. how now you have to bear in mind that the problem is they're not income. the u.k. government says it's hotel quarantine plan amounts to decisive action against curve it 19 but even as the 1st arriving passengers go into enforced confinement there is

strong criticism of the way 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 who spent the past week talking up the plan we have among the toughest regimes anywhere in the world but doubts persist australian states introduced hotel quarantine in march 2020 and they've learnt tough lessons since then procedures on meal delivery times ventilation staff testing and protective masks have 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 dust doesn't work. the government says its policies are based on best practice that may not be good enough paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport zimbabwe says it will begin its covert 1000 an occupation dr next week after receiving its 1st shipment of vaccines 200000 doses of china's cinna farm vaccine donated by beijing have arrived in harare another batch is expected this week frontline health workers will get 1st priority infections of more than doubled in the last 2 months with confirmed cases reaching 35000. and lebanon's nationwide kovan $1000.00 vaccination program is underway bringing with it a sense of hope for the crisis hit country but with a vaccine has its own sea running high and uncertainty over the supply for migrants it's feared immunization could take a long time zain i heard reports from beirut and you know it's

a start to end the coronavirus pandemic but the battle is far from over the elderly and health care workers have been on the front lines of this fight are the 1st in line to get the vaccine lebannon has seen some of the region's highest cases and deaths and now in january almost everybody every person has a family member or relative what a friend because a coil of it my part of a quote covered both of them can know i'm secure but we feel it now we know it holds but not everyone is convinced about the vaccines the public is showing hesitancy so far $500000.00 lebanese have signed up that's less than 10 percent of the population. i won't take now because there are still a lot of question marks are wait and see the lack of trust is also because of what many regard a corrupt system. and more of course i won't take it the fact the government is giving it to us for free means there will be a price to pay later it seems the international community has little faith as well

the world bank which is financing lebanon's purchase of vaccines will be monitoring the program to ensure a fair and transparent distribution the world bank didn't mince its words saying there will be no wasta that's arabic meaning you won't be able to use your connections to skip the line it's a common practice in lebanon where politicians have long been accused of favoritism . they're also blamed for failing to secure enough doses to inoculate 80 percent of the population by here and the state is nearly bankrupt you probably inviting the public or the philanthropic sectors of the public too but it's to be to ensure the 40 of the 40 percent more don't need it but that presumes the private sector secures vaccines in a competitive market the government is also trying to get funds to vaccinate the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers lebannon is home to more than a 1000000 and

a half syrian and palestinian refugees. on and off lock downs have led to economic devastation and death experts warn a patchwork response in the vaccination campaign as well would keep lebanon stuck in tragedy senator their own beirut. 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 the w.h.o. say they were better prepared this time because of progress on vaccines and liberia's

health all thorny is are now on high alert because the deaths in guinea were reported in and around the city close to their shared border liberia was the cleared ebola free in 2015. year without is there a coming up right after the break as regional leaders arrive in charge from the g 5 somehow summits we take a look at why security is at the top of the agenda and from street parties to silence how brazilians are trying to fill the void left by the cancellation of this year's going about. its time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways there's a lot more snow on the way you might gather from this satellite picture of your system for cloud to turning into a shape that looks like

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again the top stories on al-jazeera mean mars military has opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the 2nd largest city of mandalay that's according to local media earlier on monday. the tension was extended. love and on vaccination program is underway the world bank helped fund the purchase of vaccines lebanon is struggling with a recent surge in cases intensive care units are full and there is 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. we're getting conflicting reports that hundreds of people may have been killed or wounded in fighting in yemen governorates home with the rebels say they've taken control of a military camp while advancing on sad wash west of but the yemeni army says it

repelled hoofy attacks and both parties say the saudi led coalition has conducted air strikes in the area and let's bring in mohammed he's joining us from sanaa so just clarify the situation for us and. tell us what's going on and how significant is that particular area. yes according to reports from the hole the side the have already taken control of the region beside the old dam of my rib which is an important one a strategic region which is over locks the city of marib from the west side also they say and claim that they have already taken control of. the mountain of. the most important mountain which is called the mountain of morag it's an important and strategic mountain in the south south southwest of the city also they claim

that they have taken control of mountain which is in the north so the whole of these say that they have already taken control or surrounded the city from the fees 3 sides after the have taken control of the. also a bomb portentous $32.00 military camp the fighters of the of the international you guys the government say that they have also prepared the whole theory advancement and also one of the spokespersons of the international can now is the government or whole works under the command of the vice president or. he wonders why the units that belong to the international you could nies government haven't yet been reinforced to support them in this fight also the how these have already reinforced their fighters there with 2 battle you called the death battle in another hussein but so you know along with the snipers to surround the city so it's

what is going on there is a really intensifying the conflict there has a span did the whole of the say that they have been forced to take control the city of marjah been ordered to support of the citizens in the regions under their control after the the block of the. the solid the quality and as for the tides and their blockade and what they say the flow of fuel food and other basic commodities all right sir thank you so much for that update from sun our. syria is saying that is really jets have struck near the capital damascus after flying over the occupied golan heights area defenses intercepted most of the missiles that's according to the syrian army activists say that israel has targeted a pro iranian militias in recent weeks lawyers for the former south african president jacob zuma say he will not attend an inquiry investigating corruption

during his time in office a commission has been hearing allegations that wealthy gupta family used its friendship with zuma to win government contracts and influence policy as many as 36 affidavits have implicated the former president in what's known as the state capture scandal both zuma and the gupta family deny the allegations years farmers are miller with an update from johannesburg. zuma the former president hasn't appeared despite a summons issued by the commission and also a constitutional court order that city would have to abide by the law and anything else would be undermining it just to give you a better idea of why zuma has not appeared he's made a number of points saying that the summons issued for his appearance was irregular and so not valid he's also previously said there's a political agenda against him he says he's been vilified and targeted and he's

even gone as far as saying that legal processes have been created to target him now the commission lawyers have said that the excuse is not valid that essentially it's groundless and there's no basis for the former president not to be here he also had adequate time to address some of these concerns through the constitutional court and he didn't do that so for zuma this is playing against him within the structures of the commission even though he has said that this latest reason for not appearing is not to be misconstrued as defiance. the leaders of 5 countries in africa region are meeting in chad's the g 5 summit comes as attacks by armed groups of increased in the region the french president's a minor on my call is expected to join the conference by video france has deployed thousands of soldiers to back local troops but is preparing to reduce its presence in the region and the g 5 nations are burkina faso mali mauritania in his hair and

shod security in the south has been worsening despite french military supports france intervenes in northern mali and january 23rd teen that was after a 20 fighters returned from libya hoping to make an independent states they were soon joined by al qaeda affiliated groups that took cities in the north of the country 5100 french soldiers and i was employed across the south head with another 14000 un peacekeeping troops in mali they're fighting a variety of foreign groups linked to al qaida and i saw the violence has been costly the un's mali mission is its most expensive and riskiest with 150 peacekeepers killed 6000 people died last year in the fighting 2000000 people in the region were displaced that's also butler has more from paris. well earlier this year the french president emmanuel mak role said that france was considering reducing its military commitment in this i held effectively reducing the number of

troops it has in the region but what we understand from the least say is that the french president is unlikely to announce a reduction of troops during the upcoming summit but what france might do is consider a reduction in the coming weeks or months and perhaps announce something down the line it is clear though that emanuel macro will be discussing france reducing its troops with his g 5 partners the leaders from the g. 5 nations when he speaks to them by video conference a bit later there are over 5000 french troops currently in the region we're told though by the least say that what the french president really wants to use this meeting for is to exert more pressure on those g. 5 leaders both militarily to take control of the region but also politically a feeling in france that a week of governance is certainly fueling instability in the region michael also very keen to try and urge european partners to do more in the region on the ground

but there is some good news says the least and it seems they say that at least we are seeing the reengagement of the u.s. in the region under donald trump interest in the so how a crisis certainly waned but it seems to have taken a turn with the biden administration and we understand that anthony blinken the new u.s. secretary of state will send a video message to the summit for tuesday and still in france activists have rallied in paris against the bill the french government as will target what it calls islamist extremism opponents say it makes all muslims potential suspects they want the bill withdrawn but it is expected to pass a crucial vote in parliament on tuesday the president a minor on my car introduced the bill late last year after a spate of attacks including the be heading of a teacher. supporters of jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny ignored police warnings and held vigils across the country they used valentine's day to bring attention to his imprisonment but after thousands of arrests in the past few

weeks they've suspended their major street protests and zimbabwe has 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 in playgrounds and courtyards the place candles in the shape of a hot issue in 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 verged 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 is now reportedly in germany and his spokes person kira yarmulkes 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 has 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 this people are tired you repeated and discontented about the conditions in which they live and the income. of you on them but if they continue to go off to political activists this type of event could well gain momentum the al-jazeera demonstrators in india are calling for the release of a young activist who has been detained accused of helping to writes a protest guide already say disha ravi helped to develop a toolkit used to spread awareness of widespread farmer protests the guide was shared online by environmental activists grassroots and berg was voiced her support for the farmers they have been protesting for months against government reforms of the agricultural sector police in haiti have fought reports hester is demanding the

resignation of president john l. movies officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at 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. and this would have been the long weekend that brazil holds its annual carneval the festival which normally brings in millions of tourists was canceled because of the global pandemic but as monaco yannick have 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 class that has it all and nobody to dance with. the thought boy scouts that i'm going to kind of all kill me if 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 sympathy it 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 feeling is somebody who prayed with tens of thousands of tourists celebrating just as the pandemic was hitting is still it since claimed almost 240000 monks. this is real samberg drill 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 that bad yeah they're up to $120.00 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 $300.00 to $350.00 people on the ground which involved the sources so scorn comes on the beach 10 times less this year than last year you know about as 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. poor look don't get home still waiting for the vaccine to move in the door my kids all just sirrah rio de janeiro. all over again the headlines on al-jazeera mean mars military has opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the 2nd largest city of london that's according to local media earlier on monday they deposed leader and sons to choose the tension was extended difficult pollin has been following developments from hong kong. from what we understand they were getting in reports that both security forces the police and soldiers are firing indiscriminately.