desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of air pollution across 5 known for d. the state's health experts and environmentalists have been warning for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in collusion and the impact that would have on dogs because of the 19. the security crackdown in man maher intensifies the internet is shut down and a curfew imposed following another day of dissent. on our intake of his own jazeera live from london also coming up hope for millions around the world the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is cleared for global rollout through the debris it shows kovacs scheme class. and paul brennan at london's

heathrow airport has a policy of hotel quarantine comes into force. and turkey summons the us ambassador with accusations of support for kurdish fighters. follows meanwhile as military intensifies its crackdown on protesters against the february 1st through the u.n. special envoy has told the army the world is watching and a heavy handed response will have severe consequences a curfew is now in place there as well as a near total internet shutdown for the 2nd consecutive night. on monday there were reports that soldiers opened fire with rubber bullets on demonstrators in mandalay myanmar's 2nd largest city and tanks have appeared on streets across the country the army of one but just as they could face up to 20 years in jail if they obstruct soldiers or incite what they call hatred or contempt towards kool-aid is an deposed

leader and son says she is to spend a further 2 days under house arrest if you go pilar reports from hong kong. a show of force to break up a protest outside a state bank in the city of mandalay around a 1000 people at a peaceful rally were dispersed with rubber bullets and slingshots more than 10 truckloads of security forces and police were deployed to the scene where demonstrators were calling for me and mars' military leaders to reinstate their elected government extra troops were also sent to other parts of the country ilian mars' largest city and gone soldiers in armored vehicles and tanks patrolled the streets one group of the civil disobedience movement c.d.n. for short stood in front of the central bank in the and gone and continued with their calls for the military government to step down and the country's democratically elected leaders to be released. we are protesting peacefully without

weapons and with no intention of violence to call for cd and fight for the freedom of government staff this as the military issued a statement on its facebook page outlining the possible punishment for protesters saying any acts token or written that expresses or incites hatred of the government could lead to 20 years in prison people gathered outside a court in the capital neighbor door hoping that the deposed civilian leader aung san suu kyi would be released on monday but that did not happen. the other unit according to the remand which was set today is the last day of the remand period but from the discussions with the district just sister man p. . it is now until the seventy's not today. she was one of the 1st to be detained in the early hours of the coup 2 weeks ago she's been charged with illegally importing 6 walkie talkie radios according to a monitoring group more than $400.00 people have now been detained since the

february 1st clue there's a vast range of people within that group and that's a real concern for 23 year old fortune teller charlotte a fellow yangon fortune teller was arrested a few days ago after a video of him praying for the military to fail went viral on national dance hours since their dictators they can make up whatever laws they like to oppress us we astrologers are like birds in their hands it is squeeze we are dead if they let us fly we're free this is the nature of dictatorship and it's not just happening to us it's everyone. and not probably why protesters are 3rd coming out and frank the ruling national league for democracy and the party won by a landslide in last november's election and most popular most see this move by the military as nullification of their vote and their voice their ego pollen are just there the airport in iraq's northern city of erbil has sustained a series of rocket attacks international coalition fighting isis says indirect fire

killed a local contractor and injured several others including an american service member an iranian backed iraqi shia militia group claimed responsibility saying it was targeting the u.s. military base is far more attacks they kurdistan regional government has urged people to remain calm and says a full investigation has been a launched. well how for a session has given emergency use approval to 2 versions of the oxford astra zeneca coded 19 vaccine the decision will allow some of the world's poorest countries to start immunizing their populations against the virus the vaccines will be distributed through an equitable access program known as kovacs the 2 versions are produced by astra zeneca s.k. bio in south korea and the serum institute of india sana physic heads university college london global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases she says the country is being helped by the w.h.o. have a long road ahead so far we know that 75 percent of all vaccines have been

administered in just 10 countries in the world and kovacs is the arm of the show that is working specifically on scene equity financing the astra zeneca vaccine to reach the majority of low and middle income countries which through donations alone at an individual level would have been extremely difficult without the emergency authorization so because that process is so much lengthier when it's done just through the international regulatory body that often in low and middle income countries has less regulatory capacity this sort of launches the words next that the next step allowing for the 1st shipments and processes to really get rolling because again they're bare very far behind when it comes to vaccinating their population. alan passengers who arrived in the u.k. from a group of high risk countries

a settling into their 1st night of hotel quarantine the government says it will help prevent the spread of highly contagious virus variants the policy is attracting criticism for the way it's been organized pull brennan reports from london's heathrow airport. this was the 1st group of quarantine travelers being escorted from london's heathrow terminal 5 under way into isolation ahead of them 10 days and 11 nights of enforced hotel quarantine a prospect now facing all arrivals who have passed through one of the 33 countries on the u.k. government's red list in aviation terms the u.k.'s hotel quarantine plan has been on final approach in any 3 weeks now the policy was 1st announced in mid january but london's heathrow airport has expressed concerns about what it said were significant gaps in the implementation plan and the union representing some of the security staff is equally concerned about the transfer process from airport to

hotel what is not quite well p.p. is going to be a writer for very well. what are. they going on once they get the high how not you have to bear in mind the problem is that not income. the u.k. government says it's hotel quarantine plan amounts to decisive action against curve at 19 but even as the 1st arriving passengers go into and 4 compartment there is strong criticism of the way the policy is being operated under enforced. inbound passengers need to show a negative test just to board the aircraft and pre-book to further tests for the days after arrival lying on a passenger in the case of form now carries a 10 year prison sentence but doubts persist australian states introduced hotel koren seen in march 2020 an event tough lessons since then procedures on meal delivery time. times ventilation staff testing and protective masks have all

evolved significantly yet the state of victoria is now back under 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 room we learnt very much the hard way that that just doesn't work scotland's devolved government has introduced a policy that all travellers must now go through hotel quarantine regardless of where they've come from london government is sticking to its red list criteria saying the policies are based on best practice but not everyone agrees paul brennan al-jazeera heathrow airport new zealand's largest city is back in a 3 day lockdown after 3 members of one family tested positive for code 19 the government says it taking

a cautious approach as authorities investigate the source of the outbreak in oakland schools and non-essential businesses have been closed new zealand had gone 6 months without community transmission of the virus. it comes as the country received its 1st batch of corona virus vaccines $60000.00 doses of the pfizer biotech jab will be offered to border and quarantine workers from saturday you see and is also signed agreements with other drug companies including astra zeneca to buy millions more data says. lebanon's vaccination program is underway bringing with it a sense of hope for a country with its fair share of crises it was high rates of vaccine hesitancy and lingering uncertainty over the supply for migrants it's thought immunization could take a long time so you know how to report 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 turn you do almost everybody every person who has a family member or a relative what a friend because the court of public my part of a quote covered both of them. i'm secure from god but we feel it now in old homes 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 war star 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 with probably inviting the public or the philanthropic sect that is of the public too but it's a paid to ensure the 40 of the the 40 percent more needed 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 lebanon is home to more than a 1000000 and a half syrian and palestinian refugees. on

an 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 sent to their beirut still to come $100.00 why south africa has even the president could face time in jail. and taking charge of the world trade organization can its 1st female african director general push for the reforms. there's rain falling australia where you might like it well to extreme in any any area this what looks like

a tropical depression is really is the remains of one it will bring flash floods again to western straight is a desert part of australia well most of it is let's be honest so flash floods are fairly frequent occurrence during the summer but it's going to. as far south as purpose and the steady heavy rain likely drop to queens which might also prompt charles a bit. is to a pretty house in birdsville it's still pretty warm in south australia and in victoria about $31.00 in melbourne that's steady for the next 3 days and more than that natalie whereas sydney and most of the cast of new the coast new south wales go along shore breezy kept cool at about $25.00 degrees there's a new arc break of winter in east asia particularly once more japan and that's going to be blizzard conditions in whole carder and for a while in the old shape the cold outbreak would suggest snow throughout the korean peninsula including quite possibly in seoul on tuesday gets even colder ones down to minus 5 this looks like a return of winter with

a cold going down through shanghai but by the end of the week lol gone the temperatures in seoul back up to about plus 9. to make a change. change a life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you push to break you continue remolded overturn the status quo and fight injustice all month the day. will. witness personal documentaries like alter of deception on al-jazeera. the all.

amount to top stories here now jazeera security forces in myanmar have opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay as part of a wider crackdown on the 10s of thousands of people who demonstrated against the military coup. a series of explosions in the iraqi city of erbil has killed one person and injured several of those 3 blasts were heard with smoke seen at the perimeter of the airport where u.s. forces are based. the global effort to vaccinate people in less developed countries is received a huge boost the world health organization has approved use of the astra zeneca vaccine as part of the kovacs program. the world health organization has launched an ebola vaccine campaign in the city of batam bow in eastern democratic republic of congo for cases of a boner have been confirmed since a resurgence of the virus was announced just one week ago the west african country

of guinea declared a new outbreak on sunday confirming 3 deaths and 7 cases 11300 people were killed in an outbreak between 20132016 mostly in guinea and neighboring sierra leone and liberia friday $1200.00 doses of the ebola vaccine and coltrane equipment arrived in the city of tembo health care workers will be inoculated 1st last month the global vaccine alliance said it's creating a stockpile of half a 1000000 doses of the met about a job within 2 years but as of january it'd only about $7000.00 available world health organization says that the ebola outbreak can be stopped with the correct measures. i am pleased to say that vaccination started to today india out to sea and so far 43 people have been vaccinated out of 149 illegitimate contacts including 20 people who were vaccinated during the previous outbreak in

29000 w 2 is working closely with held in wars countries to engage with the affected communities to enhance trust and acceptance ebola and 19 are 2 very different and does bose thrive on misinformation and mistrust but bows can be stopped was proven public old measures are being gauged communities accurate information and vaccines. has the latest now from senegalese capital dhaka. is back here the virus is spreading to the capital. so. i feel really surprised given the current situation guinea waking names are struggling with a kind of weak 19th pandemic and now with the polar it will be a real disaster the country's land borders are sealed an emergency team made up of

the world health organization doctors without borders and government health workers were dispatched to the region of ns eric henri after nurse died of the virus in late january. in fact and we need are. thinking through. several people attending the infected nurses funeral contracted the virus some have since died with more than 200 close contacts health authorities fear many more could be unknowingly carrying a ball or the virus spreads easily through bodily fluids it triggers fever vomiting and diarrhea eventually causing organ failure and death. people are nervous the governor of korea is calling for calm in 2013 an outbreak detected in the same

region spread to neighboring countries infecting over 20000 people half of them died from the virus samples of infected patients have been sent for testing at the institute in neighboring senegal inside this building our researchers sequencing a sample of the virus the idea here is to try to understand which strain of a bull we're dealing with in the current outbreak in guinea and whether the newly developed vaccine will successfully contain this new epidemic there are currently 7000 doses of the vaccine available globally none of them are in west africa the vaccines need to be stored at minus 80 degrees celsius and transported to guinea's remote in tropical regions where power is in short supply for health authorities it is for now a race against time to trace and isolate contact cases before it's too late nicholas hawk al-jazeera the car. turkey's president has accused the u.s.

of supporting kurdish fighters he says a behind the execution of 13 turkish hostages the bodies of the group were found last week in a cave in northern iraq same question who has more from istanbul the all back home to be buried the 13 turkish police and military personnel have been discovered in a cave in northern iraq on sunday turkey says they had been abducted and then executed by fighters on the kurdistan workers party or p k k during a combat operation swarmer. but turkey's anger for the killings wasn't just directed at the output group but it says there are syria now there is a statement made by the united states it's a joke would you not supposed to stand against the terrorist the p.k. k. the y p g in the p y d you clearly support them and stand behind the picket k. is listed as a terrorist organization not only by turkey but the us and the e.u.

the us condemned the killings its responsibility lay with the p.k. k. . if we work together with you. if we are to continue our unity in the world in nato the new will act sincerely towards us then you will stand with us not with the terrorists. anger was over the angered by washington support of kurdish fighters in neighboring syria turkey claims the group known as wife is organically tied to the p.k. k. and the name difference is just a branding effort to legitimize the organization in the fight against feisal. was infuriated by washington statement on the iraq killings to accuse some of the us ambassador to uncover our later to accuse foreign minister spoke for the 1st time with his new u.s. counterpart antony blinken according to readouts blinken is said to have affirmed

that p.k. k. was to blame and the to emphasise the importance of thereby literally relationship and interest in countering terrorism but the differences between the longstanding l. lies remain as a nato ally angara wants washington to pick a side either turkey or the p.k. k. and a syrian based wipe e.g. but in january incoming us secretary of state under an a blink an echo of not acting like an ally because of his purchase of a russian air defense system and said the us would reveal if further sanctions are required unless one side compromises the dispute between nato is to biggest army is made out and soon see an anchor solo al-jazeera stumble. through 3 rebels in yemen claim they've attacked the airports in the saudi cities of and jeddah with drones on the ground in yemen itself violence is increasing with hundreds of people killed

in marriage province fighting broke out there more than a week ago but there are conflicting reports about the situation now they say they have seized control of a military camp and are attacking a number of army positions but the army says it's repelled their attacks after launching artillery strikes. and he 60 people have died after an overcrowded boat capsized in western democratic public of congo it happened in the congo river near my number a province on sunday night the country's humanitarian affairs minister says 240 people are still missing the boat was heading to a province after departing from the capital kinshasa. south africa's former president could be jailed after he defied an order to attend an inquiry into alleged corruption during his time in office the commission plans to ask the constitutional court for an order that jacob zuma is guilty of contempt of court the so-called state capture inquiry which has been running for 2 years is

investigating allegations that zuma allowed the wealthy gupta family to plunder state resources and influence policy zuma denies any wrongdoing for me to miller is in johannesburg with this report. and in the greatest significance of what's happened today is just how it reflects on the african national congress the governing party in south africa and how it views what the former president has done we do know that the top 6 leadership of the a.n.c. had planned to see the former president to compel him to appear at the commission but this really is symbolic of the divisions within that party and its fight against corruption if the former president says their t.'s rights are being impeded on that he's been vilified that this is propaganda and there's a political agenda there are also many people who sympathize with him and said that he does want to appear at the commission with swelling with his rights at the same time he's not here to a summons which was issued by the commission and also previously the constitutional

court had said he should appear at the commission and not doing that was undermining the law so we would have to wait to see what the constitutional court says next to to see whether or not zuma does continues to defy the commission as the commissioner zonda had said he is doing or if he maintains it is right not to appear the red cross is warning the humanitarian crisis in northern mozambique is getting worse when half a 1000000 people have been displaced by fighting in capital gotto province as hermit us reports it's letting disease spread. aid workers say health facilities are being deliberately targeted in kabul and they can't access huge parts of the province people fleeing the violence in northern mozambique can sometimes only get help when they reach clinics set up in camps for the internally displaced well 1st centers in the province is 845539 off for them they are no more orthodox or

not because they have been of on the largest order they ever been burned or they have been just to destroy most and because government says fighters affiliated to eisele operating in parts of kabul delgado the militant group stage is 1st attack in 2017 since then the attacks have been bigger in scale and frequency taking on the army and the time seizing entire towns health workers say the humanitarian crisis is getting worse for told the government that the number of cases has gone up there are many diseases like malaria missing displaced people from way into a commune district practically the entire northern area. more than half a 1000000 people have fled their homes many of them are now in pemba the provincial capital they complain about overcrowding manju tradition and the constant threat of cova 19. living as a displaced person. moving from one place to another there are many difficulties

a problem with staring over finding food to eat at least a year and getting treated for illness i am now feeling better. southern african countries portugal and others in the european union have offered to help fight the armed groups but there's been no official word from the mostly be covered and on the way forward. al-jazeera. goes you know it well or has received unanimous backing to become the 1st woman and 1st african director general of the world trade organization 3 months after the trumpet ministration rejected her appointment the former nigerian finance minister who grew up during the biafran war before studying development economics at harvard she helped to persuade rich countries to write off much of her home nation's debt she's a 25 year veteran of the world bank where she had a sort of $81000000000.00 account focused on developing economies she ran against 7

other candidates for this job on a platform based on the ability of trade to lift people out of poverty a 1st priorities will be to try to settle the u.s. china trade war and counter protectionism encouraged by the pandemic good day w. 2 your members are making history for the 1st time in the 73 years of. us electing a woman and an african as director general this is groundbreaking i am positive. i am grateful for that trust you have that me not just as a woman and i am african but also my knowledge experience and as some of you have said courage and passion to work with you so i undertake the wide ranging reforms that ws your needs so it poses shown itself for the future more than 2000000 people in texas have been left without electricity after a rare blast of cold weather across the southern u.s.

rolling blackouts have been imposed by power companies in the state after temperatures as low as minus 22 degrees celsius roads have been closed in louisiana with oklahoma and arkansas deploying national guard troops president biden has declared an emergency which allows texas to access federal aid to boost its response. the top stories are now jazeera the united nations has denounced an internet shutdown in me and ma the 2nd in as many days a curfew has also been imposed that following another day of protests against the military coup security forces opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay it's part of a wider crackdown on tens of thousands of demonstrators soldiers and police aimed sling shots at protesters and beat them with us.