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sweeps through parts of the united states bringing record subzero temperatures traffic headaches and leaving millions in the dark. for. a bad rap for a spanish musician his lyrics and not music to be is his spain's monarchy and that's likely to land him in jail. and i'm he just didn't have all the day's news serena williams is just 2 wins away from the 24th grand slam singles title off to beating someone a hell of in the australian open quarter finals. so 2 former leaders of a rebel group in central african republic have denied committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for. a police edward in guy so now began at the international criminal court and choose day 30 years of targeting muslims in

a campaign of torture murder and rape to move silica rebels overthrew the government at the time they were allegedly leaders of a predominately christian rebel group. i have understood everything that has been said here and i categorically say these counts are not correct i reject all the charges you have laid against me. i don't recognize the charges brought against me i am not guilty. to serve us in the hague or following the trial and so tell us more about the significance of this case being brought by the i.c.c. well in the last couple of hours we heard some really interesting details from the prosecutor about this case he basically outlined how this and he baloch a movement operating a christian mostly christian militia who actually committed his violent out of revenge against the muslim minority group called seleka but actually pointed their

aggression against the whole muslim population around 15 percent of the population in central african republic was a muslim at the time so they had a systematic operation they call it a military operation against this population also with the one aim and that was removing the muslim minority from the country altogether and it was some significant details of a photo shown and also video but also social media reports chapped conversations taken from people who were involved in the acts of violence showing that if there's a muslim house for example that a palm leaf would be laid in front of it so they would easily be targeted by these christian militias so it was according to the prosecution by song and dot com is seen as a very close confidant of a former president both these and he was also appointed to become the minister of

youth and he was also seen as a fine and of this movement let's see what the prosecutor had to say about him. from its inception and i saw i was aware of the n.t. blockers organizational policy that policy entailed violent targeting of muslim civilians in western ca are based on their religious national or ethnic affiliation were perceived as collectively responsible for complicit with and supportive of the telic you will hear this referred to is the criminal policy or common purpose in our presentation. of the 2 having the time in court now but the i.c.c. have also detained 3rd militia members but from the opposing side exactly mohammad saeed this been brought i see here in the hague a couple of weeks ago and this is important he was a seen as

a leader it's important because of course that conflict had 2 sides at the time and it's also important for what's happening at the moment in central african republic that there will be some balance of accountability so it was very crucial for the i.c.c. to have also some rum from the celica site here in the hague but also it's very interesting to note that of course while these violent acts and this military operation happened 7 years ago at the time of this trial the violence is still continuing so it's very important also for the i.c.c. to show to the people who are perpetrators at the moment in central african republic that there is no impunity. thanks for that status and reporting from the hague. military has denied carrying out a coup and pledges again to hold elections next year the spokesman for the armed forces says they had no choice but to seize power moments later the lawyer of the

deposed leader. so the military has filed charges against the court as this report . they're. continuing their civil disobedience movement and like who protesters in yes don't block train services out of ensign railway station one of the city's largest. and east on the other end of the line in mala 9 protesters there also did the same in his 1st press conference since taking over the military just to justify its actions saying it was not a coup and that the protestors are inciting violence. elsewhere in yangon protestors laid down to look like they were arresting illustrating the point that tense nights are robbing them of sleep this overconcerned of night time patrols and arrests more than 400 people have been detained according to a monitoring group as a protest is ramp up pressure by strikes and rallies some feel it might prompt a strong reaction from the military the government it's also. trying to

demonstrate. tacitly that they may tolerate the street protests but if the protest. try to occupy those buildings or prevent. a walk us from county to walk actions a day after police crackdown on protesters in the 2nd largest city injuring many they came back out in mandalay amid a low key security presence thousands marched on the streets. in yangon buddhist monks joined the protest chanting against the coup and calling for the release of detained leaders some see their participation as bringing moral authority to the movement it's got toddler al-jazeera. so let's go live now to david poland who's following developments from hong kong david said nothing new from the military yet we have these for the charges against uncensored cheek and what now for the protest movement. well the protests numbers are

smaller now but they're more strategically targeted they've become more creative in how they're trying to disrupt the government and the government functions for instance as mentioned there they were blocking railroad lines there also surround the government offices calling on civil servants to join their movement they're also boycotting shops and commercial entities which the military governmentally of the military government have invested in or make their money from so what they're trying to do is bring the country somewhat to a standstill despite not having the numbers and doing it without conference stations while remaining peaceful now as you said the military spokesman did speak for the 1st time in such a manner addressing the protest movements and their takeover of the country saying that it is justified he gave the same reasons as before and said there will be elections in a year but when asked about on song suchi he said that they will handle her situation according to the constitution her lawyers though say she has had more

charges leveled that her this time along with those charges where she was arrested in february 1st of illegal importing a story could be as importing community illegal communication devices which basically amounts to 6 walkie talkies there is now violation of the national disaster law and the lawyers say it is unclear exactly what that is or when it happened but it's likely to do with the coronavirus regulations during campaigning for the elections in november now another major issue for both the protesters and something that the military spokesman did address is the internet and the internet blackouts that have been taking place i want to the military spokesperson. press conference was held on facebook which the military government has actually banned. so it's interesting that they also are making sure that they have full

control of the internet which is how protesters communicate and part of the issue here is that they have been there have been blackouts and cuts and during those periods it's of particular concern to protest or due to the fact that they're more likely to be arrested or harassed or deliver their for the moment a difficult problem reporting there from hong kong in the latest situation in myanmar we can take this all we can here from run and lee who's a visiting scholar at queen mary university of london's international state crime initiative he explains what could be behind the military's increasingly heavy handed tactics. it's a sign that the military threatened by the protests and by the protesters i think the military is probably surprised at the injured of the protestors think the military's expectation was that as with previous coups in myanmar they could arrest

the civilian leadership of the country and that then that would be difficulties organizing opposition to the coup this is different the protesters have a diversified leadership. much more difficult to take out just by arresting even i mean the arrested 400 but the protests a still getting organized i think the military are concerned that these protests continue in the long term and that's why we've seen such draconian changes to the test is that they risk 20 years in jail for calling a coup. is not something that the protesters i think are going to accept that they've made their decision to protest the coup and they know what the military is like in me and not many people to me america seen the military i mean 60 years of military dictatorship in that country is the lived experience of many people in me and they don't want to go back to that but they know what the military is like and

this is what they expect the military to do so protesters have made the decision before they turn out on the straights to put their bodies on the line and to put their liberty on the line this for them i think is a fight for their country's future and for freedom we have got plenty more coming up on the news hour including the new income for new arrivals in sudan why refugees are fleeing if and heading to community. and 15000000 people within 2 months mexico target is the elderly in the 2nd phase of its natural vaccination drive. and india's cricket has wrapped up a huge win over england in the 2nd test that's coming up with peter and. so french president to mental macron has pledged to step up efforts to fight groups linked to al qaida in the sahal region micro was speaking by video link to the

presidents of the g 5 nations that became a fast so mali mauritania each year and chad he called on international partners to provide long term financing for some health forces micro made that plea as france's considering reducing its presence in the region and we have 2 reporters covering the summit on that address standing by for us in lagos but 1st let's get more americans comments from the touch of butler in paris and had been thought that would announce a troop drawdown but not yet it seems. yes french president emanuel mark cross said that it was not the time to reduce france's military presence in the site hell he said that the some 5000 or more troops that are actually posted in the region from france have had some thick trees some significant victories over the past year that they are continuing to be needed by the g 5 forces to work alongside them and also to train so he said it simply

won't be the time to abandon he said his african partners now imagine or micro did say that it was very important though that the international community did more to support the g 5 forces both financially economically and with logistical support and he did call on for example a european countries to do more on this level the german foreign minister i should say we did hear from him after the summit he said the germany would continue to support the g 5 forces logistically and with training but it wouldn't send any troops at this particular moment in iraq cross only looking for other european countries to provide troops to work alongside the french are there for now and of course the g 5 in the future he did praise the fact though that is seems the the biden and his administration is reengaging a with the hell something that of course was had been while donald trump i should

say at the present donald trump it's only distance the u.s. from the crisis in the sile i remember my concert it was key that international partners work together in the region p cause he said they all faced a common enemy an enemy he called islamist terrorism. clearly the little it would delete the absolute priority of our military strategy is to continue our fight against terrorist group is this will be achieved with a strengthening of the joint health force which has already made immense progress our intention now is to strengthen the g 5 force with sustained funding. even though mark or did not announce a reduction of troops in the sile for now we certainly left the door open to one in the future saying it would be possible in the following weeks or months to come perhaps and the reason he's doing that really is also because the question of france's presence in the so hell has been raised many times here in france over the

past year with public opinion you might say are turning against france's presence to a certain degree recent opinion polls suggesting that over half of french people believe that france should perhaps withdraw from the sar hell imagine what was always argued that it's very important that france continue to try to stabilize this very volatile region which he sees you know just below libya on the so-called doorstep to the european union but it is clear the public opinion is certainly waning in terms of support for the french troops there particularly because combat deaths continue to be high and more than 50 french soldiers have died since 2030 when french soldiers 1st arrived in the region and that is why many people in france are questioning why france continues to be in this crisis is a deeply entrenched in a place that for many french people seems very far away but i think so that's a picture from paris from france let's get an idea of how things are on the ground

we can speak with us is following develops from lagos joins us now to tell us more about this from the from the region's perspective and what the concerns are of the g. 5 leaders. well basically the can only it concerns about a possible frank withdrawing from the region has now disappeared however it's up to the regional countries or other countries of this to help the g 5 to measure up in terms of troops addition to the fighting force however the only country so far that has met. one is child. soldiers but a heightened and they have the experience of dealing with situations like that have been for several civil wars and contributed in fighting other skirmishes or other violence in neighboring countries however countries like egypt mali and booking a fossil don't have the experience or the materiel like child they all will need

financial support just because support to help them deal with the current situation in the health well judge is doing this at the same time it's also looking over its shoulder towards its border with the lake charles a lot of activity has been going on over the past few months since forces routed both parliament ice from that region so it's very cautious while contributing to the contributing more to the fighting force in the g 5 sale countries it's also warned about what will happen with its borders close to the lake chad. and i swap are still i in those territories the occupied before they were chased out by troops last year when president idriss deby led forces costly to the region to chase out but what i mean and swap so the concerns about possible french with no one has now gone. but the concerns about who and how much they can contribute is still at war

and it has not been ironed out completely we'll wait and see until the end of this summit and see or hear how much each country is willing to do so far we're hearing about the germans not trying not committing to i did you write in its forces training forces in the south it's hard to say what the americans will say we expecting the american secretary of state to also talk to the senate before yesterday we'll see what further commitments come forward to the timing of an interesting so lot now thousands of ethiopians from the bendis angle a good news region have been forced to escape their homes and cross into sudan's blue nile state violence in recent months has resulted in a steady flow of refugees and the aid agencies well they're worried about getting basic supplies to those who've left their homes with barely anything how to do is have a morgan that many of those who've taken refuge near the sudan ethiopian border hundreds of refugees from banishing go in ethiopia have come to this camp near the border

with sudan for refuge they fled fighting between ethnic groups in the medical zone m one a says she fled her home 3 months ago with her 4 youngest children as they were all she could carry and not a day goes by without her thinking of those she left behind for them. and who they came in to talk to us the civilians the hume to our village at night and so that killing us people running in all directions parents and children separated from each other after these ones into the bush the other side in opposite direction in the bush for 15 days as a reader would to hear. the camp has been set up as a temporary center for refugees arriving in this region and is one of 3 in sudan's blown out state that borders. but he is one of if he appears 9 regions and home to vast arable lands and the grand if you can run as on stem that's set to become africa's largest hydroelectric dam unlike most other regions in mexico the most of the largest ethnic group but the ones who fled here say they have been marginalized

in their own lands by the arm harassed who moved in from the neighboring highland region that's led to fighting at least 300 people have been killed in the region in recent weeks according to human rights commission both sides have accused the other of violence over the past few years. with a lot of the our problem is one of land does want to take our fertile lands because they don't have such lands for farming they found that our land is so they are targeting ask farmers to prevent us from farming we don't want to give them our land so they launch attacks on us because we're weak since november authorities say more than 7000 people have arrived in the state this by being here for 3 months refugees they very little aid has reached them they say most of the systems they've got so far are handouts from the local community and some refugees have opted to live with the host communities rather than in these makeshift camps authorities also say that more people are arriving every day and that they expect that to

continue. to more good as long as fighting continues on the other side more refugees will come were no racing against time because an april it'll be the start of the rainy season where the refugees are already hard to reach and it will be near impossible by that time so we've identified a camp but it's not up yet we're hoping to set it up and move the refugees in on time so they can get aid easily many refugees here say that regardless of how few essentials are available in this camp they want to stay for as long as possible and they're hoping family members they've left behind will join them he will morgan al-jazeera on the sudan if your paper order. at least 75 people have died and hundreds are still missing in democratic republic of congo after a boat capsized happened late on sunday on the congo river near lake my and on base the vessel was traveling from the capital kinshasa to problems the government says it was a village. to democracy activists in hong kong and pleaded guilty to organizing an

illegal assembly in $2197.00 others denied the charges including media tycoon jimmy life and martin lee he's known as hong kong's father of democracy the trials are related to a demonstration in orcus 2019 against beijing's influence rally nearly 2000000 people critics say the challenge is a proof the government is ruling through fear. well way way back. right now because my problems are my mother girlfriend and 2 grandmother got caught programs run. from the rule of law well and go ruled by. a major winter storm is puzzled much of the united states risks no doubt some southern states are causing chaos in a region unused to freezing conditions on their reports now from new jersey. for much of the southern united states it was a once in a generation winter storm. heavy snow fall and icy roads conjured up disastrous

driving conditions across at least 20 states several of them declaring states of emergency in texas record low temperatures way below freezing brought the electricity grid to its knees at one point more than 2000000 customers there lost power many caught up in intentional outages designed to ease the strain on the system we have experienced probably 5 or 6 rolling blackouts at about 45 minutes and i know that there are some neighborhoods around here that have them up without power since about 4 am even southern texas more accustomed to hurricanes got a rare sight of snow this was the scene in bel-air a suburb of houston and in san antonio home to the alamo a famous historical site here's what it looked like there you know you have snow in front of. a lot don't get too far but man you never think you see the day and so

you got snow coming down like this according to the national weather service at least 150000000 americans are in the storm's path and unusually wide band of frigid air creeping slowly across the country other states bearing the brunt of it happen oklahoma where it's caused near white out conditions on the roads. and more carolina where freezing rain felled trees along highways further north in chicago they're more used to this kind of weather at this time of the year but even here they're bracing for more than 30 centimeters of snow by the time the storm passes through the new york city region has already seen its highest snowfall totals in years but the storm that's sweeping through the rest of the country is now barreling north and about to hit here leaving tens of millions of other americans in the northeast of the country bracing for the next one that also could

include sleet and hail gabriels andro. we hawk in new jersey yes crazy conditions there let's get the global weather now his role. right the worst snow in seattle that's for 50 years 70 percent of the land mass of the us is covered in snow it's not surprised to see it in iowa but even here is pretty cold as you can see so the farmers are working hard in the cattle enjoying their hay how often do you see snow down in mississippi that there it is all the say and not everyone is used to it and the cold will stay in this more snow on its way not right down to the south coast but even here houston only about 5 degrees but that junction between the feet of gulf air temporarily where things do warm up and the cold still exist for the north will be the production of big thunderstorms and again tornadoes are possible snow in the northern flank freezing rain in between yet again and we've got freezing rain warnings at the moment that's the stuff that produces glaze eyes and causes yet more power cuts and yes they are right and the

temperatures most places they do not rise the code is still with us south of all this and in the immediate future these thunderstorms that you will have seen on tuesday in western cuba yucatan they're pushed out of the way this quiet weather the exception maybe of panama where it's been raining now for about 2 days scientists and the biggest showers are like to be in the middle brazil and in peru with paraguayan rather dry fire up plans for much now dozens of spanish police have storm the university and arrested a rap artist who barricaded himself inside to avoid prison public hotel was sentenced to 9 months in jail for insulting the monarchy in glorifying so-called terrorism he wants the law that was used to convict him scrapped. and michael so has this report. this is the moment placed on the catalan university of lagos to arrest pablo hustle the rap artist had barricaded himself

into a white arrest after being sentenced to 9 months in prison procrit assize in spain strong family in songs and tweets. as he was led away he even named the farm i don't know the guy they will never make us given despite the repression was the right was the was justice cases inspired support across the country last week dozens of demonstrators rallied in madrid demanding his for him. first of all i think it's a right. well to express your opinion either rappin either seeing either dance you need or doing whatever you want one child support with history taught from spain's former king kong carlos in raising hustles image the more. it can be that an artist is jailed for expressing his ideas i believe that something that is profoundly unfair more than $200.00 authors actors and fund that

actors have also signed a petition against his jailing. us last case has let the government to reform what's known as the gag law that was intended to prevent the glorification of terrorists and. these verbal excesses that some may have and which are part of a framework of cultural expressions must according to this government be kept away from any legal sanction the was amnesty international says 70 people but convicted under the law in 20182019. for most of the stuff the artist says he uses rap as a tool for transformation and want to be silenced until the law is scrapped. michael i just see time to mr. through ahead here on al-jazeera argentina's beef industry feels the heat why the pandemic is being blamed for a drop in consumption. and install the pace of the russian tennis player making

history at the strange. chaplain cause of all there is corruption corruption is so full that they are now in syria the whole way through. a course of a minister a keenest. a european judge tasked with imposing nor an order and a trial testing the nose of a newly formed nation. witness. highway on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. and. all the all. over again you watch al-jazeera remind about top stories as 2 former leaders of a rebel group in the central african republic of denied commit to war crimes. trial for alfred your home and peace and watch your guy son has begun the international criminal court accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture and rape from 2013 to 2000 different.

military has denied carry on to cuba and has pledged again to hold elections that year a spokesman for the armed forces says they had no choice but to seize power protest against the military takeover and now in the 11th day. french president has pledged to step up efforts to fight groups linked to al qaida and due to the salaries and speaking to the presidents of the g. 5 nations confirmed that france will not withdraw troops from the region before the summer. on to libya where members of the country's 2 rival parliaments are set to meet in the city of separate office and in an effort to work out their differences earlier this month rival factions agreed to an interim unity government until elections are held in december so let's cross live now to malik trainer who's in separate city where that parliamentary session is set to take place mallika tell us more about this and what's on the agenda. well that's right we're in the coastal

city of so broad so in western libya where m.p.'s are attempting to meet and hold a united session libya's parliament has been divided for years they were initially elected in 201-4200 members of parliament were elected they were supposed to be base in eastern libya 2014 but that was around the same time when warlords have to began solidifying his base in eastern libya so many western m.p.'s and from the south boycotted the parliament years and years later in april 2019 when have to launch the military offensive on the capital tripoli those against the campaign came to tripoli and they started a rival parliament this isn't the 1st time that the warring or divided parliament have attempted to. to to hold an official session in october they met in the damis

but that actually didn't amount to anything they weren't able to hold an official session and they're trying to do that same thing again here and so brought up from what we understand the legal core and for them to actually hold a session is 90. 90 m.p.'s they've reached that amount so far but from from sources inside talking to various and p's it doesn't look like they've been able to agree on voting in a new speaker and deputy so we're expecting a statement in the next 30 minutes or so and from there we can be able to once we understand what the statement says we can be able to bring you more in a. city in libya. now the world health organization says that a barrel of vaccines are on the way to guinea to deal with it you know outbreak of the disease 5 people have died in 2 have tested positive while 10 others they have

symptoms the outbreak is linked to a funeral in early february and authorities are trying to track down anybody who had contact with infected and joins us live now from dakar in senegal and that's the thing isn't it nic it's just trying to get in touch with those people who may have been infected. yeah it's a race against time for the health workers to get on the ground but also to get the vaccines on the ground remember in 201-435-0000 vaccines were distributed in guinea like bear in syria leone where where the outbreak took place now doctors from the ministry of health in guinea says that the vaccines that they have the doses they have are now expired since december 2020 so some of the vaccines will be coming from geneva and other countries and it's really about trying to get it on the ground deep in and there are corey in southern eastern guinea so that's the challenge ahead and some of the organizations involved in this are organizations

that are already. on the ground in d.r. see where there is another a bola outbreak and joining me now is nicholas mouli from. you're the head of the emergencies and you'll be distributing vaccines in guinea what are the challenges ahead and how quickly can we get the vaccines on the ground. so we won't do anything and then the very trying was about not distributed defection on the ground. i think what is very important now is to make them move anybody in connect with those. and to give goodness age for the population to be show that they will accept to get about. trying. to contain the outbreak so you think it's going to be challenging to get people to take a vaccine against the blood despite so many people who have died in the past why is that you know i think it's really easy for give the message in this region say ok

listen. in these if you chance during 12 to 18 months and it will prevent you to get it then of course everybody really wants to be vaccinated the donors know it will be to be sure that those in the country for this population do we know how quickly we can get those vaccines on the ground in. well it's 2 days' drive between connected to they call it so as soon as they are variable they can be deployed then again and again and authorities are working on that. now this outbreak that killed 11000 people dead and infected more than 20000 people in west africa. a couple of years ago and yet there are no vaccines in these countries why is that so a lot of vaccine have been used in the previous high breaking d.s.e. and at this time directionally are used and. so they couldn't get they couldn't be produced in big question but now that direction has been authorized by the bill to

a true the u.s. and europe. the manufacturer can produce large quantity and then deliver it to the country when it's needed understand well this vaccine needs to be kept at very low temperatures under minus 80 degrees celsius and you're to try to transport these doses to a country where it's extremely hard where health facilities sometimes don't have access to electricity let alone running water what are the challenges to try to get those vaccines on the ground. many logistic changes so we have to be sure that we have order in this area and the electricity to make them walk or lives have been used in syria for example so we can definitely do the same thing in. well the. thank you very much now really the challenge ahead is not just the vaccine it's also trying to communicate with the communities on the ground during a global pandemic so certain countries surrounding getting have taken steps liberia sierra leone are are are in

a high alert to try to see if there are contact cases within their borders and right now the health authorities in guinea are trying to get onto the ground trying to find out who this nurse who was the patient that died from a ball or who she was in contact with to try to find patients here as to try to contain this outbreak now indeed a race against time as you say and the reporting from dr b. does prime minister says a court ruling to end a nighttime curfew is disappointing the judge ruled authorities had illegally used emergency powers to impose the restrictions but says the measure is necessary to reduce the number of covert 90 factions he says the government will appeal against the decision and work on a new local government introduced the curfew last month and it sparked protests the palestinian authority says that israel has stopped 2000 coronavirus vaccines being delivered to the gaza strip the 1st doses of the scene were supposed to be given

out on tuesday more than 2000000 palestinians living in the gaza strip are yet to receive any inoculations human rights groups have criticized israel for not providing vaccines to palestinians living under israeli occupation in the west bank and the siege of gaza strip her forces more now from west jerusalem. they say so far the decision has yet to be made that's the official lot that's the line coming from officials it's a decision for the national security council so effectively one could say it's a decision for the prime minister benjamin netanyahu the p.a. as you say says that it made this shipment it was sent it out towards the west bank checkpoint and it was stopped by israeli security officials there was a debate in the israeli parliament the knesset on monday about this issue with right wing israeli members of the knesset arguing on a number of grounds that the vaccine should not be shipped to gaza one argument

made was that because hamas which controls the gaza strip is holding 2 israeli civilians who crossed into the strip in recent years and also the remains of 2 israeli soldiers that there should be no vaccines handed over until those remains in those people are returned another and k. arguing that these vaccines would not go to health workers but speculated they would go to senior hamas officials now as far as members of the largely palestinian israeli joint list are concerned this is withholding essential health care from an occupied population and therefore a war crime it's worth remembering that inside gaza already it's estimated some 9 percent at least of the population have been infected with the virus at one point in december some 45 percent of tests were coming back positive now the numbers have been going down a bit since but gaza has an extremely overstretched and very rickety health system these vaccines are very much needed well

a 2nd round of creative eyes vaccinations is being administered in mexico as comparable health officials want to inoculate 50000000 elderly people within 2 months men or appellate courts now from mexico city. queues or long outside vaccination centers in the outskirts of the mexican. capitol on monday health officials rolled out the 2nd phase of mexico's national inoculation program. i feel happy after receiving the vaccine i'm glad they brought us the vexing. they say that with the vaccine hopefully we can control the pandemic because too many of our poor brothers and sisters have left us. after weeks of delays some 870000 doses of astra zeneca covert 900 vaccine arrived in the mexican capital over the weekend restarting the country's stalled tax anation efforts you look at all you said was this if what we're witnessing today is the arrival of the 1st test result of vaccines developed with oxford's that were produced in india from mexico

this should mean is very important because it will let us excel write how vaccination drive as was ordered by the president. mexico's military has been mobilized to deliver new doses of the vaccine to all 32 mexican states. that of mexico is nearing 2000000 confirmed cases and ranks 3rd in the world in cope with 19 deaths the latest shipments of vaccines or arriving at a critical time jack. said d.n.a. health officials have got the vaccine they arrived in the morning and they will continue arriving on tuesday and they won't stop arriving and national immunization plan won't stop as we have said there is preference for the elderly. while the 2nd phase of the backs a nation program will focus on the elderly and frontline health workers the government has also placed top priority on rural areas where rates of transmission are relatively low many health policy experts say this is the wrong strategy adding

that the government should be focused on inoculation efforts in densely populated cities were authorities continue to struggle to curb contagion. mexico's vaccination program began in december of last year since then mexico's president has said the government intends to vaccinate the entire population that's more than 126000000 people by march of 2022 men ended up a low al-jazeera mexico city. an investigation has been launched in peru to find out why many 500 people including many government officials were secretly vaccinated the head of health workers former president martin has apologized after it was revealed that he and his wife received injections in october on sunday the foreign minister resigned after it emerged that she had also been given a secret dose. but beef is a major part of traditional argentine cuisine but its consumption has dropped to an all time low and that's been partly blamed on the economic impact of the pandemic

through as a by reports not from one as a. ruling before ours is part of argentina's tradition lone wolf is proud of what his family has achieved they're experts in preparing the traditional or barbecue the grilling method used by the or skilled horseman who roamed argentina the region in the 18th and 19th centuries then there are all along the plaza so here we are proud to say this is a restaurant that feeds everyone all social classes those who have money and those who don't but things have changed it's becoming more and more expensive those who come have less money the pandemic has forced restaurants like this $1.00 to adapt its working at 30 percent of its capacity what complicates the situation even more is that beef is becoming more expensive in a country where people are used to eating meat nearly every day latest reports show that beef consumption has dropped to an all time low or about 50 kilos a person

a year half the amount consumed in the 1950 s. one of the recent is a changing eating abbots but there is more being played a crucial role in argentina culture of this type. of those i've heard of people in life but in the past year the price of you have increased around 70 percent because of inflation and increased exports and that's why the government is putting together a plan that aims to review the price of certain. due to rising prices cows were taken last year to graceland instead of being fattened with corn they slow down before duction and reduce the supply experts in the area fear government intervention to control the prices. back into. $1008.00 government restrictions to prevent a rise in prices ended with a loss of a around 20 percent of argentina's cattle herd. i think it's

a political action trying to reduce the price of beef we export only 3 percent of what we consume if the government tries to act on the effect and not on the causes which is the rise in prices of almost everything in the country. is a butcher who was forced to adapt her shop and sell other products she says the increase in the price of beef makes it difficult for her business to thrive. and we've had a 40 percent decrease in the sales of beef mostly because of price not everyone can pay for beef people were used to eating at all the time but that's not the case now by selling chicken and other parties so that we can get our sales up beef consumption is a reflection of argentina's economy and that's one of the reasons why the government wants to guarantee people have access to it. but failed policies of the past may end up hurting the sector that has made argentinean beef famous worldwide

. when the. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has announced plans to form an independent commission to investigate last month's attack on capitol hill she says it will be modeled on the commission established after the $911.00 attacks and will report on the facts and causes of the violence on january the 6th in which 5 people died prosecutors in russia have asked the court to find the kremlin critic alexina valmy $13000.00 for slandering a world war 2 veteran nobel they says the charge is politically motivated and an attempt to smear his reputation earlier this month he was sentenced almost 3 years in prison for parole virally violations thousands of people have been arrested during protests in support of the valley. so still ahead here on how to get ready to face. the champions league will have to build up with peter it's.

cool. and it's going to score that is pretty big thank you so much the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the tokyo olympics a major boxing qualifying tournament has been cancelled because of global travel restrictions it means the 53 olympic places that would have been up for grabs will not be in the ring but stayed allocated by woold rankings this affects of finances in the africa and asia oceania regions boxes in the americas and europe can still fight for their places providing their tournaments go ahead. the olympics are just 5 months away and aside from getting athletes qualified it's still not clear how

they can be held safely amid a global health crisis recent poll suggests 80 percent of the japanese public want the games postponed again or scrapped altogether now to cover 19 complications for rugby 6 nations tournament with the entire french squad going into isolation that's because a staff member has tested positive the whole team and head coach tested negative on monday but will be retested today from the top of the 6 nations with 2 win so far against italy and most recently against ireland in dublin fortunately there are no games this week well number one never talk of it as just beaten alexander very even 4 sets to reach the australian open semifinals earlier serena williams aged closer to a record equalling 24 grand slam titles of the beatings murder halep williams is the 10th seed in melbourne this year she was able to take the 1st set against the remaining 63 but then found herself a breakdown in the 2nd the american fought back though and would take the 2nd set 63 to move on to the semifinals. first of all i'm missing files pretty awesome.

so that's exciting and then. it doesn't matter who i am playing really in the semifinal to some final of a grand slam and. no one gets there by chance so i doubt it really. waiting for serene in the semifinals is 3 time grand slam champion me osaka the japanese is 2 wins away from winning a 2nd straight you know open title herself that's after she saw taiwan's su a share in straight sets this was his 1st appearance in a slam quarter final of soccer taking care of business in just one hour and 6 minutes 6262. and russia's a son cannot say affairs become the 1st man to reach the semifinals on his grand slam debut in the professional era phase ranked 114th in the woold be showed no fear against 18th seed google dimitroff who had his own problems with injury during

the match safe drop the 1st hit but then took each of the next 3 to reach the final for. india's cricketers have thrashed england in the 2nd test to level the series at $11.00 once again the visitors could not handle the turning pitch in chennai and india spend all tain wickets in them collapsing to 164 all out after making just 134 when the 1st innings india would win by 370 runs the food test which is a day night match starting in ahmedabad on february the 24th. i think. we were out like that. raff. now to football and a thrilling game in germany's bundesliga between leaders by in munich and 3rd from

bottom armenia been a felt by and perhaps a bit rusty after winning the club world cup in qatar playing in much colder conditions here they went to jail down at home they managed to pull one back thanks to some great skill from the goal machine robert levin dog ski this is 23rd in the league this season however just a minute later armenia restored their 2 goal advantage but it came back came by and with the skull from quarantine. to make it 32 and it was often said davies who school the equaliser and finished 33 and the drop outs by 5 points clear of leipzig at the top of the bundesliga leipzig play their home tie against liverpool in the last 16 of the european champions league later except they won't be at home the 1st leg is being played in budapest hungary because german authorities the night liverpool entry to the country did a covert 19 protocols for the who won the champions league in 29000 but are struggling in the premier league right now with only 2 wins in their last 10 league

games which is their group is clear that the opposition attempted to liverpool of more or less given up on the premier league title so now they only have to focus on the champions league which they can still win so they're going to come full of energy trying to get the situation at home so we need to watch out it's going to be a very close match the biggest match up of the night sees paris and your man against barcelona this was supposed to be p.s.g. star neymar up against his former club but he's out injured last time they made of no camp in 2017 p.s.g. were thumped 61 despite arriving in spain with a 4 nil lead from the 1st leg. doria history is history yes but we are a different group with different players what happened in the past happened in the past and recanted raise it but we are building a better future and that's the key as for bar so they may manly you know messi is in great form with 9 goals in his last 9 matches but he did try to leave the club last year and the speculation that he's going to sign for p.s.g. at the end of this sees most as she and she does who in turn fees room is not my

concern my focus is to prepare my players for an important match messi is a barcelona player and i have high hopes that he will continue being a bass alone player. p.s. g.'s former coach thomas tickell has made a great start to chelsea who are now up to 4th in the premier league they want to get on monday this time against newcastle to make it 13 points from 15 cents to call replaced frank lampard olivier giroud scored and team over an ending he's 14 game drought with his 1st goal since november. in the n.b.a. on monday the league's 2 conference leaders came face to face in an exciting high scoring affair the utah jazz or the top team in the western conference while the philadelphia 76 ers are the leading franchise in the east children clarkson scoring 14 points as the jazz claimed an 8th straight win and 19th in 20 games final score 134123 to utah. where the brooklyn nets got the better of the

sacramento kings 136125 james harden with his 1st triple double since trading from the houston rockets last month oakland sinking 273 pointers a franchise record. for the new formula one season starts next month and teams are starting to launch the new cars mclaren are the 1st to reveal their latest design they finished 3rd in the constructor standings last season thanks to some great performances for lando norris and this year he's got a new teammate daniel ricardo. naturally it does take some time to learn you know a new team and. i guess i'm going to be hard on myself not to give myself too much time so i think having another new new teammate my 2nd teammate. i think is very exciting. a lot of experience on his side race wins podiums and so on so it's called for me to learn from someone different i think with 10 years apart so i'm obviously a lot older in mclaren terms he's a lot. that's all the sports news nick really great thank you very much the. news

i'll be back in a couple minutes with another you will see them. looking to reassure people in indonesia the government lifestream president getting the country's 1st chinese scene of 1000 vaccine the 1st nation outside of china to grant emergency use thailand malaysia singapore and the philippines have all placed orders this despite a wide range of data on its efficacy from the early trials of the vaccine some south east asia countries have not yet approved the jab this has led to some questions about the vaccine stemming from the lack of transparency and data the chinese regulators do not want to give up the control if. there ever. give up a certain amount of control thailand is looking to start vaccinating high priority people with the scene some here feel is though the lack of transparency around the

vaccine is not limited to trial data you have a major type of. group taking a stake in a company that produces back like some of its neighbors thailand is ordering vaccines from other companies as well. and. look for all the. she worked with local women to solve the main problem plaguing community. was not always a key problem auction plan had been what as a priority and led the way in transforming into coetzee into a success sam falling all done to me is standing economies. women make change on al-jazeera water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognise water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very. water privatisation on anybody is

the only field. goals people who see every 2 years something to invest a profit of they want are. up to the last drop on al-jazeera. 'd charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity 2 former politicians from central african republic deny the charges that the trial of the world's top call. at 1 o'clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up memos military denies it carried out a coup but repeats its promise to hand over power after elections. that seems on hold in.