search of india saw on al-jazeera. hidden away in the room a 1000000 japanese shall be outside. one of one east events to gates why so many young and old feel lost japan on al-jazeera. the national guard has been called in to help as america's big winter freeze worsens causing power blackouts water shortages and chaos and texas. out of there i missed on the a 10 this is al jazeera life and also coming up facebook blocks users in a straight line from sharing news over proposed laws to make tech giants pay for content. the u.n.

secretary general calls for a global vaccination plan and his g. 20 nations to lead that effort. and another mass abduction in nigeria more than 250 people are missing and feared kidnapped. now an arctic blast continues to cripple large swathes of the united states where at least 30 people have now been killed this is a once in a generation storm has left millions without power and 3 quarters of the country blanketed in snow the national guard has been stationed across texas which is among the hardest hit states well pipes have best in the freezing temperatures there and water treatment plants have stopped working 7000000 texans have been told to boil their water while over a quarter of a 1000000 have no running water or told generators that water and blankets are being sent by the federal government but the governor of texas says it will be days

before the situation starts to improve. most of the state will be below freezing tomorrow morning along i 10 and north will remain in freezing through thursday night with ultra cold temperatures once again on thursday night we should across the state start getting above freezing on saturday well and gallacher now has. snow and ice are wreaking havoc from ohio to the rio grande much of the us now gripped by severe winter storms the states of louisiana missouri kentucky and texas of all reported deaths amid historic freezing temperatures north carolina and georgia storms brought tornadoes across the rest of the nation millions are without power as rolling blackouts continue this is fair

and hoover says there were better. you know somebody is going to do some planning after all this is over and make sure there's an alternative source of energy texas is bearing the brunt of the arctic chill with power outages forcing people to use warming centers families desperate to keep warm have taken to lighting fires in sugarland texas authorities believe that's what killed a grandmother and her 3 grandchildren just incredibly tragic young woman 41 years all. family children it just doesn't get worse seniors to a struggling as care homes run short on medical essential zliten oxygen for those already concerned about their parents amid the coburg crisis it's a worrying time if we weren't here i can't imagine. because there's really not a lot of information flow the rolling blackouts in texas have led to criticisms over the state of existing power grids many residents are calling for alternative sources of power others say that's

a conversation for another time this week we have to get more i mean people are losing homes they're losing food they're i mean we've seen absurd people have died so it's like we should concentrate on that 1st and maybe figure out the solution next week so it doesn't happen again the severe weather is hampering efforts to get people vaccinated for covert 19 focus to say another extreme cold front will affect south and central parts of the u.s. in the days ahead and a gallica al-jazeera well let's now bring in jason diana he's the vice president at kew f.c. industries that's a company providing critical parts for power poles he joins us now from allentown in texas jason i imagine this is a very busy time for you so thank you for being with us i know that all interns already under a disaster declaration can you talk us through how you're all holding up over that . jason just checking that you can hear me. jason down

in texas in arlington texas i believe we're having some communication problems there we'll try to get jason back for you in just a moment but for now let's move on while facebook has blocked users in astray from viewing or sharing news on its platform because of proposed laws to make tech giants pay for journalism it's also affected the accounts of several government agencies and emergency services whose pages went blank the move comes a day after the australian government suggested that negotiations with social media giants were making progress we've had discussions with all of the parties all of the stakeholders digital platforms news media businesses that will continue for what will also continue this will continue with the process of legislating that the principle is very clear way google and facebook are important parts of the digital echo's system in australia they're important parts of the economy we've made it

clear that we want them to continue operating here but we've also made it clear that if you do business in australia you need to comply with the law of the industry rather well let's now bring in mark a straw man he is the federal president of australia's media union the m e w a he joins us now from sydney marcus i do want to start by asking you for your reaction to everything that we've seen today well it's quite a whirlwind even a story of. blocking the hall is very unusual going on as oceans from home. is just such an arrogant response almost take not. responding in the not. a pretty minor. role something that monopolies to. the point that then monopoly but i think it needs i'm going to lose control. marcus facebook has always said that this was going to hurt

a stray and publishes the worst for now come post content they're arguing that publishes choose to share their stories on their platform in order to drive more traffic which makes them more money what do you say to that of course news organizations use whatever platform they can to share their content problem is that what this is meant is google and facebook now take the lion's share of advertising revenue which makes it very difficult for media companies to employ the journalists our members the needs of being quality news and so on you have facebook refusing to abide by local laws not just this is not just about a stroller they're worried about a global recession and we expect that the u.s. federal trade commission will be looking at this very closely to some anti trust investigation into facebook's activity this is a classic monopoly buy a house company trying to dictate what civil society does when in

a democratic society civil society needs to determine how tech companies are right marcus you mentioned google say that google though has actually taken a very different approach and in australia they're actually making independent deals with publishers is that a model that you're hoping that other tech giants might follow. yes so google is showing that it's completely possible to come. settlement with media companies with a media company and the tech companies sit down and i said well this is a fair amount of money all you get into that we get enough of that here's an exchange of money to reflect to reflect that we don't know why i do that the fact that they don't want to be controlled by. it was affecting their behavior and this is a really irresponsible act like i spoke you know strike we were just about to roll out the covens x.

things and bicycle is already under the microscope a full day and a distributor of fake news about vaccines and coded it on the news in general by removing independent quality news from that platform it's going to allow news and facts news to flourish on its own without any fact chickie and irresponsible. from sitting in sydney how are astray and they're reacting to their bank feeds today i can't imagine they're happy i'm curious who if they blaming him. i'm not sure just in terms of economy water cooler conversations are out this morning it's actually making people think well who are moving the ice to work how much to ease facebook in the years i think. people will cover we because without facebook for existence or it's not completely disappear and most people use facebook the same type of friends i think that was to continue. so i'm not sure how

people out there are ongoing discussions that i spoke at the government we don't use phone in government. because we think that would set a very bad precedent that companies think that they can dictate who is in strayer and in other countries marcus stroman the federal president of australia's media and in the end it double a apologies for any confusion earlier that is indeed marcus strong thanks so much for being with us marcus. thank you. now the un says hundreds of millions of people are being left behind in carbon 1000 vaccinations and 3 quarters of all vaccinations have been administered by just 10 countries the head of the un is calling on wealthy nations to help kick start a global vaccination plan secretary general antonio terra says the crowd of eyes will keep mutating if it's allowed to spread in poor countries and in conflict

zones are there as diplomatic editor james space has a story. refugees being vaccinated for covert 19 in the zardari camp in jordan but this the u.n. secretary general told a meeting of the security council is the exception rather than the norm progress on vieques you know should has been widely and unfair. just scam countries ever administered its 75 percent of all coveted 1000 vaccines meanwhile more than 130 countries have not received a single goal and those affected by conflict and insecurity i don't particular risk of being left behind the current president of the council the u.k. is proposing a new resolution calling for a cease fires in conflicts around the world so that vaccines can be administered and by calling for banks ration seized by calling 1000 backed nation plans to

include all high risk populations including refugees this resolution and this council really has an opportunity to. help get back into distributed to the most vulnerable communities across the. both the state councilor of china and the u.s. secretary of state took part in the meeting both stressed the need for global solidarity even though there's still real tension between the 2 nations this perhaps an indication that it won't further stall global efforts on covert 19 the un secretary general is now calling for a global vaccination plan he believes the g 20 is the best body to finance this and he's calling on the cheese 7 leaders who meet on friday to kick start this process james al-jazeera at the united nations still ahead here on out is there now this good byes as children head back to school in argentina after

a year away from the classroom. and the u.s. charges 3 north koreans with orchestrating cyber attacks to steal more than $1000000000.00. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways another blast of snow is falling at the moment i will do throughout thursday in a good part of japan there are warnings up because of that is also a warning out of high seas big waves crashing into the coast but that wind is about to fall out and change direction have a look further west the sun is out the temp still fairly low 18 shanghai one in seoul but bring a southwesterly than rapidly temperatures rise the whole feeling is different the snow has stopped falling you'll notice if you just take case in point of shanghai

the temperatures keep rising on average for february should be about 10 he's been up and down all over the place but going from below average to around about 23 is quite a substantial change in the next 3 or 4 days south of all this and maybe also a temptation of change of season the 1st proper circulation we see for a while in the philippines seeing a lot martin and something more than that certainly that's the hint within 24 hours it might even be named and there are showers for me in india 2 shelves of clouds building showers are falling in the bit an increase in the likelihood in sri lanka as well but not much happens really in the north indian plate not staying fairly settled but in very nasty the thames is just a little bit above freezing that bit more improvement in the air quality despite the lack of breeze. at ways. a place. where to look to east artists and park people.

where ideas and history is made. to argue. to have brought out you 0 world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and their role. as she was created with the big decision she could get our country on i just. hello again you're watching al-jazeera let's remind you about top stories this hour an arctic blast continues to cripple log swathes of the united states where at least 30 people have now been killed millions are without power and under a boil water advisories the national guard has been stationed across texas which is

among the hardest hit states. facebook has blocked a stray ians from viewing or sharing news on its platform because of proposed laws to make tech giants pay for journalism it's also affected the accounts of some government agencies whose pages carrying warnings on the coronavirus went blank. oh i need 10 countries have administered 3 quarters of all covert 1000 vaccinations with hundreds of millions of people being left behind that's according to the head of the un has called on wealthy nations to help kick start a global vaccination plan. in our schools in argentina's capital have reopened after being closed for more than a year do so this pandemic and so welcome relief for some parents but also a cause of concern for others special hygiene measures are in place and class numbers are limited than a reports now from what is erin's. so many of these primary school children and their parents it seemed like this day would never come the school year of classes

last the studying at home of not seeing their friends their back cautiously carefully concerned about them from all of the all of this is that we've got all the necessary measures in place alcoholic jail disinfected mats sprays masks the moment says the idea is that everyone's relaxed to let them know they can send their children to school without being worried that we've got everything in place to look after them. not everyone however is likely to be convinced the culprit 900 virus has killed 50000 people in argentina 2000000 have been infected or the vaccination program the still any reached a few 100000 would have meant that it of course only. definitely in the next few days or when the older peoples returned to school there would be families who are concerned and that's fine but we all have to understand that we've got to learn to live with this virus. school attendance this year is obligatory and this really one

3rd of people returning 60 of the $180.00 who normally attend this primary school the 1st day back at school after the long summer break is always an emotional sometimes traumatic time especially after the year we've just had for the children their parents and the teachers. well the son ian says they've lost the habit of coming to school and it's a routine that we're all having to really learn. i understand they've done everything possible although it's still not 100 percent secure i'd rather we'd had our backs. seems that things had been done differently maybe more gradually or with the classes more spaced out. she says a year it seemed like much longer especially to her daughter lucy year you know where. i'd like to see all my friends because it's been a year since i last saw them i really want to see them.

anymore the 1st batch of half a 1000000 doses of the ox with us to cynic a vaccine manufactured in india has arrived in one osiris to bolster supplies of the russian spot the vaccines are already being administered as argentina slowly tentatively struggles to return to the life you had before starting with the youngest. one there 0201 of cyrus. now u.s. president joe biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone for the 1st time since he's taken office that long delay fueled accusations of a frosty relationship but both sides downplayed the issue during the call the leaders said they'd work together to strengthen defense cooperation biden also emphasized support for israel's recent near relations with other arab countries now a rescue operation is currently underway in central nigeria where gunmen have kidnapped a group of students the exact number of those taken by the armed gang is unknown

but hundreds are missing it's been confirmed that one student was shot and killed in the attack on the state run school in calgary an address reports now from the capital. at the hospital in gaza doctors and nurses treat would be students and teachers at the cricket our science college kids the parents gather food. elsley in town security is stepped up just as the state government ordered the closure of schools in those areas prone to attacks schools saying creasing be targeted as they offer an opportunity to take many students hostage in nigeria this totally absent absence of look at government administration which has become very difficult for the locals to have anyone to run to another plane yet as that they also. bought that surrounding most parts of that area if you look at what is happening internationally and like in places like chart and kind our own especially

in saab in cameroon this countries have not been able to hold the security military onslaught for too long this is the 2nd mages could keep napping in us many months. in december last year gunmen stormed a school and abducted hundreds of students in president behind his home state of cats and. for 6 years before that in 2014 in a case that made headlines around the world more than 270 goes last snatched from a school teacher book at least 100 are still unaccounted for the armed group claimed responsibility and for years after that enabling deal with state the group took more than 100 students from a school in dept. kidnapping for ransom is no big business in nigeria from the north down to the country south hundreds of nigerians are kidnapped every week for ransom and is part military offensives against what officials the accord but it's

the problem continues to grow on monday 18 passengers were seized while traveling in a bus. not far from where the latest kidnapping took place 8 have since managed to secure their freedom although there are no official statistics it's estimated $20000000.00 was paid in ransom money 2020 to kidnappers and this is in a country africa's largest economy while properties on the increase ahmed idrees al-jazeera which are all libyans have marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the revolution that toppled leader. crowds gathered in the country's 2nd largest. as well as tripoli. the revolution spoke fighting between gadhafi is forces and libyan rebels killing or injuring thousands many trying to reports now from tripoli . this is fresh new it's known as a spark of tripoli in 2011 people here were among the 1st in tripoli to stage

a peaceful protest. wednesday marks the 10 year anniversary of an 8 month on drivel loosen that toppled longtime leader moammar gadhafi here those who died are honored and celebrated as heroes who liberated libyans from a dictatorship. mohamed says he is throwing this party to honor his brother a doctor who was killed when the eastern warlord of the 4 have to or attempted to seize the capital he says the revolution isn't over but he remains hopeful of a good mother in 2011 we sacrificed so much to be a free and democratic country i'm sure we'll have a civilian state we will continue to sacrifice like my brother did i guess have tar we will not allow libya to return to a military rule celebrations are happening across the country but it's here in martyr square where the biggest crowds have gathered at the height of the may god

to unite all libyans from east to west and give a stability and make our country prosperous we have to celebrate every year as long as our hearts are beating we celebrate for martyrs in our revolution we don't care about politicians they fight today but tomorrow they act like friends despite years of conflict and political divisions for libyans this is a day of joy in tripoli people singing songs of victory and freedom not only against death but also perhaps the celebrations here are going into the night people here are confident that democracy will prevail nationwide elections are set to take place in december i would train up al-jazeera shipley. place in manaus 2nd biggest city mandalay have shot at railway workers there protesting the military true. they were blocking the tracks to a railway station when they were confronted by the police and the latest in

a civil disobedience movement that's continued now for nearly 2 weeks and yangon protests that were the largest seen in recent days now angry over the continued detention of their elected leader. scott hyper reports. god in a creative move by antic who protesters and young gone many pretend that their cars have broken down in the city center parking in the middle of streets and on bridges an act of civil disobedience to vent their anger at the military for overthrowing the government but also to make it difficult for security forces to move around the city as protesters gather for another day of rallies calls for the broken down car campaign came soon after the internet blackout was lifted at 9 am local time the 3rd straight nighttime blackout the campaign called off late morning to make way for this thousands of people gathering in the suit but go to area of yangon right next to city hall. the protest was announced late tuesday after the joint

a spokesman said that the military did not stage a coup when it overthrew the civilian government led by on song suchi adding to that news that a 2nd charge has been filed against suchi on the night i'm going to terry told the public that he would appear in court on february 17th but they change it to get media attention we assume that the military has done to stop us so they can file one more shot against her to sister recently out on the street again and those on the streets on tuesday in the southern township of faced rubber bullets and tear gas fired by security forces the protesters gathered to call for the release of a detained school principal who had been taking part in the civil disobedience movement since the coup on february 1st hundreds of people have been arrested. back in yangon the punk rock band rebel riot does more than just play music it also fronts the organization food not bombs delivering hundreds of food boxes each week to those in need they've been busy since the coup it's had. people are in

trouble the economy is descending into darkness people cannot sleep at night can't even eat don't get in touch and there are people across generations. who have knife in that is why we have to pay the gentle. and more and more people are showing up to show that growing opposition but the judge appears to be ignoring that instead further justifying its takeover and arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its got al-jazeera now the u.s. department of justice has charged 3 north koreans for a series of global cyber attacks they're accused of trying to steal more than $1300000000.00 from banks and companies prosecutors say they also targeted a hollywood studio and revenge for a film depicting a fictionalized assassination of north korean leader kim jong un investigators believe the operations took place while the 3 were working for north korean military intelligence our white house correspondent can be health that has more

from washington d.c. . well what we know is that the biden administration has built on a series of charges that were put in place in 2018 just to underscore how much of a priority this is to the united states government in fact one of the top officials calling this a criminal syndicate with the flag referring to these state operatives that were working for north korea's military intelligence in addition to the canadian american that assisted in this scheme and as you point out the amount is enormous 1300000000 stolen in cash or cyber currency through various means including extortion cyber hacking it was a sophisticated scheme and what this tells officials is just how much the same actions that are put in place by the united native nations as well as the united states have really had an impact because the amount is certainly significant in

terms of the desire by north korea to get its hands on hard currency so these are charges that are again building on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the lazarus group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announced these charges. now it used to be a jewel in donald trump's business empire now his atlantic city casino is rubble.

that casino had been closed since 2014 and had deteriorated so much in recent years that it was ordered ringback to be pulled down in its heyday though it was a venue for top movie stars and athletes to visit the ball or president cut ties with the property back in 2019 after a series of bankruptcy filings. that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines and lost continues to cripple large swathes of the united states where at least 30 people have now been killed millions are without power and are under a boil water advisories the national guard has been stationed across texas which is among the hardest hit states the governor there says it will be days before the situation starts to improve. the state will be able.