my route to hebron al-jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and their role arab society as objects of creativity debate the 2nd secrets of the arab countries on i'll just see them. another ebola outbreak in guinea put several countries further on edge amid the coronavirus pandemic. down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. before too long we have been waging this senseless and suicidal war on nature sounding the alarm again the u.n. says countries must tackle climate change to prevent food insecurity and the death of biodiversity.

the world gets a glimpse at new pictures of mas sent back from nonsense perseverance rover. and governments around the world consider whether to roll out vaccine passports to allow people to travel easier. we begin with a remote chance of a boat on the african continent 11000 vaccinations are now heading to guinea with the aim of stopping an uncontrolled spread of the disease on top of the corona virus pandemic the world health organization has called for 6 african countries to go on high alert well this is where the cases are emerging in the south of the country as nicholas hub now reports. great in guinea's for a street in the epicenter of the new ball outbreak at the regional health center un

health workers dispatch from conakry to treat the patients in isolation among them is nurse lucy hobbs husband it is in this home where nurse lucy suffered from a fever vomiting and diarrhea a week later she died in hospital health workers were unaware that she had contract to a bola during her funeral relatives and friends hugged her body contracting the virus but not her uncle dr luau who kept his distance he says he alerted authorities because he sensed her death was more than simply a personal tragedy. to see who was treating her grandmother who had a fever and was reading from my nose and everywhere tried to get blood clotting medicine from the main town eventually the grandmother died and nursed contracts and. security forces stop and search vehicles in an attempt to trace close contacts and check for temperatures isolating those that appear ill guinea is on high alert

people are scared haunted by the previous epidemic in 2015 over 11000 people died in 22000 were infected across guinea sirrah leone in liberia a bull that was contained thanks to the development of a new vaccine. but the 350000 doses distributed then expired last december the un says that new vaccines are on their way we are shifting to the $11000.00 this off. season and this is the achievement at least for the 1st time in guinea we are having a vaccine not the beginning of outbreak to control this our break within the population vaccine alone will not stop a virus harbored in nature by bats and primates the resurgence of a bull and brings more questions than answers with scientists still trying to

understand why a forest region is again the center of the outbreak nicholas hawk al-jazeera well matthew slatter wired davis is from the washington university school of medicine and she says the must act swiftly to contain about before it spreads across the region. we're in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and this is hitting countries that are most vulnerable these are countries where infrastructure is challenging where resources are way more difficult than we are privileged to have here and who quite frankly cannot afford the impact of something as devastating as a bowler has been so i absolutely agree with the level of attention this is getting and absolutely supports the fact that we should be doing everything we can to contain this and to support the countries affected vaccine along will not do it this has to be completely comprehensive public health response with preventative measures and containment strategies and the vaccine this has to be thought of as

a tool box you don't just deal with 12 all those tools have to be used together for this to be contained this has to happen now i'm so glad to see the w.h.o. pay attention i mean i think we can even add to that how we responded to me bohlmann it initially was there i don't think there was as swift ever response in some cases because of undermining and not really respect him rights that how destructive in wyatt's i believe with colvin we've learned better in most places at least and this has to be applied here because you're dealing with 2 viruses at the same time very very dangerous viruses time is of the essence and time could literally be the difference between life and death but u.n. secretary general says nations of the world are failing to meet their own climate change targets and putting humanity's future at risk and done a good turn as has appealed to world leaders to make

a renewed commitment to fight climate change on call for urgent global action. to make the school we should through the global interns formative. you for the op did by every country see the financial institution and company around the world a global coalition for carbon neutrality by 20 feet thick and sealed prevent the worst the impacts of climate change but we cannot delay we are running out of time to meet temperature rise to $1.00 celsius and build resilience to the impacts to come. and they also need equal urgency and then bishan to address how we produce all foods and manage all want to lands in the oceans for good tatters spoke up for the release of a un report outlining a triple threat so the world is set to warm by at least 3 degrees celsius by the end of this century shooting past the 2 degree target from the paris accords 2nd biodiversity targets are not being met leaving more than a 1000000 of the world's plants and animals species at a high risk of extinction and 9000000 people die prematurely every year from

diseases caused by pollution affecting developing nations the most money arapahoes in the mexican capital weapon lucian levels a so bad the smog can be seen trapped above the city. it's hard to think of the mexican capital and not imagine the city's massive urban sprawl the metropolitan area it's home to 24000000 people and it's constantly growing. the impact of all this traffic construction and industry has wreaked havoc on the region's natural environment. and all of it amounts to one of the most significant carbon footprint in all of latin america one of the most visible signs of this is the city's poor air quality there are times of a year where air pollution is so bad people are urged not to go outside due to heighten the health risks it's estimated that air pollution is responsible for the deaths of some $33000.00 mexicans every year and it's a problem that doesn't seem to be improving. according to

a recent report by the united nations environment program progress on reducing air pollution is mixed with air quality improving in high income countries but continuing to degrade in low income countries environmental experts add that the impact from air pollution from megacities like the mexican capital extend far beyond urban areas and have effects on local regional and global scales. not as late as maz rather has touched down successfully cold perseverance and traveled 470000000 kilometers from space to help us find out if life ever existed on the red planet is right reynolds high space scientists erupted in cheers when perseverance landed safely on mars it was the culmination of an action packed nailbiting 7 minute landing sequence. first the spacecraft entered mars orbit then its entry capsule raced into the martian atmosphere at

19000 kilometers per hour. the craft then deployed a large parachute to slow its approach to the target zone. slowing down the craft fired thrusters to hover just above the surface then deployed a crane to lower the rover gently downwards i can confirm jack actually. began picking up the end of. the complex and delicate operation went off without a hitch moments later perseverance beamed back images of barren landscape studded with boulders congratulations our savior pain and our own team that's not years well excellent it's the most ambitious and far reaching mission to the red planet the rover is primary goal to search for signs that microbial life may have

existed on mars billions of years ago we can go somewhere in our solar system you know in our backyard and see signs of life in them and it will be on another planet that could tell us the life is incredibly common and gives us a great shot at and finding more complex or even intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. perseverance is landing spot is just 0 crater which was once likely a large water fish. old lake a prime spot for traces of long ago life imagine you know an ancient microbial net microbial that was growing along the shoreline of lake cemented in iraq and leave behind those kind of biological exteriors if we see things like now decision about organics that would be an absolutely fantastic ride that would be probably the best they were look for on mars perseverance will also take samples of martian soil and rock those samples will be stored securely inside the rover and we're going to like them for future mission to come grab it back to earth. finally perseverance brought

along a helicopter drone called ingenuity which scientists hope will be able to fly a short distances proving that flight is possible in the extremely thin martian atmosphere with its dramatic landing done perseverance is mission will last one martian year or $687.00 earth days the knowledge it acquires for humanity will last forever rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. and to cooper test as unmanned modern fusing to back down despite fears of a violent crackdown by the military thousands of people have joined demonstrations for a 14th straight day according to the niece of deposed leader i'm sensing chain canada and the united kingdom have announced sanctions against me in mas ruling generals as international pressure against them is building on the united nations estimates of 3 quarters of me in ma civil servants are now on strike that's when fighting in

somalia is capital mogadishu between government forces and groups. it's been happening in the area where the opposition plans to hold a rally later on friday they want the president to step down in somalia suspended old public gatherings due to covet 19 but the opposition say they have defied the order. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back. warnings of a huge famine and an offensive by who the rebels threaten new opportunities to end yemen's war. and a storm continues to brew in the u.s. state of texas where families are still out of power following an unusually freezing weather one that's a must. it's

time for the perfect jenny the weather sponsored point qatar airways there is just been a big dump of snow in the levant it snowed in jerusalem it snowed quite easily obviously in the golan heights up through lebanon in syria as well this is a picture in lebanon of what is described as the worst snow for 15 years clearly destructive but also fun if you're young enough that there might be a little bit more to come in the way of a few more snow showers blowing through rain is more likely true some slightly work 7 beirut's easily better at 13 but of course you go higher snow is more likely and there is this things expand it is a big system the showers in the way through saturday will change the wind direction in bahrain in doha in kuwait in the temperature drops by a good 10 degrees and that show northerly wind will keep going so as doha is forecast 21 or 22 and windy after a few showers even thunderstorms on thursday night early friday and that's the picture for saturday just showers wandering around significant stuff in north and

south parts of iraq and eastern turkey and northern iraq. this is not what is wanted in mozambique gone by is a now a named tropical soccer it has wandered around of the water during friday march even reach hurricane strength but then curiously it goes away into the water. sports a ball qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear the new in the to be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is the era.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on 6 african countries to go on high alert for a bola 11000 that scenes are now heading to guinea in an attempt to stop an uncontrolled spread of the disease. nasser's latest mars rover has touched down successfully perseverant spacecraft are sent back the 1st images of the planet emissions costing nearly $3000000000.00. an article protesters in me and now refusing to back down despite fears of a violent crackdown by the military thousands of people have joined demonstrations for a 14th day calling for the release of deposed leader unsung suchi. that the us government

says it's ready to join talks with iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2050 nuclear deal the state department will accept an invitation from either to attend a meeting of the signatories to the original agreement former u.s. president donald trump withdrew in 2018 iran has been reducing its compliance ever since on jan repeated warnings from britain france and germany. the best and safest path is to ensure that iran does not get nuclear weapons we want to discuss this with our u.s. partners and to find out under what conditions they would be prepared to be join the deal but in regards to tehran one has to say that the way you iran is acting it regarding its commitments which it is discarding bit by bit and has now even threatened to reduce any transparency tehran is playing with fire and will complicate this process even more and it is complicated enough as it is u.n. officials have told the security council that yemen is hurtling towards the worst fam in the world has seen in decades this state say under

a new defensive by who think rebels threatens to wipe out a new opportunity to end the war our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. the news from. yemen is about as grim as it gets these pictures from the aid agency save the children of 7 month old amir the u.n. says he's one among a staggering 400000 children under 5 years of age who are seriously malnourished and at risk of dying from starvation famines are very unusual well there has only been one in the last 20 years of a significant scale when a quarter 1000000 somalis lost their lives in 2011 what could happen in yemen over the next weeks and months is something the world hasn't seen for 40 years something literally i thought was unimaginable but it will happen unless different action is taken now the u.n.

special envoy martin griffiths told the security council the situation on the ground in yemen is now the most tense he's seen since he took up the job 3 years ago i am certain i think the word is probably more than that to report that over the past month the conflict in yemen has taken a sharp escalatory turn. with the answer out of the most recent offensive at mar a government i have done this many times since early last year when this offensive operations started and i repeat my call now it tired america must stop. there's been a real new diplomatic focus on yemen from the biden administration to mr griffiths himself as being to terror ron and riyadh in recent weeks the u.n. is hoping the dark humanitarian situation will be helped by

a pledging conference on the 1st of march they want countries to give money for yemen james al-jazeera but the united nations governments worldwide are exploring how they're using for so-called vaccine passports and hungry people who've been inoculated or recovered from the 19 by soon be given exemptions for nighttime curfews and other restrictions but rain is building a vaccination certificate into its existing coronavirus phone app it will display information including which job a person has received denmark is planning to put out an early version of vaccination passports by the end of next month what sweden wants to launch one by the middle of this year well dr jonathan gruber from the massachusetts institute of technology he says having an international vaccination possible system is unlikely . i think the important thing to realize is that vaccination is part of a suite of tools we have to fight coronavirus and what i would hate to see happen

would be clase is saying ok now we have vaccination now we're not going to let you say for example be in a classroom until you're vaccinated we shouldn't do that testing remains a critical part of how we should fight coronavirus and we should make vaccination part of the solution you know individuals should not have to be forced to show that same passport on the other hand there should be condition that there are certain say sam so you run a workplace and individuals don't want to show a vaccine or passport that should be fine but then they should have to pay to be tested we're in this situation certainly where i think countries really have national priorities that putting above international priorities are so on i'm not sure we get a truly global system i'm hopeful that within a year or 2 that's initially become widespread enough that we'll have run the virus to ground and that we will be will be able to control in a much in a much stronger way but i guess i'm optimistic we'll have

a truly international system in place tourists even if they vaccinated i think will feel more comfortable going to countries where vaccination rates are high and that's a problem because that's a big source of income for many countries in terms of internal growth i think we've learnt that you can do quite well with masking social distancing so i think we've learned that really about good governance from zimbabwe has joined other african countries in north vaccination programs 200000 sign of farm doses have been donated by china but questions remain about how effective it is against a variant 1st identified in south africa are macassar ports from harare. public health care workers in zimbabwe have repeatedly held strikes in protest against the lack of personal protective equipment masks and gloves now many are hoping being vaccinated against clinic 19 why. all partake of it has given me the confidence casually boy in the family line into my major 419 patients was

a not immediately vaccinated and am protected zimbabwe has rolled out its call for 1000 fascination program nationwide using an initial 200000 doses donated by china earlier this week my minister nick wood that did well send me for processing. i said if it got us all signed off on but. which was confirmed to be cemented my yes. my friend here today with some industry some in this lovely helpful officials including my reputing is the exhibit. there are governments in. the country aims to vaccinate at least $10000000.00 people by the end of this year that's about 60 percent of the population the government says it's looking at bringing more vaccines from china russia as well as through the kovacs facility and

the global vaccine alliance not everyone is keen on getting vaccinated some want to know what's in the jags and whether there will be any side effects including those who fear they could cause infertility. health officials say the variant 1st detected in south africa is now the dominant strain in zimbabwe human rights lawyers are concerned the government could be collecting data from those getting vaccinated for medical research purposes without them knowing you could not. have. you know individuals you know being subjected to experiments center for experiments without the are informed consent so we were worried that the 1st group of people to be vaccinated may go through. you know an experiment without being informed that they are not wearing that. experiment as new and more contagious variants of

covert 900 separate across africa affordable vaccines are needed urgently especially in countries with fragile public health care systems that are struggling to cope how much is there. georgia's opposition wants not elections called following the prime minister's resignation georgia kharia says he decided to quit because of disagreements with his cabinet over the arrest of opposition leader nick an earlier akari has been critical of the detention saying it will only make political tensions worse many as accused of organizing mass violence during anti-government protests in 2019. now the drive towards greener transport is gaining momentum in the european. union and u.k. they want to be net 0 emissions economies by 2050 it's prompted carmakers to put more money into new technology so they don't fall behind under simmons reports from ford $1.00 of the world's biggest car manufacturers announces

a $1000000000.00 center to build electric cars from all over europe the plant in the german city of cologne comes with the promise that ford's entire range of new european cars will be electric by 2030. high and all the glitz of the big motor companies competing with each other in a race to go green is a grim reality. europe has had a dreadful record for pollution for many years new research published in the lancet plan actually health journal says more than $50000.00 deaths a year from the effects of pollution could be prevented if world health organization guidelines on air quality were met many analysts believe the limits of the carbon neutral goals set for european governments the too low my concern is in fact the need to go faster if you consider the implications of climate catastrophe

declared emergency that we are living through right now the impacts of air pollution and human held on plant health things like out there as there's a lot more that we ought to be doing. replacing cars with electric power instead of petrol and diesel is crucial for countries to get even close to their emissions targets across europe there's a wide variation of approaches to evey's electric vehicles the big manufacturers are now clamoring for a market share but there are problems if 3 common barry's tsu e.b. ownership are always the same 3 things the initial purchase price because their perception of raging seat and the perception that there are not enough charging points. yet another aspect is what gives the electric cars their power for now it's a little am i on battery there's a vast scale of production needed that so far europe only has some factories being

built in sweden and germany europe makes 3 percent of batteries while asia led by china and south korea manufactures 85 percent of them alongside the 0 carbon targets and new technology it's the human attitude that's key to success or failure campaigners know there's a need to go beyond street protests to capture hearts and minds and more governments are using in force mint rather than encouragement there's one standout figure in statistics though an estimated 5 trillion dollars of investment a year goes into fossil fuels andrew simmons al-jazeera the biden administration says a severe winter storm engulfing texas and nearby states was likely caused by climate change hundreds of thousands of people are still without power and now texas senator ted cruz is under fire for taking a holiday to mexico as the crisis unfolded gabler's under reports now from new york

. so this is. day 4 of the u.s. winter weather crisis and things only seem to be getting worse especially in texas where as of thursday afternoon a half 1000000 people are still without power and heat as electricity companies fail to deal with a rare subzero temperatures. about him. and omega mobile so they have a mobile a quarter of the residents in the state have been told to boil their own drinking water as supply systems are hit adding insult to injury a state famous for its oil industry is also suffering from a shortage of petrol the kind of stuck here i have 9 miles left to go with my car so you have to find something that's within 9 miles from your texas is america's

2nd most populous state with $29000000.00 residents living in an area larger than the whole of france it's the only u.s. state that has its own electricity grid and is not part of the national system by its own choice which is allowed it to bypass federal regulations designed to protect against exactly these kinds of conditions under fire for being seemingly woefully unprepared the state's energy bosses were forced to defend themselves it was a problem went back and happened to be knocked out by an extraordinary and bad and all of the impacted that they need for an area then head on down. and and obviously on what. people may argue about about what ones were done also facing scrutiny texas republican senator ted cruz who won wednesday left his embattled state for an unannounced family vacation in the mexican. the tree sort of

can coon when outrage ensued he promptly cut his trip short and flew home the storm is now here over the north east of the u.s. and it's forecast to linger until the end of friday but it is not expected to cause nearly as much disruption as what it has in texas a state that remains in a deep freeze crisis gabriels andro. new york. times a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on 6 african countries to go on high alert for a bona 11000 boxing's adding to guinea in an attempt to stop an uncontrolled spread of the disease and secure protesters in man mom refusing to back down despite fears

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