be the hero world it's right. the u.s. president heralds a return to multilateralism pledging to work with america's allies to solve the world's greatest challenges america is back the transatlantic alliance is back. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program the u.s. and other western nations pledged billions of dollars to the un's vaccine scheme to

ensure the world's poorest get of that shadow. and in myanmar the anti could movement mourns the loss of a young protester who died after being injured by live ammunition. alone welcome to the program our top story u.s. president joe biden says america is back and ready to rejoin the international community stepping away from his predecessor as america 1st policy and his presidential debut on the global stage biden said his commitment to nato is unshakeable stating that an attack on one member is an attack on all president also used his speech at the munich security conference to push back against what he described as russia's attacks on democratic countries. i know the past few years of

strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe to consult with you earn back our position of trust the leadership achieving is these goals is going to depend on a course to change the proposition and that is the united states must renew america's enduring advantages so that we can meet today's challenges from a position of strength. in a moment we'll speak to white house correspondent kimberly how. diplomatic editor james bays who is at the united nations and james i suppose it's a question of whether the world but particularly washington and allies can trust the u.s. off to attract the trump presidency. and it is so different after 4 years of president trump where you always had that shock value never knowing what he was going to say or what he was going to tweet tweet to hear

a speech like this it was traditional it was predictable it was some might say boring but that predictability i think is the thing that the european allies will actually be celebrating about this about the return of the u.s. to multilateralism president biden saying america is back that phrase we've heard so many times from his administration working together with its european allies also some indication of how it's going to work with the countries that are its adversaries rather than its our allies particularly with china and russia saying with china he is clear eyed about the challenge ahead he said they'll be strategic competitiveness between the u.s. and china going forward but saying it's actually something that he expected and welcomes much tougher though on russia saying that russia tries to undermine and weaken the transatlantic alliance he says russia attacks are democracies and

what pinoy is is corruption and in the speech not even referring to president putin as president putin just simply putin when he referred to him so quite tough on russia but at the same time in this theme of working with nations around the world he said even those 2 nations the u.s. would work with on issues that they had common cause with for example code 19 in climate change thank you very much our diplomatic editor james bass at united nations thank you james now to our white house correspondent can the al get in washington of course a key foreign policy priority is going to be iran nuclear deal that was that statement of intent from president joe biden but it's really not clear how the u.s. and iran are going to avoid a deadlock in terms of getting talks going again. the united states has recognized that things were at a stalemate so it made an important 1st step on thursday with the acknowledgment

that the secretary of state would meet with the p 5 plus one meeting that would include ron and also that they have lifted restrictions that many iranian diplomats for facing when they were at the united nations in new york those very small gestures are what the united states is hoping will get iran to not only comply but to talk now the problem is is that the united states says it can't live sanctions because of these concerns that iran is non-compliant with the 2050 nuclear agreement to limit its program and as a result in order for these discussions to happen in these sanctions to be lifted they need to see that but 'd iran is saying we're not going to do anything unless we have these sanctions these very strict economic sanctions put in place under the trumpet ministration remove that are hurting citizens economically so this is where the breakdown comes but at the same time many hoping that this sort of reengagement

with european allies is going to be vital to trying to get this process on track and how biden's remarks likely to play domestically. well when it comes to climate change when it comes to some of the foreign policy issues. 50 percent of this country is going to like what it hears 50 percent of this country has been feeling very unnerved by the last 4 years and is relieved to see some of the more traditional as james even put it boring policy executed on the global stage but at the same time i think we have to look at some of the comments that joe biden made when he talked about the choice that world leaders are facing right now he indirectly referred to some of the conflict he's facing here in the united states as we think about the assault on the u.s. capitol on january 6th that many americans have not accepted his presidency that there is this kind of inflection point he called it between choosing between

democracy and the ta crissy and that rate now he believes the answer is democracy but it's up to the world leaders to demonstrate that it will deliver for people and that's a challenge that he faces here as well particularly when it comes to what he talks about his ex is that actual threat many are saying look at you're putting the world 1st before american jobs 1st that's the reason that donald trump pulled out of the paris climate accord now as the united states is back we can tell you that joe biden is facing criticism here in the u.s. that he doesn't care about american jobs that have already been lost and while he's promising green jobs to replace they have not emerged quickly it will take some time so he's talking to the domestic audience but this was really the 1st time he could engage with the foreign leaders virtually albeit to really lay out his policy agenda and to show that the united states has turned a page from the donald trump era can really thank you. well speaking of

climate change the united states special envoy for the climate has urged governments to do more than the bare minimum on the matter also speaking at the main munich security conference john kerry said environmental degradation threatens lives livelihoods and global security is a warning comes after the u.s. officially rejoined the paris climate agreement to the hearing on friday 3 months after his formal withdrawal by the trumpet ministration went into effect a former secretary of state said if efforts to reduce carbon emissions are not stepped up the whole world will suffer the consequences what we do or don't do in the coming months and years will make all the difference it's a threat multiplier where intentions are already higher somewhere it resources are increasingly scarce the embers of conflict just burn brighter and when farmers can no longer make a living because the weather is so extremely learned predictable they become

increasingly desperate many according to some studies hundreds of millions of people will be forced from their homes forced from their habitat from the place they've lived a life. well wealthy nations of pledging to pull money into the united nations coronavirus vaccination program which aims to inoculate poor countries as richer governments snap up supplies the e.u. says it will double its contribution to kovacs promise in a total of $1200000000.00 and us president joe biden is vowing $4000000000.00 hof of which will be sent immediately meanwhile france says it will hand over up to 5 percent of its doses but hasn't specified when this will happen the u.k. also says it will donate any supper as fact without giving any details on that kovacs is hoping to deploy $336000000.00 doses by the end of june and around 2b2b by the end of the year that's the objective well there is john holl brings us more on this now. under pressure from the united nations and the world health

organization g 7 leaders promise to step up their efforts to make vaccines available worldwide make sure everybody gets the vaccines that they need. you can through this together and police have already announced that i believe a strong strongly supported ahead of the virtual meeting chaired by britain's prime minister the un said just 10 countries accounted for 3 quarters of the entire global vaccine rollout $130.00 countries have not received a single dose the w.h.o. has warned of a catastrophic moral failure that will be paid for with lives and livelihoods among the world's poorest vaccine equities not just the right thing to do it's also this morning thing to do. 37 pledges of funding in future vaccine donations have been welcomed but countries like india and south africa want to share their access to

vaccine patients what we're calling for artery forms in the how patents are in the in this case we because this should be in people's votes in is in many countries as possible we have the capacity to be able to produce. for them so this is this we carried starting with africa has to wait for lift overs from the rich countries is not going to enter the epidemic only france and germany have considered making some of their own vaccine stocks available to developing countries now the french president has suggested donating up to 5 percent of existing supply he has support from the german chancellor. is among them to come from to fund them you know because i stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not beaten and till all people in the world have been vaccinated i'll mention of the overt infant the g 7

pledges of progress so campaigners but not enough joe to hold. all the g 7 nations are eager to counter the influence of russia and china which are moving swiftly to deliver doses of their own jobs to poor countries russia's sputnik vaccine has already been authorized in 26 countries with another 300000000 doses being delivered to the african union by may china is supplying vaccines to several countries in the middle east asia and latin america french president has told g 7 leaders that africa requires 13000000 doses as soon as possible he says unless the west unless the west intensifies its efforts african countries have to turn to other nations like russia and china instead. the dutch appeals court will rule next week on the government's use of emergency powers in enforcing a controversial nighttime curfew a judge ordered the measure scrapped earlier this week but the government has appealed for the ban meanwhile the senate is debating emergency legislation to

maintain the covert 19 measure the bill was approved by the lower house of parliament on thursday widespread protests were held in january when the restrictions were 1st imposed step vasant has more now from the hague. after a week long political and legal battle about a controversial curfew here in the netherlands the government will happen it's a judge here decided that for at least another week this nighttime curfew starting at 9 pm every evening will still be in place this is a setback for a group of fires deniers who surprisingly wanted case against the state earlier in the week saying that this law this curfew restricts people freedom here in the netherlands too much and it's out of proportion but the state has argued that the pandemic is still a serious threat and there's still a chance a 3rd waif will happen looking at all the ferry instead of going around across country but this curfew has been a major headache from the start for the government because immediately after this

1st curfew since world war 2 was imposed riots started in several cities around the country and it led to the worst violence in 40 years and this whole political and legal battle is taking place just a few weeks before the elections. and watching al-jazeera life from london still ahead on the program the u.n. prepares to send thousands of ebola vaccines to gainey as fears grow the a new outbreak could spread across borders and a landmark case in britain supremes court which could drive major changes in the cake and economy. well while it does from right on the cool side across northeastern parts of europe we've got much smaller spinning in a from the west and that's lifting the temperatures up or quite nicely so we'll see

temperatures getting up into double figures for london and for paris negative double figures for moscow as you go on through the next couple of days but mild i wish does encroach away to. parts of you upset to continue but it's not exactly t. shirts and shorts weather because we've got quite a cane wind is a southerly wind hence the warmth we're got a lot of cloud and rain also making its way in so 14 celsius there in london we're into double figures in glasgow a 17 in paris nif 3 record high temperatures for some of these western parts of europe more of the same as we go on through sunday but notice some rather wet weather some snow coming in across the pyrenees to northern parts of spain wetter weather also sliding across a good part of portugal central areas do standard generally stay dry not bad in vienna light winds 11 celsius will feel quite pleasant but it's still very wintry there is that western side of russia come further south africa because it's a cold breeze across the northeast of africa generally dry for the most part but as

we go on through sunday it will turn increasingly wet for a good part of morocco with the threat of flooding. will come to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. and when you leave with a smile we know a lot of day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home. the. the.

back look at the headlines this hour now u.s. president joe biden has and else a return to multilateralism at the munich security conference and his presidential debut on the global stage biden said his commitment to nato is unshakable. g 7 leaders have pledged more money for the un's coronavirus vaccination program which aims to inoculate the poor countries the e.u. says it has promised $1200000000.00 and the u.s. . and the dutch appeals court will rule next week on the government's use of emergency powers in enforcing a controversial nighttime curfew meanwhile the senate is debating emergency legislation to maintain the code 1000 measure. now a new abode outbreak in africa is alarming global health officials 2 new cases have been confirmed now in the democratic republic of congo including one that was far

from the center of the outbreak 6 infections have been confirmed overall and have been 2 deaths the world health organization says the country has more than 8000 vaccines available a vaccination campaign for people deemed high risk kicked off earlier this week meanwhile the w.h.o. is also preparing to send 11000 a bowl of vaccines to guinea in the far west of the continent 8600 more will be shipped from the u.s. people could start receiving shots as soon as monday guinea has officially declared an epidemic with 3 confirmed cases and 5 deaths reported so far guinea sierra leone and liberia were a center of the world's worst ebola outbreak but tween 200-2016 which killed 11300 people over 11000 people killed well dr morey kater is a technical officer at the world health organizations office of africa and says there is a high risk now of a regional outbreak. we are going to fax you need to contact and contact off

contact who will be identified by your images so we're not going to action it all to people it's not a muscle question if. we are confident that we feel it is strong investigation we would be able to identify all of the contacts and to vaccinate them well specter receive $11000.00 those this sunday and that will stop nobody vaccinating them on monday we have jewelry conducted that up to this assessment for this event so. the overall risk being no inaugural. very high to come to live in and regional event and that no. because you might snore we have one confirmed case going to create. trouble from more or very clearly to correctly you know or was it a crew is

a. 1000 kilometer from there or so we consider that the risk is very high and. security forces up and file on hundreds of protesters on the streets of the somali capital market issue of violence broke out against a protest that was staged because it delayed elections catherine sawyer reports on a power struggle that's threatening to split the country even fat. was. barely heard a protest march started near the airport when this happened. an intense firefight between government forces and part opposition fighters the demonstration had been called by opposition presidential candidates and was being led by some of them thank you that somalia's former prime minister has of hiding and opposition leader abdul rahman. they are angry about delays in holding

a presidential election and the continued state of mohamed up to life on my job in the top post after his stomach speired 2 weeks ago the opposition claims government forces for provoking the fight. to do security forces opened fire against peace rally in mogadishu this happened as the event was being widely watched in the media and the world as a result of this some have died and others were wounded but prime minister mohammad says opposition fighters fired the 1st shots every citizen has the right to demonstrate peacefully and for the security services to be the ones to guard demonstrators and ensure their safety but we will not accept demonstrations guarded by forces outside the state apparatus this is unacceptable the constitution does not accept and we won't accept any shape or form several people were injured in buildings around the airport destroyed by rocket propelled grenade launched by an

identified man. 3 other presidential candidates were also caught up in an exchange of gunfire between security forces and unknown gunmen at a hotel in the city on friday the president of ordering the attack saying it was an attempt to assassinate them. mogadishu's now calm but tense many people say they want an end to the insecurity and uncertainty but they also know the longer the political leaders feel to agree on how an election will be run and who will be in charge of the country in the meantime there was the situation can get catherine soy al-jazeera. a 20 year old woman has become the 1st protest to to die after being injured in may and was anti coup protests she was shot in the head last week when police were trying to disperse a crowd in the capital naperville thousands of people have joined demonstrations for a 14th straight day calling for the release of deposed leader unsung 6 scott idea

of ports. a site the antic who protest movement never wanted to see the death of a protester. me kind had just turned 20 when she was shot in the head as police dispersed a crowd of protesters in the capital naples or doctors say it was a live bullet she had been on life support since she was taken to hospital on february 9th. i want to encourage all the citizens to join the protests until we can get rid of the system. in central yangon security forces extended an area blocked off by barricades. protesters have gathered in the district around too late to go to nearly every day since the rally started more than 2 weeks ago it's the site of some of the largest gathering. elsewhere in yangon a group from the l.g.b. t.q. movement marched against the coup their concern progress for their community could be erased. we don't want to go back to

a time when suppressed again we don't want to go back to the previous age where the military companies so we have gathered here to protest today and. more members of the joint are to face sanctions from britain 3 from the defense and interior ministries will be added to the 16 already sanctioned for human rights violations before the coup assets will be frozen and travel restricted canada will also impose sanctions this is unacceptable behavior. must. be resisted that we must find our way back to democracy and that those who perpetrate violations of human rights abuses as we've seen in manama must be held to account. in the ancient city of began protesters tap what they believe is the supernatural to counter the military john they performed a ceremony to put a curse on the coup leader general. the temple has been associated with national leaders for centuries the general had visited it just last year to seek divine

blessing it's got harder al-jazeera. a major of all of hong kong's public bold caustic at seeing beyond the concert raising concerns about press. freedom a government review of radio television hong kong was initiated last year after its coverage of anti-government protests in 2019 the review found editorial management deficiencies and a lack of transparency on officials say they're making sure the broadcaster complied with its charter. and indian court has ordered climate activist d show ravi to spend 3 days in judicial custody the 22 year old is accused of sedition authorities say ravi helped to develop an online toolkit used to spread awareness of widespread pharma protests but critics say the government is cracking down on dissent thousands of farmers have been demonstrating against the government reforms of the agricultural sector for months now the operator of the nuclear plant in japan has confirmed water has leaked in its reactor buildings after the

earth after an earthquake on saturday the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant was already crippled by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 2011 view damage could complicate the plant's decommissioning process which is expected to take decades tokyo electric power us initially said that saturday's $7.00 magnitude tremor did not cause any abnormalities more than $180.00 people suffered mostly minor injuries in the quake which triggered landslides damaged homes and cut power now to nigeria officials are saying negotiations with an armed gang that kidnapped a group of students are currently under way one child was shot and killed in the attack on a state run school in kogarah on wednesday representatives of the school have told al-jazeera the hundreds of children are still missing ahmed address has more on this from a. killer blues he's fortunate to be back. he injured his leg

escaping from a group of kidnappers who attacked his boarding school in niger just got a district his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunman i see it on the way. but i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the fence other students also started running everywhere. nearby yet another family is devastated they're waiting for updates hoping to keep up son or be found alive. the government should help us find our families our only hope lies but the government. hundreds of students are sleeping when they are sailing stormed in now empty beds and deserted classrooms reminded of going attacks on boarding schools kidnapping so runs them by armed groups that come on across many northern nigeria states. in december more than 350 students ducted and eventually rescued by niger security

force some parents education is under attack. i haven't been able to sleep since this happened in the government please risky my son he will continue with the education despite these types of threats once he's risk youth i assure you he will get back to school. the pressure is mounting on the government to end these types of attacks and parents across nigeria are left wondering if students will ever b.c. officials say contact was made with the group holding the students and that they would be released soon although officials insist that money was not part of the negotiation there were reports that ransom was paid for hundreds of students taken from a boarding school in december 2020 the were also reports that money and prisoners were exchanged for some students taken from a girls' 2nd school in chibok in 2014. many of the paying ransom to criminal groups is building them given the resources to buy arms and the confidence to strike again

with degrees al-jazeera now the u.k. supremes court has ruled that drivers should be classed as workers and not self employed judges said that the right alun giant control then work allocated their customers and dictates effects as the decision to classify drivers as workers under bush law gives them the right to paid holidays and a minimum wage has 65000 active drivers in the u.k. the ruling could have wider consequences for other independent contractors as well working in the so-called economy a high tech study has revealed new secrets about an ancient pharaoh who ruled more than 3000 years ago including how he died on the battlefield 2nd marriage a top the 2nd round of a southern egypt around 1600 years before christ famously led his troops against the hicks' also a west asian dynasty that had taken over the nile delta all the fears about cyclone

rock or brick the finish though the facts that we found out that he died through are his war against the axis and your sculptured were the axis and we know that they tied his hands. and they hit him on the face and they throw him in the ground and they hit him a game but his soldiers were able to take him to the workshops the case of workshop to move him. a look at main stories this hour now u.s. president joe biden has announced a return to multilateralism at the munich security conference and his presidential .