so no matter what you see al jazeera will bring you the neves and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. 0. hello there i'm just on the air tell you this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes it's reason bastard at the democratic republic of congo it's killed during an attack on a u.n. convoy in the east. thousands join a nationwide strike across myanmar despite a chilling message from the military the confrontation could cost more lives. hope

yes i was going to be able to take you live a situation which was really a state. a lifeline for the iran nuclear deal of terror on and the global watchdog reach an agreement to allow inspections to continue. growing calls for the grounding of some of its planes after an engine catches fire in midair in the u.s. . and tanzania as president admits his country does have a caret of iris problem after saying the virus had been defeated by predators. president has denounced what he calls a cowardly attack on the italian ambassador to democratic republic of congo who was killed while traveling in a u.n. convoy. attanasio died along with a bodyguard and his driver following an ambush in the international park in the

east no group has yet came to sponsibility but dozens of armed groups operate in that area and hawk ranges they have repeatedly been targeted well look at. see i was traveling in a wild food program convoy when they were ambushed in a statement the w.s.p. expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family colleagues and friends of 3 people killed today in an attack on a delegation traveling on a field visit in the east of the aussie the attack which occurred on a road that had previously been cleared for travel without security escorts often more now let's speak to catherine so she's monitoring the story for us from the kenyan capital nairobi catherine this was a sense of the a botched kidnapping what do we know about just how this happened. well this this is it it happened at around $815.00 g.m.t. and the convoy was heading to a place called. for to visit a school feeding program is one of the biggest funders of the w.s.p.

and it's not uncommon to see individuals and country representatives of to visit some of the areas where they support the missions there now we have spoken to the governor of north kivu who says that they're not far away from goma which is the provisional capital of north kivu she says that. the convoy was caught up in a crossfire between the. warden and the gunmen during that ambush but he also says that the team was not accompanied by escort from the un peacekeeping mission will move score from the national army or police as well he says that the police were not even aware that the ambassador a was in town or that there was a mission. because it's a constance's like this involving such high profile dignitaries where the police do

once informed is that they provide their own special protection units to accompany the dignitaries on their deployment this did not happen by the w.s.p. they're saying that they had been cleared to use that road without police without security and catherine as we've been saying there are plenty of armed groups who've been carrying out attacks around can you give us some of the context around the situation. overall the national park itself is quite dangerous we have several armed groups in the forest fighting over resources some of the dominant groups include the my my it f.t.l. are they have been particularly targeted been they have been particularly targeting game ranges just last month 6 wardens were killed during an ambush this year alone there have been 4 attacks but outside of that we have seen some of this coming toward attacking convoys of civilians and other n.g.o.s are

robbing and kidnapping people for runs for ransom i have been to that area many times myself and in some parts we cannot even travel without security from the un or the army or the police because of just how dangerous it is and we're not just talking about that particular area north and south kivu is quite problematic when it comes to security we have about 70 rebel groups in the countryside controlling most of the countryside extorting villages and fighting over control of trade routes and things like that we have seen thousands of civilians being killed in the last several years u.n. peacekeepers have been killed government troops as well and we've also seen government offensive of the offensive to try and get rid of this group there's a huge deployment of the military and u.n. forces in this region but we keep seeing these attacks going on it seems that

the security forces and the government are overwhelmed to deal with the security situation catherine so it across that story for us from nairobi thanks so much catherine. well now italy's foreign minister luigi demaio has promised to find those responsible for this attack or appraisal the for our closeness and our thoughts go 1st of all to the families i am returning to italy i am leaving the council of foreign affairs to meet with the prime minister and to get down to work we are activating all the relevant institutions to get to the truth as soon as possible about this cowardly attack that these 2 servants on the stage of ours have suffered and lost their lives at the same time we have already taken steps to bring the bodies back to italy as soon as possible but even now the united nations has called for the immediate rescue of dozens of the hinge or refugees who were stranded at sea they reportedly set sail from cox's bazar refugee camp in

bangladesh around 11 days ago now the range of human rights initiative says at least 90 people are on that bus and they've run out of supplies several have died their last known location was just north of the undermanned islands a few 100 kilometers off the myanmar coast tendre chattery is following this for us from the bangladeshi capital dhaka. well the latest we know this is coming from the rowing a human rights group in new delhi which is confirmed by our al-jazeera bureau in delhi now they have been in touch with some of the rowing in the boat they say the indian navy has come across and they are giving them relief and emergency material they have not been rescued per se but they are providing them with all the provisional help we also spoke to one of the refugee whose brother is in the boat he has turned out an appeal to raise by other enduring i can't his name is mr shiloh was stranded in the middle of the sea and on the man he said please tell the

international community that we need to be rescued and given shelter somewhere we've been a drip a little over 10 days now and things are really bad the heavy active area for traffickers from me and mar as well as bangladesh who takes lots of money from these people to take them in those countries but never usually succeed now bangladesh navy and cause god as i were of this the keep an eye but the government has a very very strong attitude of taking back any more rowing us while staying with me are not huge crowds of protesters have decided the risk of violence to notch in towns and cities across the country they denouncing the military create and now despite a recent crackdown that so to protest has shot dead thousands still on to the course for nationwide strike reports. from the air men must southern city of daraa way appears completely jammed thousands of protesters blocking streets in the city center they march despite a warning from the military that lives will be lost if the protests continue and

you know see the thinly veiled threat came in a statement read out on state t.v. on sunday night he blamed the weekend's violence on an emotional teenager's i but on the ground there is no mistaking the demonstrators message they won't accept the military coup and calls for the release of the country's democratic leader aung san suu kyi who has been held by the military in isolation since the beginning of the month. cross the country tensions remain high. we were holding a sit in protests and the police crackdown on last using force there were many and day arrests many protesters. a general strike is being widely observed shutting banks and businesses and bringing transport systems to a halt. and despite the short term impact many feel that's the most effective way to make the military back down was you know good. today is

a day for countrywide protest we do not want to stay under the control of a military dictatorship so we came here to join the protest regardless of the salaries we make nothing will happen my salary is cut but if we stay under the control of a military dictatorship we will become less like. even in the capital naypyidaw a city whose white boulevards were designed for the military to maintain control civil servants took to the streets. but the protesters have no illusions about the dangers they face this candlelit vigil held to commemorate those who've already died in the protests with the military and protesters both standing their ground real concern as more violence to come tony ching al-jazeera. or the european you. nion has warned me animals military rulers that it stands ready to impose sanctions foreign ministers meeting in brussels have called for a deescalation of the crisis and demanded that the overthrown civilian government be restored dominic kane is in berlin for us he has the latest on the e.u.

foreign ministers warnings. tough talk coming from the 27 foreign ministers meeting with the high representative of the e.u. foreign affairs also but al over the course of today in brussels and one of those who had the strongest words was the german foreign minister heiko mass who was unambiguous about what he felt was the most important thing that europe could be doing now the e.u. that is towards me and ma and the people in charge of what's been happening that this is what he had to say. before we are not prepared to keep standing by and watching so we will use all the remaining diplomatic channels to work towards deescalation in my own market but in case we don't succeed in making a contribution to deescalation we also reserve the right to impose sanctions against the military regime in mind as a last resort for that theme of sanctions is something scraped up again this time in so far as russia is concerned specifically as it regards the case the

case of alec. vanny who is facing 2 and a half years in a labor camp a prison camp in russia as the consequence of cases against him brought in russia now we know that the e.u. foreign affairs council that's the council the foreign ministers plus mr bottle the high representative have been contemplating what sort of sanctions they might be prepared to institute and who they would be targeting now one of the suggestions that's coming from brussels is that perhaps the people who are in charge of the justice situation the justice system in russia might potentially be targeted many different e.u. states individually but collectively also through the e.u. have been suggesting might come because the e.u. is a bloc has condemned what happens to mr vanney and of cold on the russian authorities to investigate prosecute and then punish those who are responsible for what happens

to him. well iran has called an agreement with the un's nuclear watchdog a significant achievement the deal allows inspectors to continue monitoring tehran's nuclear facilities for up to 3 months but there will be less access and no more snap inspections the i.a.e.a. chief traveled to iran this weekend where he met foreign minister zarif for talks iran has been gradually breaching the tans of the 2015 u.k. deal since the us withdrew in reimposed sanctions and 2018 as a bag has more now for us on the reaction in tehran polman terence today we're discussing the budget but they start to vote on this latest deal between iran and the i.a.e.a. that many of them believe that that's in breach of the legislation that the parliament passed last year and they referred the matter specifically president hassan rouhani to the judiciary debut that he's acted illegally that this deal is against the legislation many of them have said that this deal between. iran has

violated the rights of the iranian people others have said that it's against the spirit of the legislation also there's of saying that the number of inspectors i did inspections remains the same now what this demonstrates is that the difficulty that president hassan rouhani faces domestically this is a parliament that was voted in last year many of those people in the parliament are opposed to the 2015 nuclear deal and want a tougher stance against the united states and the i.a.e.a. on the other hand president hassan rouhani is trying not to completely shut the door in terms of discussions and negotiations with the united states and the european 3 france germany and the u.k. let's get the perspective now from washington d.c. our white house correspondent can be how to joins us now from there can be biden has pretty clearly signaled how he plans to move forward with iran especially given the special envoy he chose does this 3 month period given the space to get some of that done. well the latest comments coming from antony of lincoln the secretary of

state who's been just speaking at a un disarmament conference says that the number one goal of the united states is to lengthen and strengthen the agreement with iran that the needs of the united states come 1st to or rather the goals of the united states are to not only make sure that there is going to be compliance moving forward but also to address the broader destabilizing actions of iran within the region that the united states is also concerned about the united states also has its own interest and that is the return of hostages american hostages who are still being detained in iran so to that end we know that the national security adviser chick sullivan who was speaking over the weekend said that they believe the way forward is diplomacy in order to see that iran here is to sort of the strict compliance that is necessary to adhere to the agreement so they believe that sort of this 1st step of talking which they

underscore is in no way to be sort of perceived as nuclear talks but instead and mischel de diplomatic discussions in order to achieve the larger goals is what the united states is in debt for a white house correspondent can be how can they force in washington d.c. thanks so much company. well there is a plenty more ahead few this news hour including israel's green cost of vaccinated citizens raises concerns about possible discrimination. in south africa becomes the 1st country to use the johnson and johnson vaccine as it rolls out its an occupation campaign. boeing says it's grounded all triple 7 planes fitted with a type of engine that caught fire during a flight in the u.s. on saturday america's aviation regulator has issued an emergency directive to get

those planes inspected the engine failed soon after taking off from denver in colorado littering suburbs with falling debris as you can see and an engine caught fire also on a boeing flight in the netherlands on sunday with debris there injuring 2 people you must strict well john hendren joins us now from chicago so many images of the engine on fire pretty terrifying can you talk us through what's actually gone wrong with the plane or the engine here. absolutely passengers inside the plane were able to look out and see the number 2 engine burst into flames the flight crew saw that as well that's why they turned around and landed that united flight 328 in denver and apparently according to u.s. aviation authorities what happened was that the blades the rotors the inside of the engine are hollow and they just were too old and needed to be inspected more frequently that's one of the conclusions the initial conclusions that aviation

authorities have come to and that that meant that bits fell apart in the engine blew off part of the cover and another part and those were those huge metal pieces that fell down into the ground and in the us anyway there were no reported injuries for that but certainly gave yet another black eye to boeing which had just been recovering from its 737 max grounding which lasted almost 2 years so all of those planes those $770.00 seven's with the pratt and whitney engines are now grounded in the u.s. that's a total of about $59.00 on the ground and about $69.00 that are in storage somewhere there are only 3 countries that fly these planes japan korea south korea and the united states so there is a limit to the damage that this does but it's certainly giving the company another black eye i have seen a black eye i mean as you say off to the 77 max debacle and then that other

incident in the netherlands on the weekend this really isn't good luck for boeing especially when it comes to trust. no lawyers had a rough go of it in the past couple of years that 737 max problem be engine problem that caused the flight control problem rather the flights to go down killing 346 people that was very serious they grounded the entire new plane which was expected to be its best selling plane they were hoping it would drive boeing sales above airbus that was a couple of years ago and they've just got that plane back up in the air in december but none of that happened they cost the last c.e.o. his job the company is still struggling to get back to where they are were the pandemic certainly hasn't helped and they had the company's stock has been hammered time and time again earlier this morning that stock was down about 2 percent last i

checked before going on air it was closer to one and a half percent but that stock keeps getting hammered every time boeing sees bad news like this and this is likely once again to postpone some earnings the company had been hoping for putting the 777 on the ground for an unknown period of time this is the last news that boeing was looking for right now john hand and that forest from chicago thanks so much josh. now more people have died in the u.s. of covert $1000.00 than in both world wars and get naan combined it's now about a 1000 short of half a 1000000 that's a staggering lost in just one year vaccines are being rolled out but in some states they're still in short supply more than 28000000 people in the u.s. have now tested positive for the virus it's just it's terrible it is historic we

haven't seen anything even close to this for well over 100 years since the 1918 pandemic of influenza it's something that is stunning when you look at the numbers almost unbelievable but it's true if this is a devastating pandemic and it's his story people will be talking about this decades and decades and decades from now all the 1st doses of the coven $1000.00 vaccine have now been administered in gaza that marks the start of a vaccination program rolling out to health care workers and people with long term illnesses 20000 doses arrived from the united arab emirates on sunday israel had previously been heavily criticized for excluding gaza and the occupied territory from its rapid vaccine roll out. the doors to israel's shops malls and gyms all opening again but only to those who have been vaccinated against private 19 to get in people need a green pass and that's raising concerns about the potential for discrimination how the force that reports now from western research. after 5 months west jerusalem's

y.m.c.a. gym is open again as israel emerges further from its latest and potentially last lockdown but it's a selective reopening only those with the so-called green pass on paper or not proving full vaccination against a recovery from covert 19 can come in to work out i am so happy to be back here i love this place and i've been working out for about an hour and 20 minutes said hartley feel fantastic not all gyms are reopening some sight difficulties in persuading staff to get the vaccine some doubt they'll have enough vaccinated customers to make a profit we believe that this is best for the community in general and specifically for our members it has its challenges because it's a load of work that too is really usually we do not have but i believe that with time it's things will become easier israel is relying on the fire as a vaccine as its ticket back to normality with nearly half the population having

had at least one job health ministry figures released on saturday suggest it's about 99 percent effective in preventing serious illness and death 2 weeks after the 2nd dose younger more vaccine reluctant israelis are being enticed with free snacks and drinks but some epidemiologists say a highly protected older population may just have to live alongside a less protected or younger group where the virus could continue to thrive for the prime minister whose campaign for next month's election leans heavily on his back to life message the green pass is crucial so that. you can get your green pass and head to the gym and other sporting and cultural events his government will soon be running a giant social experiment by distinguishing some say discriminating between those who have and have not been vaccinated i think it's extremely dangerous you colonel . divide between 2 population if there is

a good medical reason. so for example if someone was exposed to. someone infected and these vaccinated go live you don't need to state all that's ok that's a medical decision. it's a balancing act that will be examined closely by other countries with lockdown weary populations desperate for a taste of their old lives democracy is not infringing on other people and making them ill so if somebody doesn't want to so let them stay in their house israel guarded stark's nation head start in part by volunteering to be a giant live to the vaccines effectiveness for now it's also running a country sized test on how to use it harry force of al-jazeera west jerusalem. on an tanzania's president has admitted that car the 1000 is a problem in his country john legere fairly declared tanzania corona virus free last may and said the virus could be defeated by prayer officials have been blaming

pneumonia for a recent rise and deaths but now a number of tanzanians travelling overseas have tested positive for covert 19 malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi in neighboring kenya. the government hasn't published any data since april last year in terms of covert cases but there has been reports reports from residents of increase in hospitalizations and deaths from what is described as pneumonia and our president john mcafee last year said that the pandemic had been defeated using the power of prayer so there weren't any official government measures to try and prevent the spread of disease this came on the much criticism from the world health organization from tanzania is catholic church as well as political opposition the now it looks like president john has finally he did these calls he's announced on sunday that tanzania's should take precautions that they should even wear mosques although he said that they should only wear tanzanian made mosques as he said foreign mosques may not be safe

and this also follows skepticism coming from president mega freely about vaccines tanzania hasn't ordered any covert vaccines which would be available to because government into the country on international health care schemes today oman's health minister said it was considering suspending flights from tanzania after nearly one in 5 travelers from tanzania tested positive for covert 19 and also in thailand health authorities there just announced their 1st case of the new highly contagious south african a variant they said that case was found in a thai man who had traveled from tanzania as well so it seems that the tanzania in outbreak of the pandemic is being picked up in other countries even if it's not being acknowledged fully acknowledged and picked up. speaking out the south african variant south africa has now vaccinated more than $15300.00 health care workers in

less than a week since rolling out its vaccination campaign it's a fast country in the wild to administer doses from johnson and johnson which has not yet been a profound magine to use data does show that it's nearly. percent effective against that more contagious strain of the virus that was fast identified in south africa for liam abdul karim as an epidemiologist and also the cochairman of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on private 19 he explained why the johnson and johnson single shot vaccine could be the most terrible choice for south africa so it's very important that we have to select vaccines on the basis that 2 we have some evidence that they would be or likely to be effective against the 5 all one why the 2 variant of a fire one why b. to vary and has changes certain nutation that enable it to escape normal immunity so for example individuals who been previously infected by it in

the 1st wave by variants that were present at the time may no longer be protected against the fatal one why the 2 because of its ability to escape immune responses so it is quite important in this particular instance that the johnson and johnson vaccine had actually been tested in south african conditions and so we know that it is effective against the 51 y. v 2 barry and and that it's if you can see for more of the diseases around 57 percent and for severe disease and hospitalization is around 85 percent so based on that deserves a good choice also it's a it's a it's a single shot vaccine which makes it look just to be more simpler strategy to implement. still ahead here on al-jazeera the u.k.'s prime minister is about to lay out the plan to take the country out of lockdown we'll be bringing that to you live . and in forth new orleans one of the biggest comeback in the n.b.a.

team history that's coming up later with our. how i once again we have got some rain in the forecast to parts of the middle east not too much to speak of you see the similary a cloud just coming out of saudi arabia pushing over towards iran some patchy rain a possibility into northern parts of saudi arabia just linking back towards the sinai peninsula israel palestinian territories could seal it with that weather over the next couple of days some wintry weather there just around the caucasus pushing up towards turkmenistan the chance of one or 2 showers wintry in nature across northern parts of afghanistan and then these may become a little more widespread as we go on through wednesday northern iran seeing some of that wintry weather as well still

a few showers into central and northern parts of saudi arabia and down towards the southern end of the red sea you might catch a shower or 2 to that western side of yemen as shots of one or 2 showers to its essential areas of ethiopia maturity of the showers are going to be along the rift valley that eastern side of africa heavy rain just making its way back into northern parts of madagascar as we go through choose day and wednesday possibility some localized flooding as a result of that heavy show as to when to botswana namibia seeing some showers that eastern side of south africa still a little unsettled but some pleasant warmth between. the corona virus has affected every corner of the world. people in power look back to the early days of the pandemic and examines whether errors in delays at the world health organization may have made the global spread of the virus inevitable

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and again. let's remind you of our top stories here the salad italy's president has denounced what he calls a cow of the attack on his ambassador to democratic republic of congo who was killed while traveling in a u.n. convoy. to nasiriyah died along with a bodyguard and driver following an ambush. people across myanmar have joined a national strike despite a thinly veiled threat from the military that it could use lethal force demonstrations were also held in several cities to demand an end to military rule. and the u.n. has called for the immediate rescue of dozens of richenda refugees stranded at sea last known location was just north east of the under the island's just a few 100 kilometers off the myanmar coast several have died. 53 kidnapping victims in nigeria have been released after the group was abducted from

a bus last week the people including 20 women and 9 children were taken by an armed group in ny just state that's as the government has a deal for the release of dozens of school children who were also abducted last week in a separate incident has more now from a bridge he says there's criticism over the way that the government is handling this rise in kidnappings. another concern for many nigerians have been following developments up north why the kidnapping is becoming more like big business is the process of securing the release of victims it's either the government is paying ransom or has negotiated safe passage for the perpetrators of the crime whichever way nigerians are concerned that granting out says or freedom of posse to criminals who kidnapped you know some nigerians or you know some people will encourage others to come into the trade again probably thinking that they could be good they could they could be like the us least ones secondly paying ransom could also encourage

more people into the crime and embolden them to attack or even we are to carry out more dangerous missions in the future louise these are some of the concerns nigerians are having with the current situation in the country why the kidnapping is on the rice well more than $100.00 families of ice the fighters have been allowed to leave an overcrowded camp controlled by cutoff forces in northeast and syria and it's become increasingly unsafe that many of those have few places to 10 reports. nearly 2 years after its territorial defeat in syria the remnants of eisel are ever present in the family members of isis fighters remain an al whole camp in northeastern syria by the 10s of thousands. all in this departure hall are eager to head back to memphis though they have little to return to their local put on we have a very happy we've been waiting for this moment for about 2 and a half years and now we are returning to our home praise be to god kurdish led

syrian democratic forces are releasing families in batches most of the names crossed off the list belong to women and children whose fathers won't be joining them with my sons or in a heavily secured area for i saw fighters elsewhere in the camp. they are imprisoned i'm happy to go back to mom beats but my songs are imprisoned so who should i go to my joy is not complete 105 families are part of this group allowed to pack up their things and go the camp is home to 60000 people and their children everywhere. we are happy because we are going back to our families and daughters i have daughters outside and i can go to them i have no one else except my daughters all the men are gone none of them are alive all killed they all die for them. while these families are returning to manage others have no country to return to and the camp has become increasingly unsafe at least 20 residents have been killed in the last month i still sleep or cells use murder as

a weapon of intimidation punishment for those who reject its views hardly the environment for children to be brought up. a 1000 children of foreign nationals are still here despite calls by the u.n. and u.s. to send them home only 200 were repatriated last year according to save the children while some countries russia was a pakistani kazakhstan have removed hundreds of children from the camp most nations don't want them thinking much rather keep the problem out there over there in the region in syria in iraq rather than and pulled it back to their own home countries but this is a completely flawed analysis of course because what you are seeing is the training with assume the indoctrination of a new generation big stream. un counterterrorism and child welfare officials say the children are victims not security threats and the 57 nations with children here must act quickly. and al-jazeera. let's go

live now to london where prime minister barak's johnson is addressing parliament setting out his plans to ease a nationwide restrictions that cessna 3 remains substantial with the numbers in hospital only now beginning to fall below the peak of the 1st wave in april but we're able to take the steps because of the resolve of the british public and the extraordinary success of our in a chest in vaccinating more than 17500000 people across the u.k. . the data say passages both vaccines are effective against the dominant strains of code public health england has found that one dose of the pfizer beyond take that scene reduces hopeful isolations and deaths by at least 75 percent and the data suggests that the oxford astra zeneca vaccine provides a good level of protection though since we only started deploying this vaccine last

month at this stage the sawing has of its effect is less certain but move that soon can ever be 100 percent effective not everyone will take them up and like all viruses could 19 will mutate. a'sssos the modeling released by sage today shows we cannot escape the fact that lifting lockdown will result in more cases more hospitalizations and sadly more deaths and this would happen whenever a lockdown is lifted whether now or in 6 or 9 months because there will always be some vulnerable people who are not protected by the vaccines there is therefore no credible route to a 0 co britain or indeed a 0. world and we cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy our physical and mental well being of the life chances

of our children and that is why it is so crucial that this roadmap should be cautious but also irreversible where sitting out on what i hope and believe is a one way road to freedom and its journey is made possible by the pace of the vaccination program. in england everyone in the top 4 priority groups will successfully offered a vaccine by the middle of february we now aim to offer a 1st dose to all those in groups 5 to 9 by the 15th of april and i'm sitting in other stretching target to offer a 1st dose to every ad out by the end of july. as more of us are inoculated so the protection afforded by the vaccines will gradually replace the restrictions and today's roadmap sets out the principles of that transition.

the level of infection is broadly similar across england so we will ease restrictions in all areas at the same time the sequence will be driven by the evidence so outdoor activity will be prioritized as the best way to restore freedoms while minimizing the risk at every stage our decisions will be led by data not dates and subjected to 4 tests 1st that the vaccine deployment programme continues successfully 2nd that evidence shows that seems a sufficiently effective in reducing hospitalizations and deaths occurred that infection rates don't risk a surge in hospitalizations which would put unsustainable pressure on the n.h.s. and for all that our assessment of the risks is not fundamentally changed by new variants of code that cause concern. before taking each step we will review the

data against these tests because it takes at least 4 weeks for the data to reflect the impact of relaxation in restrictions and we want to give the country a week's notice before each change there will be at least 5 weeks between each step the chief medical officer is clear. that moving any faster would mean acting before we know the impact of each step which would increase the risk of us having to reverse course and really impose restrictions i will take that risk step one will happen from the 8th of march by which time those in the top 4 priority groups will be benefiting from the increased protection they receive

from their 1st dose of the vaccine. mr speaker all the evidence shows that classrooms are the best places for young people to be and that's why i've always said that schools would be the last to close and the 1st to reopen. and based on our assessment of the current data against the fall tests i can tell the house that 2 weeks from today pupils and students in all schools and further education settings can safely return to face to face teaching supported by twice weekly testing of secondary school and college people's. families and childcare bubbles' will also be encouraged to get tested reg brakeless an after school clubs can also reopen and other children's activities including sport can restart where necessary to help parents to work students on university courses requiring practical teaching specialist facilities or on site assessments would also return but all others

will need to continue learning online and we will review the options for when they can return by the end of the easter holidays from the 8th of march people will also be able to meet one person from outside their household for outdoor recreation such as a coffee on a bench or a picnic in a park in addition to exercise but were advising the clinically extremely vulnerable to shield at least until the end of march. every care home resident will be able to nominate a named visitor able to see them regularly provided they're tested and where p.p. and finally we will amend regulations to enable a broader range of could secure campaign activities for local elections on the 6th the may. as part of step one we will go further and make limited changes on friday

night that march when schools go on easter holidays it will become possible to meet in limited numbers outdoors where the risk is lower so the rules 6 will return outdoors including in private gardens and outdoor meetings of 2 households will also be permitted on the same basis so the families in different circumstances can meet outdoor sports facilities such as tennis and basketball courts localness whom pools will be able to reopen and formerly organized outdoor sports will resume subject to guidance from this point the 29th of march people will no longer be legally required to stay at home but many knock down restrictions will remain people should continue to work from home where they can minimize or travel wherever possible step 2 will begin at least 5 weeks after the beginning of step one and no

earlier than the 12th of april with an argument at least 7 days in advance if analysis of the latest data against the 4 tests requires a delay then this and subsequent steps will also be delayed to maintain the 5 week out. in step 2 non-essential retail will reopen as a personal care including hairdressers i'm glad to say and mail sounds in dog leisure facilities such as jews were reopen as well holiday lets but only if used by individuals or household groups we will begin to reopen our pubs and restaurants our doors and honorable members will be relieved there will be no curfew and the scotch egg debate will be over because there will be no requirement for alcohol to be accompanied by

a substantial 1000000 zoos theme parks and driving sooner mars will reopen as well public libraries and community centers step 3 will begin no earlier than the 17th of may. provided the data satisfies the 4 test most restrictions on meetings outdoors will be lifted subject to a limit of 30 and this is the point when you will be able to see your friends and family indoors subject to the rule 6 or the meeting of 2 households we will also. pubs and restaurants indoors along with cinemas and children's play areas hotels hostels and b. and b.'s theaters and concert halls will reopen their doors and the turnstiles of our school stadia will once again rotate subject in all cases to capacity limits depending on the size of the bag and we will part it larger events

using enhanced testing with the ambition of further easing of restrictions in the next step step 4 will begin there were earlier than the 21st of june with appropriate mitigations we will aim to move legal limits on social contact. and on weddings and other life events we will reopen everything up to and including night clubs and enable large events such as theater performances above the limits of step 3 potentially using testing to reduce the risk of infection. mr speaker our journey back towards normality will be subject to resolving a number of key questions and to do this we will conduct 4 reviews one will assess how long we need to maintain social distancing and facemasks

this will also inform guidance on working from home which to continue wherever possible until this review is complete and it will be critical in determining how parliament can safely return in a way that i know or members would wish. a 2nd review will consider the resumption of international travel which is vital for many businesses which have been hardest hit including retail fatality tourism and aviation. a successor to the global travel taskforce will report by the 12th of april so that people can plan for the summer the 3rd. review to consider the potential of coded status certificates inhale in helping venues to open safe but mindful of the many concerns surrounding exclusion discrimination and privacy and the 4th of you will look at the safe return of major events which is speak up as we proceed

through these steps we will benefit from the combined protection of our vaccines and the continued expansion of rapid testing will extend the provision of free test kits for workplaces until the end of june and families small businesses and the self employed him collect those tests from local testing sites. mr speaker in view of these cautious but i hope irreversible changes people may be concerned about what these changes mean for the various support packages for livelihoods for people in the economy so i want to reassure the house we will not pull the rug out for the jury of the pandemic the government will continue to do whatever it takes to protect jobs and livelihoods across the u.k. and my right arm from the chancellor will set out for the details in the budget next wednesday. finally misspeak we must remain alert to the constant mutation

of the virus next month we will publish an updated plan for responding to local outbreaks with a range of measures to address variants of concern including surge p.c.r. testing an enhanced contact tracing we can't i'm afraid rule out re imposing restrictions a local or regional level of evidence suggests they are necessary to contain or suppress a new variant which escapes the vaccines mr speaker i know there will be many people who will be worried that we are being too ambitious and that he's arrogant to impose any kind of plan upon a virus and i agree that we must always be humble in the face of nature and we must be cautious but i really also believe that the vaccination program has

dramatically changed the odds in our favor and it is on that basis that we can now are pretty and of course mr speaker there will be others who believe that we could go faster on the basis of that vaccination program and i understand their feelings. and i sympathize very much with the exhaustion and the stress that people are experiencing and the businesses are experiencing after so long in lockdown but to them and to their more i say that today the really the end really is in sight this is bigger and it. will give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better than the picture we see around us today and in that spirit which is i commend this statement to the.

very coldly well you've been listening there to british prime minister barak johnson addressing the house of commons describing the 1st stage of his 4 part plan to ease 1000 restrictions across england which well potentially see the country be restriction free by the seller of fast faithful open schools from march 8th and oh i'm i believe there are some questions and debate going on let's go back to the house of commons and listen in line or without listening to the science we can't afford to make those mistakes again this has to be the last lock down how the fuck should roll out of the promise to said has been remarkable and i will to pay tribute to everybody involved it is the light at the end of the tunnel but if we're going to get there we have to tread very carefully so i'm glad the prime to spoke today of course of this big irreversible of assessing the data and following the evidence those are the right guiding principles i have to say it's a welcome change from some of the language the promised it used in the past and i

urged promised and now to stick to that turn into the substance of the matter 1st schools we all agree that the priority must be for all children to be back in school as quickly as possible and to stay in school we want that to happen or march the 8th as the government has promised. culprits of parents teachers and school staff will be critical so can the promise to police confirm the chief medical officer of the chief's son to quote. support the full reopening of all schools or march the 8th and will he commit to publishing all the relevant medical evidence on this issue. can you promise to also indicate what the government is doing to overcome the huge logistical challenges this pretty presents the promise to touched on must testing in his statement but there is nothing on bike to go classrooms an extra capacity this is a huge problem particularly for schools with smaller buildings so could the prime

minister update the house on how he's going to deal with this in just over 2 weeks' time let me turn to a linked issue within weeks of schools returning last autumn thousands of teachers and school staff for self isolated causing huge disruption to the running of schools and children's learning we don't want that again that's why we called for the early vaccination of all teachers and school staff there my own constituency the fantastic crick institute which has been doing amazing work has been vaccinating hundreds of people a day they've been very clear to me and publicly that they could be doing more. on that spending care stanley he's the leader of the opposition responding to british prime minister bias johnson and his plan to ease covert 1000 restrictions especially the reopening of schools there from march 8th when the baka has been following all of this for us he's outside the houses of parliament in westminster

need the headline here schools are reopening despite not all stuff being vaccinated all schools and and parents ready for this. i think after a long period where parents are being forced to school their children home after an incredibly long period where children have faced massive disruptions to their mental health to their learning it will come as a great relief that they own now signs that schools will open and a degree of normality will return but of course there are big questions and we've seen some of them raised by kids star the leader of the opposition there and we've seen them also raise by teaching unions as well who have described this plan to allow all children back at all schools by march the 8th reckless they want to see the government's workings out we know that many schools have been able to remain open throughout the entire pandemic by carrying out regular large full flow tests to allow the children of essential workers to continue their learning what will

essentially have to happen now is for those kind of measures to be scaled up significantly to allow schools to function properly without there being a risk of any growing infection rates i mean the government just to summarize has outlined that there are these key for criteria that need to be met before moving on to the next phase of easing restrictions and they will definitely look at the impact on the current infection rates on whether or not say easing these restrictions anyway undermines the the vaccine rollout there is still a big concern too about the possibility of new variants all of these issues could seriously undermine this road map and that's why the government's being incredibly incredibly cautious at the moment reiterating as we heard there from boris johnson the focus now is on the data not of all the public pressure all the public interest to see any deadlines for field any time soon of course this will be

a huge relief to people with the end is in sight this will happen over a long period of several months from the 8 the. until june the 21st of the summer solstice which is when the last of the restrictions appear to be coming to an end still no news though about things like foreign travel the suggestion that a review will be conducted to talk about the possibility of covert certification without undermining people's privacy values so people may essentially have to carry around documentation to show that they are covert safe there are many many questions to beyond but when it comes to schooling the government always says the schools will be the last to close on the 1st open and this seems to be the promise the government is now wanting to own a knave baka that across all that's happening and westminster for us in in london will be coming back to me with more on that in a moment but let's remind you that we are hearing from biased johnson about their

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