temperatures struggle to 11 degrees celsius in tokyo stay. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes deaths it's just it's terrible. a somber day in the united states the country prepares to mark 500000 coronavirus. meanwhile the vaccination role of helps lead england out of lockdown boris johnson

reveals his roadmap. and italian diplomats among 3 killed in an attack on a u.n. convoy in the democratic republic of congo. and another blow for boeing and engine emergency causes the manufacturer to seek the grounding of some aircraft. i'm german ash with sports of 5 more players in the french rugby squad have tested positive for corona virus that's now 10 in total but in sunday's 6 nations match with scotland in doubt. it was january 20th last year when the u.s. recorded its 1st confirmed the covert 1000 traction on monday just 398 days later the country is preparing to mark 500000 deaths those half

a 1000000 deaths are spread across the u.s. . coast to coast people have fallen victim nearly 50000 dead in california almost the same figure in new york more than 40000 dead in texas and almost 30000 in florida hundreds of thousands of families grieving and infectious disease expert dr anthony found she warns the country is not out of danger yet well let's go straight now to the u.s. and join chris and salumi who is in washington d.c. for us some an awful moment to mark really for the country how this president biden plan to mark this moment. well with gravity and sympathy as he has done since taking office right around as an occupation he held a candle at ceremony and a knowledge ing this terrible pandemic in the united states in about 2 hours' time

here he will hold a candle at ceremony again and make remarks focusing on the grim milestone as we approach a half a 1000000 deaths here in the united states he's ordered flags to be flown at half staff at federal buildings for the next 5 days and church bells will be ringing out across washington d.c. here. this of course to acknowledge such a toll that has been taken on the united states and so many people so many families here by comparison the spanish flu of 1918 saw 675000 deaths so the united states approaching that. that record if you will here in the united states also i should point out congress marked the day as well nancy pelosi calling for a moment of silence in the house of representatives earlier and really just an

acknowledgement of the toll this is taken on american citizens. and kristen vaccination obviously is key of the u.s. and the of the rest of the world is going to find its way out of the pandemic the president had promised to have 100000000 people vaccinated in his 1st $100.00 days is he actually on track to meet that goal. well so far $63000000.00 vaccinations have taken place about 13 percent of the u.s. population has received at least one dose they're averaging now $1800000.00 doses a day it was much less when the president 1st came into office this is all according to data that's collected by the centers for disease control the federal agency here in the united states in recent days the terrible weather that we've been seeing apart across parts of the united states has really slowed down efforts to get the vaccines into people's arms but officials from the covert relief task

force were meeting just a short time ago and they say that they do expect to be back on track and expect to make progress towards that goal it's important to note that the vaccination effort varies from state to state here in the u.s. different approaches different ways of getting it to people be it through hospitals be it through pharmacies. it really varies from state to state but at this stage they do expect to be on track to meet that goal chris salumi with the latest there from washington d.c. on the situation in the u.s. and the fact the country is about to hit to that milestone of 500000 that kristen thank you. well meanwhile england could see an end to most coronavirus restrictions by the end of june this part of a rolling change to measures that start next month the prime minister boris johnson laid out a cautious send it reversible plan to lift pandemic restrictions but it could all

come to a halt if infection rates rise or vaccinations are delayed eve barker reports from london. the long road out of la will be gradual and cautious a decision the government said was based upon data rather than pressure to set dates nearly a year after this pandemic began this unparalleled national effort whose decisively shifted the odds in our favor so that we no longer have to rely simply on lockdowns and restricting our behavior and putting our lives on hold but with every day that goes by this program of vaccination is creating a shield around the entire population the government now confirmed all schools will reopen for all children on march the 8th many have already adapted to continue teaching the children of essential workers throughout the pandemic students and

staff at this school have regular lateral flow tests on the school premises this looks set to continue when the rest of the children return. after the reopening of schools allowing people to have more social contact will be a priority. from march the 29th up to 6 people or 2 households can meet outside including in private gardens this is when the stay at home order is expected to be lifted the move follows encouraging new data indicating the oxford astra zeneca vaccines use in the u.k. can reduce hospital admissions by as much as 94 percent. the u.k. is hoping its lead in the vaccination campaign will allow it to recover faster than other countries but the number of people still receiving hospital treatment remains worryingly high. when you look at number of people in hospital with coded in the u.k. again you can see there is a significant 4 that is continuing but the rates are still high and they're only

slightly below the height of the 1st peak we had last year further stages for england several weeks a passing clue the reopening of non-essential shops and the face return of people to pubs and restaurants hit hard by months of closures the reopening of hotels and hairdressers will follow but the prospect of foreign travel or summer holidays seems some way off the easing of restrictions can only move to the next phase providing for criteria have been met that previous measures do not in any way affect the vaccine rollout that there isn't suddenly an increase in infection rates or the national health service isn't adversely affected by any of these previous changes and lastly if there is any concern a tour about the possible impact of any new variance. more than 17000000 people have received at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine infection rates are falling quickly across the country with an 80 percent drop in cases in the capital cases of the south african variant are also

shrinking but after months of disruptive on office trick sions the last thing anyone wants is for a taste of normality to be suddenly taken away neve barker al-jazeera london. well and speak to the infectious disease and global health expert peter draw back from oxford university here in the u.k. thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera once again so 1st of all what do you make of boris johnson's at plans to reopen the country and crucially of course the timing of the various phases. barbara thank you for having me over oh i was really pleased by the announcements today i think that you know they've got their priorities right focusing on getting kids back into school 1st and lower risk outdoor activities and this very phased slow and flexible approach that's based on as they said data not dates i think is the right way to go having about 5 weeks at least between each stage would allow us to kind of assess what kind of effect that

easing of certain restrictions could then have on infection rates and of course we do expect as we ease up on things there is a risk that things are going to go up so too to a great extent i'm very pleased you know i have to say that i would prefer that the reopening of schools be a bit more phased i think opening all schools all all at once is a little bit risky and i did hear one thing from the prime minister there was a bit concerning that infection rates will go up and that just is what it is you know we're still a long ways off from having 80 to 90 percent of the population covered by vaccination and until that time this virus is going to be able to circulate it replicate unless we stop it from doing so and and that also means always the risk of new variants popping up i think our stance and during his news conference and just in general i mean he's been very proud of the way that the u.k. has handled that vaccine rollout way ahead of other countries in the world because

of the vaccine rollout and i guess also because i guess we saw the very end here forest do you think that other countries can take the u.k. as an example when it comes to rolling back restrictions. i think a lot of eyes are going to be on the u.k. in the weeks and months to come many countries now are dealing with surges and infections that have been caused by it in part by some of these new variants as we saw here in the u.k. in december in january and of course the u.k. as you said has been really out front very impressively in are rolling out vaccinations to keep parts of the population so i think that a lot of eyes in europe in america and elsewhere will be on the u.k. . you know this is really a new phase of the pen demick really really it's a bit of a balancing act right where we think vaccinations are going to get us out of this but we have to make sure that we don't open things up too soon or too quickly and so that we can make sure the vaccines have time to sort of protect us as

a population so i think this flexible approach is a good one but we'll be watching very carefully. i mean use a flexible approach and again the prime minister was very clear in saying that you know it's they tend not they and presumably he would be willing at the stop all these various said they for reopening how willing you think the population would be to go along with it after i've lost count of how many lockdowns on and off that the country has lived. you know in general if you look over time at some of the polling on this the public has largely been actually more in favor of restrictions than the government has any of the government has historically been fairly late to impose restrictions or lock downs when cases are rising and sometimes too quick to pull things back when things were starting to improve and you know everyone is so tired of the kind of yoyo ing of you know these cycles of lockdown and release that

that i think as long as we have confidence in the information being provided that people are willing after all the sacrifices we've all made to take a slower approach and make sure this is the last time we have to face a lockdown so normality should be there with us again around made juno what's the actions do you think though will stay with the population here in the u.k. and around the world for much longer than that. well i 1st want to say that according to the roadmap laid out today that june would be the best case scenario and there still is a very real possibility that things may take a little bit longer again we're not going to be a place we're going to have 80 to 90 percent of the population vaccinated quite by then so it may take a little bit longer the other thing to note as you alluded to is that it's if you very likely have that this virus will become endemic in circulate you know with us for a long time to come we're not going to be able to eliminate it and we're going to need to be able to adapt our lives for a virus that will be seasonally returning so i think it's very possible we may need

to see vaccination periodic late it to have to deal with variants or just boosters every year or every couple of years but i think that we're also going to be public health capacity to be able to deal with outbreaks as they kind of flare up so investments in testing contact tracing isolation public health surveillance all of those tools are going to be very important give me i think is going to take a long time to come back is going to be international to. you know we're so far from bringing this pandemic under control around the world and alternately as some countries out front like the u.k. are able to start to open back up there's going to be more pressure to keep those borders still ought to prevent reimportation of the variant so i think free flow of travel solo is all infectious disease and global health expert peter drew back from oxford university sir thank you thank you. for the 1st dose is of

coronavirus vaccine have been administered in gaza it marks the start of a vaccination program prioritizing health care workers and people with long term illnesses 20000 doses of the russian made with make the vaccine arrived from the united arab emirates on sunday israel had to been criticized for delaying deliveries through its territory. hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb has been given her 1st the dose of a covert 1000 vaccine lamb is one of the 1st in the territory to receive the chinese made sin of ak shot hong kong's mass vaccination drive will start on friday with front line workers and those in vulnerable groups prioritized nearly 200 people have died. and south africa has vaccinated more than $15300.00 health care workers in less than a week since rolling out its covert $1000.00 vaccination campaign it's the 1st country to administer the johnson and johnson vaccine which has not yet been

approved for emergency use data shows it's nearly 60 percent effective against the corona virus variant 1st identified in south africa. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour me and mars a public display of the finds hundreds of thousands resist the military's warning to end their protests pictures the world has never seen before we'll show you what us soft landing on mars looks like close up. and up on top of x. turns on his critics up to what he's called one of the toughest grand slam wins of his career that's coming up and. tributes are being paid to bassett or to the democratic republic of congo who was killed while traveling in a u.n.

convoy look at that his bodyguard and driver died and the man bush in the view national park italy's president has branded it a cowardly attack catherine soy reports from nairobi. who are on a mission to reach you in north cuba province to visit a school feeding call from one of the many world food program projects and supports in the democratic republic of congo the journey ended here in the virunga national park several kilometers from the provincial capital they tally an ambassador his bodyguard and their driver were killed in a crossfire between park rangers and gunmen during the number one several other people what agent. we aren't debates in all the relevant institutions to get the truth the soonest possible about this cowardly attack that the servants of the state of have suffered from and lost their lives. but beyond the shock of what has happened questions will be asked as to why the convoy did not have

a un national police escort and saturday interest area your thorazine not keep saying one not aware embassador was in town he ses it had been cleared to battle without escorts the location of this attack is almost exactly the same place where 2 british tourists were kidnapped in may 2018 so it's kind of real evidence of this longstanding security lapse in the region it was also very close to where 6 were in the guards were killed in the last month this is a fast major attack on a big u.n. organization like the deputy if paid by the park is steaming with rebels target gave ranges civilians and other end jewel convoys to steal kidnap and demand ransom the security problem however goes beyond this part of the war than 70 rebel groups control much of eastern democratic republic of congo extorting villages and

attacking their homes at will in beni north of goma many thousands of people including u.n. and government soldiers have been killed and more displaced by the allied democratic forces rebel groups hundreds of thousands of soldiers are on the ground battling different armed groups but with limited success we're looking at a kind of longstanding funding issue for the for the congolese army in that area a lack of kind of security planning as well as strategy when it comes to trying to combat the armed groups who operate in that area. obviously the u.n. peacekeeping force that has been operational for a good number of years has a lot to answer for with regards to insecurity in that area. many congolese in this area live in constant fear hoping but not confident the forces that have struggled to keep the rebels for years will one day succeed catherine soy. well let's

speak now to these and a leg who's a senior advisor for africa at the international republican institute sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera you have worked in and about the congo for a long time what is your reaction to this attack. good evening barbara thank you for having me this attack it's unfortunate the death of ambassador. fortunately serve as a reminder of the danger to dangerous living to the people of eastern congo have been putting up with numbers of years now these securities the been of the population that live in this area it also highlights the problem the lack of urgency in the congolese government to rebuild its military so it can take over from the united nations will rely on the united nations peacekeepers that force is

inadequate for the type of problems that beset the congo. what do you make of who might be behind this but also many of the questions that are being asked about the security there seems to be different perhaps versions of you know who was meant to be there with or without security in your experience should that convoy have gone the way they did. it's hard to say because from the report that we get from the field. they'd been cleared to travel that the area had been less dangerous according to the reports security updates i'm travelling to those areas it's never safe overall you never know every time you drive down the road you're rolling the dice as for who's behind this would not have been a proliferation of militias in that region a lot of groups but also just a lot of bandits who are taking advantage of the instability in the in the region this means that the us the populations all the time in places like binny people are

killed every night in the sleep in or around goma you have people sitting up ambushes to get ransom so this is unfortunately not new. not new i mean to say but it's also. most importantly highlights the sense of urgency that we need to put into rebuilding the congolese army presidency 2nd is to use this new political capital to push an agenda of security sector reform until that happens this lapses will continue to happen i mean as you rightly mention of course the murders and kidnappings are nothing new and you know knowledge is there we have reports on a on and off then i suppose what's different about this case is that it's the 1st time i think in 20 years that an ambassador is killed in the d.r. see of course if you are going to be a diplomat or place like the r.c. you have to leave your compound the whole point is that you should go in and see

how the people are impacted by whatever it is you're trying to do there how do you think that this killing will affect the international community n.g.o.s diplomats when it comes to working with aid and traveling within the r.c. . well i am but ambassador atlanta is you was doing exactly what he's supposed to do get out of conscious out of going being in that kind of green zone of kinshasa and go to the field to evaluate and gauge is jewish and firsthand the challenges is death is killing hopefully who settles only puffery we need to redouble our security engagement but also start asking continue asking the tough questions that we've not asked for a long time is the right solution to cooley's problem it is not we know that it's been there over 20 years and this lapses continue to happen added congolese doing what it's supposed to do i.e. to call the state the government they have not done were disposed to do 20 years of

un should have bought them some time to build a military that is worth the security challenges they've not done so so. i have i give all my sympathy to ambassador as your family peace be with them the rest in peace but hopefully if anything if anything at all good can come out of this that to read do well the international community in partnership with the congolese redouble the effort to bring in security forces that i capable of doing this and move the country forward until then of fortunately more of these kinds of situations will continue to happen but these are a senior adviser for africa at the international republican institute thank you for sharing your views with us. thank you barbara. i mean kidnappers in nigeria have released 53 people seized from a bus last week the passengers including 20 women and 9 children were taken by an

armed gang initiators state the government also says it's nearing a deal for the release of dozens of school children who were abducted in a separate incident last week how does a resume he dresses in nigeria's capital of bluejay he says there is criticism over the way the government is handling the rise of kidnappings another concern for many nigerians have been following developments up north while kidnapping is becoming more like big business 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 access or freedom of passage 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 lucky as these ones secondly. could

also encourage more people into the crime and embolden them to attack or even rearm to carry out more dangerous missions in the future louise these are some of the concerns nigerians are having with a current situation in the country why kidnapping is on the rights of hundreds of thousands of people have defied military warnings and protests that across me and mar shutting down businesses a spart of a general strike against this month's coupe it's been 3 weeks since the army seized power and detained hundreds of people including the popular democratic leader and son suchi the e.u.'s now become the latest international body to say it's preparing sanctions against me and military rulers tony chain reports from bangkok. from the air men miles 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. 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 a police crackdown on the us using force there were many and they are arrest many protestors 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 no 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 if 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 wide 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. the united nations is calling for the immediate rescue of almost 100 range of refugees stranded at sea with no food at least 8 are believed to have died their last known location was just off the and the mine islands in the bay of bengal they have

reportedly set sail from the cox's bazar refugee camp in bangladesh about 10 days ago but a 1000000 range of refugees have been living in the camp after fleeing persecution in myanmar or that their chadri is in the bangladeshi capital dhaka and says there is assistance but no answer about where people will go well the latest we know this is coming from running 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 a relief or an 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 sent 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 money he said please tell the international community that we need to be rescued and

given shelter somewhere we've been a drip little over 10 days now and things are really bad there's a heavy active area for traffickers from me and maher 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 got i way out of this the keep an eye but the government has a very very strong attitude of taking back any more rowing us. watching al jazeera live from london still ahead the u.s. and iran make their renewed pitches on the nuclear deal but divisions remain. and new zealand and australia meet in the 1st match of their t 20 cricket series gemma will be here all the action in sport.

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a whole lot still some blustery showers pushing into western parts of it loss of lovely sunshine into central and southern parts of here at the sunshine stretches down across a good part of north africa a few showers there for all the parts of algeria northern areas of tunisia but elsewhere it's dry. but. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic that some have broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspire others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines didn't matter you're rich or poor what

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the top it's also about a 5th of all coronavirus fatalities in the world despite being home to just 4 percent of the earth's population most current virus restrictions could be lifted in england by the end of june under new plans revealed by the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson and the 1st phase of schools will reopen in 2 people from separate households will be allowed to meet outside from watching. tributes are pouring in for is who leads them bassett or to the democratic republic of congo after he died during an ambush on a u.n. convoy look at that was killed along with his italian bodyguard and congolese driver any of you don't get national park. the u.s. says it not only wants to return to the iran nuclear deal but it wants to strengthen and they extend it however iran has made a new threat on sunday the un's nuclear watchdog struck an interim deal to allow

inspectors restricted access to it rainin nuclear facilities u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said that there was a greater risk of regional instability if the deal was not fully restored but iran's supreme leader has appeared on television saying his country may enrich uranium up to 60 percent purity to 2015 the 0 caps it to just under 4 percent. the united states remains committed to ensuring that iran never acquires a nuclear weapon diplomacy is the best path to achieve that goal president biden has said if iran comes back into strict appliance with a j c p o a the united states is prepared to do the same working with allies and partners we will also seek to lengthen the strength of the j.c. and address other areas of concern including iran's destabilizing regional behavior and ballistic missile development and politicization. but with the return to

a full deal looking unlikely negotiations have turned into a bidding war the key issue is financial iran wants an end to the u.s. sanctions which have paralyzed its economy before it will comply with the nuclear commitments but the u.s. insists it must comply 1st before the sanctions can be lifted with the secretary of state saying even once the pact strengthened as that standoff continues the u.n. nuclear agency does what it can to keep some inspections accepting no short notice visits to keep the same number of inspectors on the ground but by conceding that iran's government is clashing with the hardline parliament and the law that if passed last year to reject visits from tuesday if the sanctions remain meanwhile the european bid is clear if demanding germany's foreign minister called for nothing less than full compliance to vindicate the 2015 deal while our white house

correspondent kimberly halkett says that joe biden don't actually have similar positions on the iran nuclear deal just different strategies. the white house press secretary has really been reiterating the positions of the secretary of state and their european allies and and that is that they believe iran is not in compliance with the terms of the agreement so in that way they're not much different in terms of the perspective from an administration as the trumpet ministration where they differ in terms of how they move forward is approach and it's very clear that this is an administration that wants to move forward with diplomacy the foundation of their aronne policy so what we've heard from the white house press secretary is that is the view that they believe that they can move forward and that they are awaiting a response now from iran that iran needs to reply to the european allies about whether or not it's willing to at least sit down and have a discussion the white house says this should no way be sort of perceived as

nuclear talks but instead just a discussion on the pathway forward as you heard the secretary of state there he said he was to lengthen and strengthen the agreement from 2015 and what he means by that is again what the white house later donald trump believes is that there were other actions that iran was involved with the destabilizing the broader region there is the concern about american hostages still being detained all of these issues need to be worked out and so that's what the white house is hoping to do hoping to sit down through their channels as they call it and have these initial discussions again demanding full compliance ultimately as the end state or goal for on the part of iran. diplomatic efforts to end the war in yemen appear to receive a boost when joe biden became u.s. president but the country is now seeing at the daily escalation in violence and coming to office biden ended support for the saudi led coalition which backs the

recognize government and took the who these all for a list of so-called terrorist organizations in addition made by. donald trump just before he left the white house but the who these spent the weeks since in an assault on the government stronghold city of miami but and the region around it the u.n. estimates about a 1000000 internally displaced people have sought shelter in that area while that's hard to confirm many civilians are thought to have died in what's one of the deadliest assaults since 2018. let's speak with the former united nations a special envoy for yemen and been a mad he joins us live now from new york state sir thank you so much for joining us here on out jazeera i mean the yemen a war seems to just keep on getting worse the humanitarian toll it takes is huge what would you like to see the bind of ministration do or would you think they

can do to try to make it better. well 1st i'm very delighted to see if the new urbanists creation is making it clear that there can be no military solution to this war and it is in this context that their point to the special envoy it is in this context that that explore in ways on how the political process you know can be can be pursued the issue here is that we have to keep in mind that although these developments are well come you know it's the same crew in the national security team that supported the. the war in 2050 and the same team that is in charge today so. you know for the emmys many are very skeptical on on what's next but nevertheless in that this is a welcome news the most important sister learned from history and particularly recent history. have been the neighbors meddling in the yemeni affairs.

and lead into this war and the the saudi intervention the sale of intervention around support. for all these. as it were. and is divided between a wide range of armed groups and war lords and war profiteers many in control of large swath of of territory and many have no interest in and into this war what is needed really now is a political process that is inclusive. many stakeholders did not have a seat at the table in the last 6 years of attempts to initiate the peace process it is now to launch a new process and hopefully a lot of the enemies to come together and make a deal on how to move to a more stable peaceful but him and they've done it in the past you can do it again

so who do you think should be behind the pushing of that new peace process where as you say basically all the stakeholders should have a voice say you optimistic that we're going to see anything like that happen any time soon. well the eminent situation became complicated because it became of the larger geo political dispute and rivalries than in the region if humans are left alone you know they will find ways on how to do compromise the problem is now you have neighbors who are very involved each one has a set of clients a set of supporters that they want to promote include in by arming them and pushing them you know to be in control of territory and then you have the permanent. members of the security council competing for business support it is profiting from this war but push an arms sales you know with so the arabia they cannot have it

both ways if it's good to council that this is the highest body in charge of peace and security if they want to promote peace in yemen you know they want to stop competing for 1st competing for pushing arms sales on saudi arabia and on others unfortunately the yemen war is often referred to as a forgotten war it just always seems to be slightly eclipsed in the sort of international narrative and most recently now by cove it i mean do you sense that there will be a kind of urgency do you think that this will be a priority even for the united states. well. the president himself and the central states stated very clearly that it is our their intention to pursue diplomatic solutions and you know this statement very much will come you know the issue here is how they're going to pursue this. the issue

here is whether all the countries meddling in yemeni affairs you know will 'd stand back and allow the yemeni is the space you know for them to make the compromises among themselves i said it to repeatedly said it when i was the u.n. special envoy to yemen i said it's in my life support of the school to council if it were up to it 50 i said that the enemies will need to be allowed the space and the opportunity for them to decide about their future but decide their future free from outside interference and outside coercion that's what is needed now what's her it's been a pleasure getting your views i hope to be able to speak to you again as things will hopefully turn out for the best or at least have some positive developments in yemen itself gemma then amata former united nations special envoy for yemen sir thank you thank you. boeing has asked airlines worldwide to ground the model of its 777 airliner fitted with

a type of engine that partially disintegrated in midair on saturday there is an investigation into what caused the incident on the united airlines flight which rained down they breed in the u.s. state of colorado the united kingdom is now banned the boeing 777 model from entering its airspace. but that's air safety authorities also looking into an incident of the boeing jet a 747 cargo plane fitted with the same engines suffered an engine fire on sunday 2 people on the ground were slightly injured by falling they brienne buildings and cars were damaged. the johns hopkins university which has been tracking global coronavirus numbers has just said the u.s. has passed 500000 deaths let's go to kristen salumi in washington d c obviously we had been expecting this for

a while kristen what do you think the impact of the stumbler will be in the u.s. . well it is another grim milestone that president joe biden plans to mark in just about an hour's time he and his wife jill biden and vice president camila howlers and her husband will gather together in the white house light candles and observe a moment of silence and the president has issued a proclamation calling on all americans to do the same to mark this moment that we have expected but nevertheless comes as quite a shock the death toll now in the united states is more than the death toll from world war one world war 2 and the vietnam war all combined the president said in his proclamation that the only way to move on from this is to remember those who

have been lost and for more on this my colleague. lopez had doyenne has more. it's a staggering number there would have been unfathomable a year ago but now it's a tragic record american spear it's the highest death toll of any country and now scarred by death devastated families and health care workers are coping as best they can but as a frontline health care worker i can understand and i can describe this on the zipper on a body bag makes the death toll is a sober reminder the pandemic isn't over and we're still not out of it by half a 1000000 deaths it's just it's terrible it is historic we haven't seen anything even close to this. next scenes have helped croup infections but for many with

coded there's been little relief in the. disparities of race and money have been exposed for the world to see. it's. already. in a campaign year wherein the facemask became political former president donald trump downplayed the virus which backfired on election day both a covert covert cover that's all they put on because they want to scare the hell out of everyone graduations ristorante president joe biden took the opposite approach urging voters to wear masks and to social distance. for millions of americans the battle extends far beyond politics with no contact allowed in many hospitals this is us post says many families can't get to their loved ones leg and

room window if it's nothing you really want to want to do in life like for a window. to. the vaccines may be offering relief but health officials warn it's not yet time for americans to let their guard down. to the young al jazeera. and christen cash at the end of her report there are mentioning vaccines the experts saying you can't let the guard down but i suppose if you look at the very tragic number of half a 1000000 that i guess at least vaccines are giving some kind of hope in all of this aren't they. absolutely but the rollout of vaccinations here in the united states hasn't been without hiccups and problems along the way just this week we had terrible weather across much of the south western united states that standard efforts there but the administration is saying they do expect to be back

on track with their vaccine efforts later this week the president has set of goal of vaccinating 100000000 americans in his 1st 100 days in office he does appear to be on target to meet that goal $63000000.00 americans have gotten at least one dose so far but that's really only 13 percent of the population here and there's been some issues as well with getting the vaccination once it gets to the states actually getting it to people various states have various ways of doing this it's really comes down to local officials and local places so there's still a lot of people who need to get those vaccines and a lot of issues to be worked out but the fatality rate and the infection rate here in the united states has fallen quite significantly significantly in recent days so there are there is reason to hope yeah kristen salumi with the latest the from

washington d.c. kristen thank you. ok well jim is here now with the sports and gym of the coronavirus unfortunately having an impact in the world of sports as well absolutely barbara yes france and scotland's that rogue regimes actually will have to wait to find out if the 6 nations game will go ahead this week off to 5 more french plaza tested positive for corona virus captain a shell of all along cases that's now 10 players in total it with the virus as well as the head coach tournament officials will meet on wednesday to decide of sunday's match in paris can take place if it condo be rescheduled to the earliest possible date fronts that leave the 6 nations off to 2 wins from sea. now you've been hearing all about how the u.k. will ease the current of our us restrictions and that means fans could be back in stadiums for the final day of the premier league football season the government will run a series of pilots' events in april and if successful up to $10000.00 people will be allowed in grounds for matches but not before the 17th of may that means that we

know supporters at wembley for the f.a. cup final which is 2 days before but fans could go and see the conclusion of the premier league season the following weekend relatives will be without top scorer cameron benzema for that champions league last 16 match with ass atlanta on wednesday the strikers is still recovering from the ankle injury which kept him out of saturday's win against several files and it wral of just 11 senior outfield players fit for the 1st leg against the italian side their city rivals athletic a widget have arrived in bucharest ahead of their round of 16 game with chelsea the match had to be moved to remain a because of travel restrictions preventing visitors from the u.k. entering spain. disadvantage for for at least equal to lose their home ground we don't have to talk around that is obvious. so we really quipped yeah i feel clearly yes it's very easy to answer i love what i see on

a daily basis. by media covering training had a vegan against last year and wrote him a sense clinching best 6 title in 12 months with a victory at the fifa club world cup in qatar the european champions have been struggling domestically but also without several of their 1st team players including thomas mother and benjamin pav all following positive tests they have a good artist for if you can i was going to win on i have said that i do not want to search for excuses but we know what has happened throughout the last few days so of course i want my team to be present in the match right from the beginning they've proved that again in the game we have an idea of how to play football and we want to see that right from the 1st minute from. i'll start an open tennis champion if that joke of it says his 9th win in melbourne was one of the most challenging of his career the who beat down on medvedev in the final was criticised before the tournament his list of quarantine demands for the players in lock down it was also accused of exaggerating a stomach injury in his 3rd round match. i learned

a lot of lessons learned a lot of things you know. about myself and about. everything that was going on in the last 56 weeks. but i think that everything that was happening on and off the court 'd makes makes this victory even even better and even sweeter came here i can is preparing for his 19th season in formula one but isn't to show how is out for him a a car will handle new world changes in the sport reichen it and teammate antonio given at sea we're in poland as the team officially launched a new car this season opening australian grand prix was perspiring with pandemic so the 1st race will be in bahrain next month and the finnish driver isn't fazed by the prospect of another year of covert disruptions. being similar to what we had last year so it's it's it's the new normal. it's just different but that it

all worked out ok and this is a bit more quiet that the tracks are less people but i think generally you know everybody's small used to it and it works ok we can go racing and it is try to stay as safe as we can so far spain working well. staying with mates thought in 6 time mate a g.p. world champion mark mark has isn't targeting another title this season the spanish rider had 3 operations on his arm last year after crashing in the 1st round of the 2020 championship he still isn't sure if he'll be recovered in time for the season opener in qatar next month and his target of a 2021 is a simple one normally the go for a for a season for either a normal east that i do to win the time and i don't broad i do fine. to fight for the chairmanship but these 221 is completely different my main goal is

that i do enjoy the game in the body and new zealand have thrashed australia in the 1st of 5 a t 20 cricket internationals devon conway started with the bat his unbeaten 9959. 1945 in christchurch australia collapsed to 19 for 4 and never recovered from their state of the ball as he took 4 wickets the aussies all out for a 131 is new zealand one by 53 runs off their biggest margin of victory for them in this side right win for them that is a real sport for me but that's great gemma thank you now the u.s. space agency nasa has released the 1st pictures of the perseverance rover landing on the surface of mars it's the 1st time a mars landing has been captured on video the craft was lowered gently to the red planet surface on thursday by the sky crane lander it's already sent back pictures

from the surface and is expected to start moving around and the exploring its new home by the end of the months. were perseverance also sent back the 1st ever or do you have recording from mars so this for the 1st time is what it sounds like on the surface of the breadth. well now we know art specialists in norway say they figured out the story behind the mysterious message found on a world famous painting. the scream as a hidden inscription that reads can only have been painted by a madman so they've questioned whether it could have been an act of vandalism but tests by norway's national museum using infrared technology confirm the artist wrote the words himself that's it for the news hour stay with us i'm going to be

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outside is really since the coronavirus pandemic upfront smuggler montell cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom hope for the future of the ivory coast goes to the polls for its column entry elections. march on al-jazeera. mount vesuvius is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. but not everyone feels living in its shadow. with good food so perhaps there is something like medic about the soviets the people who don't live in the midst of. 0 world goes to the red zone near naples. to understand this unusual love of. living with a volcano on al-jazeera. from the from venice of caracas so the battlefields around also our job is to get to the

truth and empower people through knowledge. from the world's most populated regions . in-depth stories from across asia and lisa think. type mass culture and conflict in politics when i went east on al-jazeera. america remembers more than half a 1000000 people killed by covert 19 the united states worst health crisis in over a century. on the other side of the atlantic the vaccination rollout helps lead england out of lockdown boris johnson reveals his roadmap. hello i'm barbara sara this is al jazeera live from.