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covert by restrictions in england hoping that life could get back to normal by the end of june. also italy's ambassador to democratic republic of congo was killed in an attack on a u.n. convoy in the east sea blades or one that hutu group. demonstrates is a mere barkeep up the pressure on the military as more countries impose sanctions to protest this month's coup. welcome to the program the u.s. has recorded more than half a 1000000 deaths from cave it 19 the highest toll of the world despite efforts to rob vaccinations about 2000 americans are still dying every day. the bells tolled 500 times at the national cathedral in beverly of those killed

it's been just over a year since the u.s. recorded its 1st death of the virus both a 28000000 people a feat infected since then christensen leaving reports now from washington d.c. president joe biden marked the somber milestone from the white house acknowledging the half 1000000 lost to cope with 19 not as a number but as individuals the people we lost were extraordinary they spanned generations born in america emigrated to america but just like that so many of them took their final breath alone in america as a nation we can't accept such a cruel fate while we were fighting this pandemic for so long we have to resist become the norm to the sorrow. after addressing the nation the president headed outside for a moment of silence $500.00 candles lit 450-0000 dead and we're still not out

of it a half a 1000000 deaths it's just it's terrible it is historic we haven't seen anything even close to this the grim milestone comes after winter storm stalled vaccination efforts in parts of the nation so far just over 80 percent of the doses that are available have been administered health officials say they should be back on track this week backs and eating at a rate of $1800000.00 shots per day while hospitalizations and pay tallies remain high the most of any country in the world they've begun to decline dramatically cove in 19 in the united states has been declining for 5 weeks with the 7 day average dropping 74 percent since the 7 day average 'd and. the president has promised to vaccinate 100000000 americans in his 1st 100 days in office and white house officials expect to meet that goal but that may be small comfort to those

who've lost a loved one nevertheless the president offered the grieving a message of hope you could be ok and to heal he said we must remember kristen salumi al-jazeera washington. england could see it in 2 ways credible risk restrictions by the end of june prime minister boris johnson has laid out a cautious and irreversible plan to start lifting measures from next month but it could all come to a halt if infection rates rise all vaccinations delayed the bark reports not love them. the long road out of lockdown 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 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 contacts will be a priority for 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 pfizer and 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. 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 apart include 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 bark at al jazeera london. the congolese government is blaming a rwandan hutu rebel group for an attack on a u.n. convoy that killed the italian ambassador luca. bodyguard and driver also died in the ambush the eastern democratic republic of congo italy's president has condemned the attack as cowardly catherine so reports. they were on

a mission to ritual in loft cuple province to visit a school feeding program one of the many world food programme projects supports in the democratic republic of congo the journey ended here in the virunga national park several kilometers from the provincial capital goma they tally and ambassador his bodyguard and their driver were killed in a crossfire between park rangers and gunmen during the numbers on that convoy several other people injured. we are activating all the relevant institutions to get to the truth that soon as possible about this cowardly attack that these 2 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 or army escort in saturday interest area the authorities in north keep saying they were not aware embassador was in town he says it had been

cleared to use that road without escorts the location of this attack is almost exactly the same place where to practice her may 2018 so it's kind of a real evidence of this long standing 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 f.b.i. or the park is steaming with rebels who target game ranges civilians and other n.g.o.s 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 many thousands of people including un 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 in a kind of long standing 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. go 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 areas live in constant fear hoping but not confident the forces that have struggled to defeat the rebels for yez will gandhi succeed catherine soy al-jazeera. the united states and the european union have impose new sanctions targeting military leaders over this month's coup comes as the army has been increasing its use of force against a civil disobedience campaign calling for the release of the ousted leader and son

suci 3 protesters have been killed since demonstrations began tony chain is monitoring events force across the border in the thai capital bangkok tony more demonstrations continue in some parts of the country. yes we understand the protesters are already starting to filter back onto the streets of yangon this morning the internet which for the last week has been turned off every night seems to just been flipped back on new starting to filter out again i don't think we'll see the huge numbers that we saw yesterday and probably not in as many places across but the protesters who came out in massive numbers yesterday certainly made the point that civilian opposition to the military coup is pretty universal it's going across ethnic boundaries it's. all across the country and it is very widely supported so they've certainly made

a point that i think what we will see continuing is the civil disobedience movement . to what extent are not sure but they have been very effective in the last week the shutting down parts of the civil service public transport many hospitals are running on best skeleton staff and that will continue to push pressure on the military as they maintain this stone it also seems to be a diplomatic brewing between b. and bar. over by what's going on. well i think it's not that much of a row the malaysians have 1200 illegal immigrants from me a mother they've been wanting to send mine has sent ships rights groups within malaysia saying that although this was planned before the coup now the coup has happened it's changed the situation quite dramatically and they will be sending back people from ethnic backgrounds who could be considerably more risk being

received by a government the malaysians have said they're not sending back any. that they are going to keep to this agreement i think from what i understand the last gasp efforts by groups in malaysia to stop this going had been dismissed we're expecting those people the people back on the ships at least 8 to be sent off to me on my but i think it illustrates the point that the governments in this region although many of them have expected expressed mild unhappiness at the coup they really just want business to get back to usual and i think the generals in myanmar know that so they will be doing as much as they possibly can to keep their relationship with. their south east asian neighbors as smooth as possible for that but that's rubbish tony chang now for us of bangkok well still ahead here

on al-jazeera they go dr. martin love doing the releases a 1st of a kind video of its perseverance rover descending on to the red planet. also losing the thread in libya we need one of the last we visited to please old city trying to preserve a dying tradition to stay with us here on officer. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello we've got rain sleet and snow in the forecast for parts of the middle east over the next couple of days not too much of them places a little line a cloud just around iran across central parts of saudi arabia might see

a spot or 2 of rain even here in qatar as a go through tuesday but nothing much to speak of the wet weather will be thin walled postle saudi arabia let's look a little further north we've got some snow around the caucasus georgia or armenia azerbaijan you can see some snow here over the next couple of days which will sink its way for further southwards to northern parts of iran still a few spotty showers and we say they would see northern areas of saudi arabia and we could catch a shower or 2 here in caught up with. the funny dry temperatures around $23.00 celsius in the sunshine right across the u.a.e. into amman into much of yemen western yemen could catch a shower with say we could catch a shower to central areas of ethiopia or like to see the showers down towards you canned towards k.v.'s some heavy showers coming through here some heavy showers too into where tanzania also seeing some wetter weather but that trouble cycling down in the process of pulling out of the way i'm pleased to say now the disturbance just developing towards northern parts of madagascar over the next couple of days.

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back i want you all just there with me cell rovna reminder of all the top stories the united states has now recorded more than half a 1000000 deaths from covert 19 by far the highest told in the world flags at half staff for president joe biden all of the victims with a bow but to silence british prime minister boris johnson has laid out his plan to lift pandemic restrictions schools are due to reopen all bosh the a $32.00 people from separate households will be allowed to meet outside. the united states of the european beauty of have imposed new sanctions talk to me of hours military leaders of this month's coup the army has been increasing its use of force against a civil disobedience campaign calling for the release of the ousted leader suchi. iran's top clerical bodies says there'll be no further negotiations with the u.s. on the 2050 nuclear deal of the assembly of experts voted to iran to review the agreement known as the joint a comprehensive plan of action

a recent deal between the government of the un's nuclear watchdog is also facing opposition from hardline iranian politicians its losses vectors to continue monitoring to iran's nuclear facilities for up to 3 months but opponents say it's illegal and what president hassan rouhani to be punished for it the u.s. says it not only wants to return to the iran nuclear deal but it wants to strengthen and extend it 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. the united states is prepared to do the same working with allies and partners we will also seek to lengthen and strengthen the j.c. and address other areas of concern including iran's destabilizing regional behavior and ballistic missile development and proliferation. $11000.00 doses of

a bone vaccine to $200.00 health experts are glad to give these kinds of concrete after a resurgence of the virus at least 5 people have died in the latest outbreak which was declared an epidemic earlier this month because after reports. they work like detectives trying to trace a silent killer aboard the health workers question the son of a nurse who died from the virus in early february asking questions on what she ate where she went and what she did did he see anything unusual before her death still in shock he calls out to his deceased mother. i can't stop crying. but we don't really know is this true are they lying to us though you know i feel powerless night and day i cry why did you have to go he is not alone in doubting a bull is resurgence at the at the center of the outbreak the regional market is

bustling despite a ban on public gatherings worse meat from wild animals known to harbor a bola is sold in stalls. what you see years noted people are just that some haven't come into the market so those people you see here for an hour from neighboring countries in 2015 more than 11000 people died in 20000 were infected after the virus spread from guinea's forest region to neighboring liberia and sierra leone the outbreak was contained after an experimental vaccine was distributed but not before health workers were attacked by people who did not believe in the virus infected patients were kept in isolation and the dead were taken away buried without their families being present a good listen we know is that instead of doing everything right it was safe we have to give. to the population then to do. it is to manage to break by them said we cannot continue coming which is a big way to

a lot of people in small villages. 11000 vaccines and 200 health workers have just arrived in guinea's capital cannot create to help manage this latest outbreak the doses will go to frontline health workers and close contacts patients are being treated in. corner creek and little by the 1000000 border almost a month after louis mother died of a paula the virus is spreading nicholas hockey al-jazeera. has announced it's closing all land and sea border crossings from wednesday as it tries to get on top of a crowd of virus infection now the closure will stay in place until the end of march but the government says it won't affect shipping operations that excludes some domestic workers people employed in the neutral zone the gulf nation bar the entry of non-citizens on saturday. after months of denials tanzania's president has admitted the current virus is a problem in his country jordan made the comments after the funeral of

a senior politician who had the virus the president declared cronus virus free last may and said covert 19 could be defeated by prayer authorities of blame you bonior for a recent rise in deaths but a number of tanzania's traveling overseas have tested positive for the virus. 5 make a boeing has asked allies around the world to ground some of its triple 7 jets. on one cross possibly decide to grace it's a saturday and investigation is underway into what cools he had students which got to daybreak of a residential areas in the u.s. state of colorado childhood hospital for the chicago where is based. for boeing a fiery flight leads to another plane grounding in a 2 year corporate spiral more than $100.00 boeing triple 7 aircraft with a specific type of pratt and whitney engine have been pulled out of service after an exploding engine on united flight 328 over the skies of colorado led to an

emergency u. turn very not ever ever carried out of required. to. take if you are going to hurt immediately in the u.s. federal aviation regulators have demanded stepped up inspections of the engine type that rained down on a home soccer pitch in streets of colorado. before the plane landed remarkably with no injuries inside or outside of the plane. aviation experts blame hollow engine blades that apparently broke off and started the fire it not only blew through the case and blew through the column but actually penetrated the fuselage damaging the fuselage the wing and blowing out a window causing a deep pressurization that led boeing managers in chicago to call for the global grounding of a limited number of 770 seven's that had been flying only from the u.s. japan and south korea the u.s. federal aviation administration is now investigating whether the fan blades failed

because they were damaged and that damage went undetected in routine inspection or whether there was a manufacturing flaw that led to the explosion that could mean wider problems. analysts say this engine failure is less catastrophic for boeing than the flight control problems found to have caused 2 crashes that killed 346 passengers in grounded then brand new 737 max aircraft for nearly 2 years it's just now returning to service this is the kind of thing which happens from time to time with highly stressed modern machinery a fault which hadn't been detected before suddenly makes itself known and everything is frozen for a while while an inspection takes place to try and correct it this is not a total systemic fault like the maps problem was still after the grounding of a max plane that was expected to be the company's most lucrative and a pandemic which kept millions of passengers on the ground the $770.00 seven's

problems mark another black eye for an already bettered company john hendren al-jazeera chicago. nearly 8000000 people in the u.s. state of texas are still having issues with water access after a severe winter storm caused widespread damage last week but they have been queuing for hours to get water of food at local churches of shopping malls the storm caused major blackouts and damaged infrastructure nearly 70000 people remain without power brazil's state oil company petrobras. $30000000000.00 wiped off its value after its c.e.o. was ousted by president scheibel sonera the company's shares plunged 22 percent of the day after the government dominated an army general with the oil and gas experience as its new boss paulson r.-o. had criticized the firm's market driven pricing policy after truck drivers threatened to strike over the rising cost of fuel. now for the 1st time ever the

u.s. space agency has captured the bar's landing of video release the 1st pictures of its perseverance rover the subject of the surface of the red planet ready to search for answers signs of life laura better badly reports that are kind of. an historic moment for nasa the 1st ever color video of a spacecraft landing on. a planet more than 200000000 kilometers from ours. that's what we've been dreaming about for years and let me give you a quick warning to not blink as things go really fast here you can see that you get a sense really of how violent that parachute deploy and inflation are the $2700000000.00 perseverance rosa is on a mission to explore the red planet for ancient signs of life it was

a nail biting moment the scientists who have to wait several minutes to receive the signal that it had successfully landed on the just very crater that said to be an ancient really bad that carried water billions of years ago. it's not just video of those days landing did nothing had released. this is the microphone that was part of the e.t.o. system i invite you now to if you would like to close your eyes and just imagine yourself sitting on the surface of mars. it will take a few weeks for the rover to get rolling on its heavy duty wheels the team will 1st check all systems software and test the instruments it will allow us to do further in depth check out to be a shipment we have our core drill in the center are pixel and charlie instruments mounted to the side and that black is to support the gut gas dust removal

which will remove dust from the surfaces that we will be inspecting later and in the 1000 moons i drove into new to detach to explore to see this. nasa has also pieced together the 6 pick choose to create a panoramic of the dusty motion on scape. well the river. scientists are hoping to find. the proof of life one think 50 on the red planet. we think has been celebrated for generations in libya but there are fears that traditional craft is dying all of the last we visit to please old city is out of the bus it's a good thing he wants to pass all the tradition. up and my name is abdul bustle

judy i work as a weaver making traditional products with cotton on the saloon. i have the shop in the old city in an area called the 4 columns and i work along this loom is one of the older ones in the late 1940 s. and fifty's newer models came on the market using silk and other materials but this one uses cotton now continuing this craft my grandfather taught my father and he taught me but as for the new generation if you have learnt uncle abdullah was a weaver but after he passed away his shop closed and it's still empty because he didn't teach anyone we should teach this craft so it's passed on from generation to generation and won't die out but it's a dying tradition it's been neglected i tried to open a school for decades under gadhafi is government but nothing happened. this government has promised me it will help me open a school for traditional crafts like weaving it's allocated a space for us we can move into it in march as for me i hope our country becomes

a better and this craft doesn't die i welcome anyone who wants to learn and i hope to teach at the school so the generations to come can enjoy making traditional crafts through weaving. well you can follow that story at all that we're covering including the death toll to that health believe that the u.s. on our web site is updated throughout the day is there a doctor called. your child is there with me so rob a reminder of our top news stories the united states has now recorded more than a half a 1000000 deaths from cave in 19 by far the highest toll in the world flags at half staff and president joe biden commemorate to the victims with a moment of silence the people we lost were extraordinary they span generations born in america emigrated to america but just

like they had so many of them took their final breath alone in america.