this nation will smile again this nation will know sunny days to keep remembering the lives lost to covert 19 u.s. president joe biden wholes memorial to mark the 500000 deaths awards against becoming complacent. as a whole robert you're watching officer life my headquarters here in doha also coming up. when i traveling on a one way road to freedom. the u.k.

prime minister's laid out his roadmap to lift covert 900 restrictions in england hoping that life could get back to normal by the end of june. also police in georgia attempted to take an opposition members a day after parliament approved a new prime minister. demonstrators it be about keep up the pressure on the military and a small country supposed sanctions a response to this month's coup. welcome to the program the u.s. has recorded more than a half a 1000000 deaths from cave in 19 the highest toll in the world despite efforts to ramp up vaccinations about 2000 americans are still dying every day. the bells tolled 500 times the national cathedral in battery of those killed it's

just been over a year now since the u.s. recorded its thirst death from the virus more than 28000000 people have been affected since that kristen slavey reports from washington d.c. . president joe biden marked the somber milestone from the white house acknowledges the half 1000000 lost to cove it 19 not as a number but as individuals the people we lost were extraordinary they span 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 can accept such a cool for a while before i knew this pandemic for so long we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow after addressing the nation the president headed outside for

a moment of silence 500 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 a 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 on january 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 hear he said we must remember kristen salumi al-jazeera washington. england could c.n.n. tomorrow is quote a virus restrictions by the end of june prime minister barak's 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 are delayed the fact reports now from london. 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 has 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 or 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 contacts 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 off destructions the last thing anyone wants is for a taste of normality to be suddenly taken away neve barker al-jazeera london. police in georgia home of stall the offices of the opposition to stop its leader from holding anti-government protests. is demanding new elections after last year's disputed parliamentary polls georgia's parliament voted on monday to approve a new prime minister and cabinet let's get the very latest now from robin forestay

walker joins me now from tbilisi the capital what seems to be happening right now robin. so as i understand it the police successfully. building and taken. across today. and obviously they've been able to carry out that action had the authority they had in the arrest warrant and they are arresting him for not having paid his bail money or additional bail money required to pay. for his involvement in attempting to school parliament more than 2 years ago. what they were doing they were there were many police that it's surrounded his party offices of the united national movements very chaotic scenes there if they wanted to avoid any form of visual spectacle they failed because all the local media were able to.

thousands of households will have woken up to this shocking scenes of. putting an opposition leader of the united. nations r.t. taking him into custody do you think the public going to react to this because of the as you say they got a wake up to it we expect demonstrations on the streets or will it just a sort of. what's happened. i think it's a lot of concern that there will now be a period. of instability there is already going to crisis in this country the opposition a number of parties including the main one have boycotted parliament after elections last year that they claim was false the international community has been

using quite a lot of strong words basically the western governments. from european union and u.s. embassy and they will be saying calling could come calling for both sides to actually come to the negotiation table and another indicator that this is a very divisive move is that the prime minister that has now come into what was replacing his predecessor who stood down over this whole issue the former prime minister had said that he didn't see arresting his opponents as a particularly. useful movie thinkings and sort of uniting georgia and his successor has now has a reputation for being very hardline has gone straight in and done what he said needed to be done which was to arrest the opposition leader but that is likely now to cause shock waves through the political scene in georgia and i would be very

surprised if we don't now seen demonstrations by the opposition and against this action which is taking place this morning the rest of nick america will continue to monitor what happens in the coming hours with the robert frost a walk in a forest enjoy just capital tbilisi. now the united states and the european union have impose new sanctions talk to me about his military leaders and it comes as thousands of people continue to protest against the coup that forced down the civilian government earlier this month the army has been increasing its use of force against demonstrators 3 have been killed since the protests began 20 chang is following developments from across the border in the thai capital bangkok. we understand the protest is 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 be clicked 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 me but the protesters who came out in massive numbers just certainly made the point that civilian opposition to the military coup is pretty universal it's going across ethnic down trees all cross 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 not sure but they have been very effective in the last week shutting down parts of the civil service public transport many hospitals are running on best kelis and staff and that will continue to push pressure on the military. well still ahead here on al-jazeera health experts not diggity on the search for silent killer we have more the efforts to halt the a boat outbreak also think oh doctor. a

martian landing nasa releases a 1st of a kind video of its perseverance rover descending on to the red planet those stories after the break. 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 we go through tuesday but nothing much to speak of the wet weather will be to mold possible 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 southward 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 try to position around $23.00 celsius in the sunshine right across the u.a.e. into amman into much of yemen western yemen could catch a shero today we could catch a shower to central areas of ethiopia or like to see the showers down towards uganda towards kenya some heavy showers coming through here some heavy showers too into where tanzania also seeing some wetter weather but that trouble side playing 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. on counting the cost of the prosperous president we delve into just how wealthy plot america person is at a time when the rest of russia isn't back plus the rise of main stocks where there's plenty of money to be made in almost none of it is about the coal business

. counting the costs on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right. washer. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so rob a reminder of our top news story the united states has now recorded more than half a 1000000 deaths in covert 19 by far the highest death toll in the world flags are at half staff and president joe biden all of the victims with a moment of silence. police in georgia have stormed the offices of the opposition

and detained its leader the camillia is demanding new elections after last year's disputed part of a tree poll. and the u.s. and the european union have imposed sanctions talk to me military leaders the cubs us thousands of people continue to protest against the coup that forced out the civilian government earlier this month. the congolese government is blaming a real wondered who to rebel group for an attack on a u.s. convoy that killed the italian ambassador luca at the last year as a bodyguard and driver also died in the ambush in the east a democratic republic of congo italy's president has condemned the attack as cowardly catherine so reports. they were on a mission to chew in loft cuple province to visit a school feeding program one of the many world food programme project supports in the democratic republic of congo their journey ended here in the virunga national park several kilometers from the provincial capital goma they tell you an

ambassador his bodyguard and their driver were killed in a crossfire between park rangers and gunmen during an ambush on their convoy several other people injured. but we are activating all the relevant institutions to get to the truth 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 such a dangerous area the authorities in north keep saying they were not aware embassador was in town the ses it had been cleared to use that tool without escort 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 a 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 last month this is

a fast major attack on a big u.n. organization like the. other park is steaming with rebels who target game ranges civilians and other enjoy convoys to steal kidnap and demand ransom the security problem however goes beyond this pot of 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 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 the 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 areas live in constant fear hoping but not confident the forces that have struggled to defeat the rebels for yez will one day succeed catherine saw al-jazeera. 11000 doses of a bowl of vaccine and 200 health experts have landed in getting its capital conakry after a resurgence of the virus at least 5 people have died in the latest outbreak which was declared an epidemic earlier this month the cripples they work like detectives trying to trace a silent killer a ball of 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 go though you know i feel powerless night and day i cry why did you have to go he is not alone in doubting you bowl as resurgence at the epicenter 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 are seeing here is no good deal people are just that some haven't come up to the market so those people you see here are foreigners 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 with this big way to a lot of people in small villages. 11000 vaccines and 200 health workers have just arrived in guinea's capital to help manage this latest outbreak the doses will go to frontline health workers and close contacts patients are being treated in. crete and little by the money and border almost a month after louis mother died of a paula the virus is spreading nicholas hawking al-jazeera. kuwait has

announced it's closing old land and sea border crossings from wednesday has a chance to get on top of its credit iris infections the closure will stay in place until the end of the government says it won't affect shipping operations and exclude some domestic workers and people employed in the neutral zone now the gulf nation the entry of citizens on saturday. lines around the well to ground some of its triple 7 jets to the. cross possibly decide to crisis and on saturday an investigation is underway into what calls the incidents which got to daybreak of a residential areas in the u.s. state of colorado $100.00 possible from chicago where he 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 barrier not ever airports are united required. to. thank you if you are ready to depart 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 force like the maps problem was still after the grounding of a max plane that was expected to be the company's most lucrative in

a pandemic that's kept millions of passengers on the ground the 770 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 a still having issues with water access after a severe winter storm caused widespread damage last week now many have been queuing for hours to get food and water at local churches and shopping malls the storm caused major blackouts and damaged infrastructure nearly 17000 people remain without power. brazil state oil company petro had a $30000000000.00 wiped off its value after its c.e.o. was ousted by president eyeball so narrow the company's shares plunged 22 percent on monday after the government nominated an r.v. general with no oil and gas experience as its new boss. had criticised the firm's market driven pricing policy after truck drivers threatened to strike over the

rising cost of fuel. a standoff between the australian government and facebook over the publication of news content looks to be settled the social media firm says it'll restore straightly and news pages in the next few days the decision comes after the government agreed to embed legislation that would make tech giants pay for australian news content. and for the 1st time ever the u.s. space agency has captured a bar's landing of the video nasa released the 1st pictures of its perseverance rover descending on to the surface of the red planet ready to search for ancient signs of life laura burt badly reports that's our kind of. an historic moment for nasa the 1st ever color video of the spacecraft landing on. a planet more than 200000000 kilometers from ours. and it's been the one we've been

dreaming about for years and let me give you a quick warning to not blink because things go really fast here you can see that you get a sense really of how violent that parity deplane inflation are the 2700000000 dollar 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 things learned they did nothing had really thought. 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. 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. on to the 1000 a drill into new to detach to explore the this. piece to get the 6 pick choose to create a panoramic of the dusty motion on scape. no the river. scientists are

hoping to find. the proof of life 150 on the right plan. weaving has been celebrated for generations in libya but there are fears that the traditional craft is dying out. to go to is one of the last weavers in tripoli's old city and says he wants to pass on the tradition. my name is abdul basset 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 try 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 and 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 leaving. your child is there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the united states has now recorded more than a half a 1000000 deaths and gave it 19 by far the highest toll in the world flags are.