david stern board so let's leave simplicity to the headline joining me is our take on the dismantle the misconceptions. the contradictions. and it started you know from. 0. hello there i'm mr this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes u.s. health regulators are set to approve the johnson and johnson vaccine after studies found it to be highly effective in preventing coded $1000.00 including variants dawna becomes the 1st nation to receive vaccines as part of a global scheme to ensure less wealthy countries being left behind.

protesters marched in myanmar as the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand for crisis talks. unpaid and undervalued a chinese court ruling granting compensation for household wedding news the debate over the value of women's labor. in the un human rights chief accuses systematically ignoring rights abuses during the civil war the government calls that report unjustified. i'm john ash with the sport a tiger woods is recovering in hospital following his car crash in los angeles the 15 time major champion had surgery to repair a serious leg injury i'll bring you the latest this hour. on the drive to end the coronavirus demick is picking up speed new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effect. in preventing severe covered 19

and could even get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of this week the single shot vaccine has been tested now in the u.s. brazil and south africa and studies show it is highly effective in combating those more aggressive variants of the virus and europe's inoculation program is also gathering pace e.u. countries are set to discuss vaccination certificates for their citizens as part of efforts to stimulate travel through the summer meanwhile garner has become the 1st country to receive free vaccines through that international crude vax scheme astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital accra just a short time ago having been flown in from india. begins our coverage. here in vaccine to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against covert 19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of $600000.00 from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than $2000000000.00 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents this cause not programs

about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let the say the better off countries that have been effected from this and from today will be equity gone the plant's inoculates around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign but is still not enough and the government says it's working on securing more doses. almost $2500000.00 people worldwide have died from corona virus so far rich countries have been able to buy far more vaccines in poorer ones and while kovacs has managed to raise $6000000000.00 in needs at least another 2000000000 to meet its targets the 2021 this is only financed now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the all the citizens the workers people who school more e.t.s. you know but we need much. more taxes and financing so we can vaccinate everybody

just like if you walk in the rich world countries to receive the lifesaving vaccines next we'll include some of the poorest countries in the world including haiti democratic republic of congo and afghanistan where the kovacs program will cover 20 percent of its 38000000 population the global race for doses has met the high income countries can more easily do deals with vaccine manufacturers than low income ones so the world health organization and unit urging those companies to prioritise contracts with kovacs and ensure fair distribution worldwide so far 200 term 1000000 doses of vaccine have been are globally but half of those are just 2 countries and 80 percent are in just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you 2 are still a single dose after a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there's hope this is the beginning of the

path to recovery for those most affected and those that are most vulnerable sort of jazeera all over in the u.s. cities have opened massive vaccination sites in sports stadia as the government tries to ramp up distribution now some of those largest are normally used by n.f.l. football teams but one city has rejected calls to use it arena instead taking a more personal approach to the vaccine rolled out cable elizondo reports now from philadelphia. earlier this month at levi's stadium in san francisco home to the 40 niners professional football team was opened and people weren't celebrating touchdowns right in real life but instead cofa 1900 facts a nation's health officials transformed the stadium into a giant vaccination site and expect to be able to administer up to 15000 shots a day for more than can be done daily at a hospital pharmacy or community center so far 7 n.f.l.

stadiums have been opened as mass spec's nation sites all over the country with more next month the n.f.l. has told president joe biden all 32 stadiums are available but notably one city has taken a different approach this is lincoln financial field home to the philadelphia eagles football team it's a huge distillery inside seats for more than 67000 people and over 170 different private suites and outside more than 22000 parking spots in theory this is the perfect place for a mass vaccination site however the city of philadelphia has said no thanks in january philadelphia teamed up with a start up company run by a college student with no medical qualifications to administer vaccines at a mass vaccination site it was plagued by accusations of mismanagement and fraud

and shut down 3 weeks after it opened to stanford when you look at these bio down a vaccine. what is it represent to you. live the. city officials have since redoubled efforts to take vaccines to neighborhoods with people like dr a list stanford the founder of black doctors couvade 1000 consortium. black people in philadelphia make up 44 percent of the population and over 50 percent of the covert deaths but in the early stages only made up 10 percent of those being vaccinated that's gone up considerably to over 20 percent we're not there yet at all and so that's why it needs to continue these vaccination efforts in these communities and we want to go to them there are so many places that are set up that are not easily accessible that people perceive as barriers to get vaccinated and so

we want to be the way we always were going to the people city officials say they might use the stadium in the future but will need a lot more doses of the vaccine to make it work if we were to set up one of the states that looked at financial field the only way we could do it only we could support it is to pull those is out of the community out of those pharmacies out of those community health centers and that's not something we're willing to do at this point for a city bucking the trend of mega vaccination sites saying bigger isn't necessarily better when getting the shots to those who need them the most keep rosendo. philadelphia well now the well bank is threatening to spend $34000000.00 and financing for coronavirus vaccines and 11 on the bank is investigating accusations that politicians and oculus sit in parliament without prior approval a top lebanese official supervising vaccine rolled out called those revelations outrageous and has threatened to step down. well revelations that senior ministers

jumped the queue to get there are accusations also dogging peru and now argentina the health minister there has already resigned president about her fernandez has said his behavior was unforgivable to raise about reports now from buenos aires. dozens of people over 80 years old attended this vaccinations for him when a site is the place has been specially set up to receive them. kooky who did not want to reveal her real name told us she feels an enormous sense of relief after receiving the vaccine and from being isolated from her family for many months at a profitable radical synchronously i am very worried for my children and my grandchildren the pandemic has changed our lives with our loved ones i need to hug my family kiss my children i can do that once i get the 2nd dose. the government started the vaccination campaign in january for now argentina is using russia sputnik v.

and india's kovi shield vaccines the 1st doses were meant to protect health and essential workers and now the elderly but not everything is going as planned argentina's vaccination campaign came under scrutiny following reports that people with political connections had early access to the obit 19 vaccine this generated the resignation of the minister of health and the government published a list of those benefitted from its members of the opposition are saying that this did not happen in one hospital or in several parts of the country. around 70 people were included in the initial list among them politicians journalists and businessmen. the controversy has damaged the government's credibility and angered the population. president i want to fight a man this who is currently mexico said he already took the necessary measures to prevent the v.i.p. vaccination program from happening again. i hate privileges i don't use

them and don't need them i can't stand that this happens i'm sorry that some of my people did and i already spoke about what ideas and took measures to correct it and i'm asking prosecutors to check the penal code we can answer for the things we does . to no court in mexico's president one of his allies in the region said the problem is the shortage of vaccines he says latin america has received only a small percentage of the vaccines available worldwide because that. these are human rights the right to health and the right to life their basic rights but it's not working out of 80 countries that have the vaccine 10 have secured 80 percent of the doses. access to the vaccine is important to help jumpstart latin american economies and distributing them fairly to those who desperately need them is crucial to save lives. when

a society as well malaysia is the latest country in southeast asia to start its covered $1000.00 vaccination drive and there the prime minister was the 1st to get the job and yet now more than 100000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine arrived ahead of its planned route out next month just a washington takes a look at inoculation campaigns around the region. at a health clinic in the city of which are giant the laser's prime minister kicks off his country's corona virus vaccine campaign the southeast asian nation plans to vaccinate 80 percent of its population of 32000000 by next year. in neighboring indonesia at one of the world's largest mosques thousands of religious leaders are being vaccinated this week in jakarta using the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceuticals manufacturer a sign of ike. the dr is part of the push to encourage more engine nations to accept the vaccine that. they have a target of 17000000 public workers

a religious leaders and 21000000 elderly people hopefully the 2nd phase will be finished by the end of june indonesia is the worst affected country in southeast asia with more than 35000 confirmed deaths thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers this week using the same sign of aca back scene the country has received 200000 doses more will arrive next month the day. i thank china percent ing us the 1st batch of vaccines this month the vaccines will keep arriving as planned the philippines is yet to start its vaccine rollout and its labor department has sparked anger suggesting it was open to allowing more nurses to work in foreign countries in exchange for vaccines from europe when we 1st. read and heard about it but we are sad then we were heard of this embrace as if we are like an object not by the bank we did see and

vietnam has been praised as one of the world's best performers in handling the virus and now it's received its 1st shipment of vaccines it will be hoping that it will continue when it starts rolling them out next month jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta while there is plenty more ahead on this news hour including a landmark ruling a german court sentenced as a former syrian secret police officer to prison. anti-government activists go on trial in lebanon accused of terrorism during last month's protests. and india's cricketers take control of the test against england all of that's coming up in sport with gemma. well mammals military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's crew it's all part of regional efforts to try to resolve the crisis

which began when the army seized power on the festa february protest as though continued to demand the release of elected leader. and rallies across manama scott heil has more now from bangkok. and i.q. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy in yangon calling for regional involvement as tensions grow across me and mark. this as the military appointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his thai and indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's prime minister peo general job that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called ossie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i cannot. be as a mere must i just didn't like to urge the un countries not to recognize the q government if they do recognize it the dignity of asean will be eroded alcyone is reported to be planning to send officials to monitor a new b.n. more election promised by the general but the protesters are urging asio to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on song

suchi in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling and also want to get more involved we asked. to choose decide between the military wonder wish oppressed people right now decide out of people which is trying to protest as they can to lead to one though that we will be. committed create again this is not the 1st time the judge has reached out to thailand since the coup about a week after the takeover myanmar's military leader min on length sent a letter to the thai prime minister asking for help on the democratic process and. a former military chief also rose to power by overthrowing. a democratically elected government in 2014 he stayed in office after 82001000 election political rivals called it badly flawed. so while the protesters are maintaining their pace

of protests and strikes they are also stepping up pressure on regional players to engage with the crisis al-jazeera bangkok now the white house says joe biden will speak with saudi arabia's king selman soon before the publication of a us government report on the matter of journalist. that would be biden's 1st conversation as president with the saudi leader that classified intelligence report is widely believed to implicate the king son crown prince mohammed bin sama in killing the trumpet ministration refused to release it and our white house correspondent kelly how it is in washington d.c. can be a lot has really changed for us saudi relations and this call the white house has confirmed will be with the king for instance rather than the crown prince they've got quite a bit to discuss it seems. that's correct white house press secretary jens psaki saying just moments ago that this call will take place as has been widely reported

as the participants in the call will be one to one in other words it will be with the u.s. president and the saudi king not president will be the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan who she points out has already held a call with his counterpart the defense secretary lloyd austin so what we can tell you is that this is something that has been highly anticipated it is still in the works it is going through the scheduling process according to the white house press secretary as is the release of the report which as you pointed out is expected to implicate the saudi crown prince in the murder of jim out and that brought up questions of the white house briefing if in fact this unclassified report does show that what actions will this white house take will these officials be allowed to travel to the united states for example will there be other actions that will hold them to account well the white house press secretary would not answer that question

only to say that she does not want to get ahead of the policy process but that this white house is recalibrating as she stated last week it's related relationship with the kingdom and it can be this report has been a pretty long time coming just what do we know about what it potentially contains it's obviously a very sensitive issue how damning could it be. it could be extremely damning add that's why we expect this call will be in advance between the u.s. president and the saudi king given the fact that we know that members of congress have already seen this report following a briefing by the cia director gee to hospital and what this was was an implication at the very minimum in fact former senator bob corker who saw the report said that in fact mohammed bin 7 murdered him meeting the journalists no question in my mind he directed the murder so this is what members of congress have said but joe biden

himself has also said on the campaign trail as a result of this that saudi arabia would be treated as the pariah as he called it that it should be and that jen psaki the press secretary just now saying that this is an administration that will hold the kingdom to account when it comes to human rights freedom expression and other concern so there is some confusion right now in advance of this how the administration might do that but for now it remains tight lipped white house correspondent can be how could they with all the latest for us thanks so much company now a chinese divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his ex-wife for the housework she did during their 5 him marriage that landmark ruling came off to china introduced a new civil code katrina u. is in beijing and she says this case has triggered widespread discussion over the value of domestic work. this ruling has sparked a flurry of debate online here in china over the role of housewives' in chinese society according to this case a beijing court has ruled that

a woman named wang would receive 7700 dollars in compensation folding her divorce from her husband in addition to half the couple's assets and custody of their only child now this is the 1st case of its kind since china's marriage will was amended earlier this year to say that any carers of parents or children should be entitled to compensation now this story has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on chinese social media there are some comments with some people saying that the man has been dealt an unfair deal that he's already been corn introducing to the family but the vast majority of comments we've read have been in support of the woman one and in fact many believe that 7007 $100.00 is simply not enough compensation for 5 years of being a housewife there are other more humorous problems with some people saying that this is going to discourage divorces which have been on the uptick in or in china but also that this is

a cautionary tale to women against to being housewives because they will not be legally compensated enough to justify sacrificing their career or being dependent on a husband and others are saying that husbands should simply contribute more to the housework and that they should maybe document the efforts in case there should be a future divorced. uncompensated lebo invisible way into his essential household responsibilities like cleaning child care or looking after sick family members on average women spend twice the amount of time as men on unpaid work around the world that's according to the o.e.c.d. now among the largest economies the gaps are larger in mexico and in india where women do more than 6 hours of unpaid work every day and men in japan and south korea do the least not even an hour's worth of chores sweden and denmark have the smallest disparity experts say that's because. men there are taught to think of child care as something of high status while men still out and women in every

country in the wilds and one of the reasons is the invisible cap which then emits women's career development well let's speak to regain a shamdasani she is the deputy spokesperson at the united nations human rights office she joins us now from geneva vienna as katrina was saying that this man was ordered to pay just 7700 dollars to his wife of 5 years of house work now trying to work that out that's something like just over 4 dollars a day i must admit that doesn't actually sound like very much. but this isn't symbolically this is an important simply valuing and recognizing unpaid work is important however as you see it doesn't go far enough far from it what we need a lot more of is tackling the fact that there are unfair wages unequal ages between the genders in the workplace globally as you said and there are unfair and hurt involved women who everywhere across. have

a disproportionate share or and release them less protected financially. from the beach in the bronze age and they are they don't have that then hunches that people with the outside need. so there is a long way to go with. reporting a lot of raising awareness to the this you know a much more equal society and could a case like this in china potentially set precedent elsewhere for other societies do you think. well we would hope so as i said symbolically it is important that there be some sort of recognition and that you assigned to unpaid work and women and you know this can then be to i mean really they need to be counted as you said a lot of this work is invisible they need to be made visible and they need to be counted and they need to be protected accordingly and many countries have shown several practices that contributed to this i mean for example in italy people can

receive family grants of up to 600 euros on to be able to hire a nanny to and the virgin atlantic for women now this is useful not only for you know the woman who may be the mother of the child but also for the nanny herself now many of these caregivers end up the women as well and they are under compensated so there's a trickle down effect which is a very bad trickle down that the most economies in the case of this cash scheme that's been initiated by italy it's encouraging a trickle down that's much more beneficial across a ravine i feel like we're having this conversation at a pretty salient time too i mean where was he living in the middle of a global pandemic but schools close so many more women than men had to quit their jobs because they simply didn't have childcare that aside from the loss of their financial independence this is also going to have long term consequences for just what economy is a crisis. exactly now when we talk about gender equality re not just talking about women here we talking about mental we're talking about society as old benefiting

from this as you see many women more women than men have had to you to step back from their professional responsibilities or take on much more until now when women on the side you know really. strong professional women have to step back from the economy the economy suffers as a whole and there are solutions to some cash grants eams providing certain to be for example in many countries across the world you don't even have been turned it but it is essential that the provide for. their life this is the men that it's contribute more to the whole and women to contribute in both places you talked about baboons and with millions of people now working from home says also been a disproportionate impact on women who haven't left a job center whacking at home because they have a great a bed and often of looking after the home and kids while still working and i realize in some cases it seems that's also or even lead to high levels of so

assigned. yes and it has also led to higher levels of domestic. because again there is this vicious cycle that is begun men tend to make more in the workplace because of the gender pay gap and because of glass ceilings in place and because of many other barriers and obstacles to women so women are much more likely to find themselves in a more vulnerable position i naturally and in a more to and which then this imitates the kind of power dynamic that can result in domestic violence so we have seen an increase unfortunately in domestic violence around the edges but against women. and again this drives home the importance of these kinds of social protection schemes women who are in difficult situations at home are going to use egyptians at home need to have the ability to step away from those missions and remain protected by the state the state use to invest and not more in ensuring that men are empowered and he able to be independent outside the home well speaking of empowerment in different cultures just looking at those

numbers that i was mentioning earlier there are obviously some shared cultural disparities when it comes to valuing housework and childcare from society to society do you think that this conversation is actually going on in other societies particularly the ones where it really needs to be had i think this composition needs to go on globally because there is a misconception that there is that in countries where you know women have achieved equality there's no such thing across the what we're seeing gender wage gap right now we have the human rights council session that's ongoing in geneva and several heads of states prime ministers vice ministers have been speaking and if you look at the list and you try to identify how many and it's how many in this there are as opposed to mr it's shocking and this is across the world we're not just talking about mobile south or north it really is a global issue for vanish on the sunday that the deputy spokesperson at the united nations human rights of a speaking to us from geneva great to get your thoughts thanks for being with us

reading thank you. well now the 2020 lympics committee has set up a new gender equality team after its last president resigned over sexist comments sure amaury quit 2 weeks ago if suggesting women on the committee shouldn't talk too much as replacement hashimoto has pledged to boost the proportion of women on the board to 40 percent she says gender equality and coronavirus measures are a top priority. while still ahead here on al-jazeera long delays and late mail how donald trump era cuts of eroded trust in the u.s. postal service. and will the coronavirus outbreak in the french rugby squad cause sunday's 6 nations game with scotland to be cancelled find out with gemma and scores.

how i once again is looking largely dry kosik apostle of the middle east although we do still have some rain sleet and snow in the forecast chafey that is going to be into iran a little area of cloud here but to sing some rather wintry weather center over the mountains push up into afghanistan and again we will see some snow heading towards kabul where temperatures will touch 13 degrees celsius but you can see clear skies coming in for many it brightens up nicely in iraq over towards the levant saudi arabia should be generally 5 and dry and not too bad here in qatar as well so harvard around $22.00 degrees let 40 back to around 21 on friday when speaking up of blowing what you have to simulate dust and sand as a result of that but to the south that generally try and that dry weather stretching down across the horn of africa generally dry into that eastern side of somalia will see some present sunshine coming through showers once again just around lake victoria southern parts of uganda seeing some heavy showers all the way

into the guinea basin will see somewhat of weather coming in here over the next day showers run down across will see some heavy showers there into botswana eastern parts of south africa will see some heavy rain over the next couple of days with the possibility of localized flooding. but. jump into this story there is a lot going on in this and julian on global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we don't want to read than we are nowhere to be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we'd been disconnected from who we are good enough to keep the new and be part of today's discussion this dream on out is the you know. the coronavirus has affected every corner of the world. people in power look back to the early days.

germany and examines where the air is and dilute the world health organization of made the global spread of the virus inevitable. i say. to you in the transmission chronicle of a pandemic people in power on al-jazeera. oh you're watching al-jazeera let's remind you about top stories this hour research from the u.s. food and drug administration has found the johnson and johnson vaccine to be highly effective in preventing severe strains of the corona virus

a single shot job could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of this week and ghana has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the 600000 vials were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly among all nations. myanmar's military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for crisis talks after this month's coup he's meeting the prime minister and indonesia's foreign minister as part of regional efforts to try to resolve the crisis protesters gathered at the indonesian embassy ahead of his business. now former syrian intelligence officer has been handed a 4 and a half year jail sentence by a german court for crimes against humanity and so while it's a fast prosecution of state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government as john mccain reports from ballen. 10 years ago a yacht guardian was working for the syrian intelligence services now he's starting a lengthy prison sentence in germany the prosecution saying that in 2011 he

knowingly brought dozens of protesters to a notorious jail outside damascus to be tortured his defense lawyer said he feared being punished himself if he refused to carry out his orders the court in corpulence rejected that convicting him and jailing him for 4 and a half years this is this estimate this is the 1st step the road to justice is long and one of the goals is to bring bashar al assad and his inner circle before a court this is a relief but it's also not the end it's only the beginning. this is the 1st trial of alleged atrocities carried out by the forces of president bashar assad as such lawyers for the victims in this case hope it will set a precedent. this is what's important is we have a verdict the crimes by the assad government in the secret prisons crimes against humanity this is the 1st verdict worldwide

a view that seems to be shared by many in government in berlin another element that distinguishes this case is that the german justice system has prosecuted convicted and punished a known german who's victims were not german for crimes that were committed outside germany. in doing so prosecutors have invoked the principle of universal jurisdiction for such serious crimes that the fine. trials outside syria are a glimmer of hope but also a clear signal to victims that we and the international community recognize it's an issue which not only concerns germany but many of our partners to signal to victims is that justice will be done a yet stood trial alongside another former member of the asaad forces both men had left syria and come to germany as refugees the 2nd man unwatched ruslan was a senior intelligence officer in 2011 he's accused of multiple murder rape torture

and other serious offenses he denies the charges and his case continues dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. well security has been stepped up outside a military court and beirut where anti-government activists are standing trial accused of terrorism and the 1st time that charge has been leveled against a protester and it's also an offense that could carry a death sentence said a how to reports now from marriage. it's been nearly a month since an alley saw her son she waits for news outside the military tribunal where allie is among dozens of men facing trial on terrorism charges. those charges can carry the death penalty and are seen as an escalation in the ongoing conflict between the state and the people. in need i mean. they're accusing our sons of being terrorists they are the terrorists they stole the people's money they are responsible for the explosion and that they report our children are nationalists

not them the defendants are alleged to have thrown molotov cocktails at security forces and burned down a melissa polity building during protests in the northern city of tripoli last month the demonstrations were held to demand the government compensation during a strict coronavirus lockdown that worsened living conditions for the poor. one protester was shot in the back during the unrest his family and activists want to know why no charges have been brought against those responsible for killing him almost a really special i'm going to tell you who was monitored was killed by these men they know who fired the shot and they're not telling us lawyers have criticized the use of a military court to try the defendants and say they have been obstructed from seeing them they also say the young men were interrogated without lawyers being present and described the charges as unlawful arbitrary and a form of oppression this is a skill ation has 3 reasons for us 1st is to put the stigma on the protestors

mainly in tripoli that they are terrorists 2nd is to put the fear factor to the protesters not. hit the streets again and 3rd is like to put the pressure on the investigation judge not to release the detainees human rights groups say terrorism charges should be used for serious political crimes and not acts of public disorder the repression has increased by 11 on sunset nationwide protest movement began more than a year ago security forces have been accused of using excessive and unlawful force against the demonstrators. lengthy pretrial detention prosecutions with limited rights to appeal interrogations without the presence of a lawyer and beatings have all been documented warnings that free speech and assembly are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who continue to speak out is a testament of that reality so what they're al-jazeera beirut now the un human

rights chief is warning that sri lanka could slide back into a pattern of violence and abuses last witnessed during the civil war that ended a decade ago. just made those comments during a global meeting that stuff currently under way last year the sri lankan government withdrew from the un resolution that promised to promote reconciliation accountability and human rights the government has largely cross on the possibility or do you need in progress when purely through a national process for these reasons our call on the council for new ways to advance previous types of accountability at the international level for all parties and seek redress for big things including by supporting it did. elect and preserve evidence and information for the future accountability processes while sri lanka as foreign minister rejected the un human rights chiefs report accusing michelle

bachelet of meddling in the country's domestic issues. one of the delf amanda says in colombia with more on that statement from the u.n. high commissioner for human rights. the united nations high commissioner for human rights michele bashfully has made her presentation to the 46th session of the council of human rights she said that the sri lankan government had failed to

ensure justice for victims she said many of whom had been devastated by the impact of these delays now in presenting some of the reasons the causal reasons and reflecting what was in her report that was formally table before the session. century the high commissioner said the space for civil society and media was shrinking space that had been expanded in recent years also basically pointed to the fact that the independence of institutions had been eroded by the 20th amendment that was the changes to the constitution brought by this government she talks about new processes to ensure a counter billeted and also centrally about state supporting. sort of processes so anything from sanctions to sort of legal avenues being explored on the international stage so these are the things that the un human rights chief has put

on the table in her presentation obviously. the government the foreign minister dismissing that report by the high commissioner and also going as far to see that this has been sort of biased it's not based on facts some of the numbers some of the issues that have been pinpointed and that the report's recommendations are based on. the government was saying. u.s. president joe biden's nominee for cia director says staying ahead of china is a priority and defending american national security william burns has been testifying before senators and his confirmation hearing as president biden has underscored out competing china will be key to our national security in the decades ahead that will require a long term clear eyed bipartisan strategy there or however a growing number of areas in which she is china is a formidable authoritarian adversary methodically strengthening its capabilities to

steal intellectual property repress its own people bully its neighbors expand its global reach and build influence in american society while congress is trying once again to help the struggling u.s. postal service recover from years a financial losses its managers appeared before the house oversight committee as it considers new legislation the government funded agency has long been a beloved mail and possible sadness for americans but recent delivery delays have led to promising public trust. has the story. when lori cash of new york took a job with the u.s. postal service 22 years ago it was for the security of a government job and a chance to work closely with the public to be able to service the public and do something that i know is helping people every day has just always been apparent to me but lately she's been hearing more complaints from customers dealing with

delayed mail will have met someone mail a package in one city and it takes 3 or $45.00 days to get to the next city over only 38 percent of 1st class mail was delivered on time in late december according to postal service court filings that means everything from medications to bill payments are arriving late and it's a problem that persists people have got their bills delayed and they've sent them to companies or utilities companies utilities are then charging late fees. small businesses that once depended on the u.s. postal service to ship products are also suffering marilyn boutique owner fares on jagger says many of the gift orders she received before christmas weren't delivered in time even pathway past the holidays we would get e-mails where is my gift that it received the big get delivered to the recipient she now uses private shipping

carriers though they're more expensive the u.s. postal service lost more than $9000000000.00 in business in 2020 though the delivery delays that drove away some customers will likely improve after the agency's long running money troubles will be harder to tackle because its costs routinely exceed its revenues the man tasked with finding a solution is postmaster general louis to joy a trunk mega donor who implemented cuts to the postal service at the height of the pandemic and in the lead up to last november's mail in voting the joys latest plans for the agency reportedly include reducing services for local mail and raising postage rates by nearly 10 percent we can do so much more her our communities than what we do now so if he's not willing to look outside of what we currently do if he just wants to cut what we have and turn it into a business then he does not belong in the postal service because you can't run the

service with that closed minded attitude everyone agrees the u.s. postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to help the d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. well one of history is the biggest mining companies has apologised for clearing land on a sacred aboriginal site for test you metals group apologized for ignoring a government condition to have representatives of the winter worry groom a community present when they damage the site a strategy is mining giants have come under scrutiny since last may when another rio tinto destroyed sacred ancient caves for for more than 40000 years ago rio tinto c.e.o. and 2 other senior executives had to resign over that issue now south korea's fertility rate has dropped to the lowest in the wilds with the current virus pandemic discouraging even more people from having children the number of expected

babies per woman in the country fell to 0.84 last year that comes after the country's population fell 1 for the 1st time ever last year south korea is asia's 4th largest economy and its government is trying to reverse that trend of spending billions of dollars every year on child care subsidies and maternity leave well positioned lead in the home and it was money claims he's narrowly won new shares presidential elections a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points was money says voter fraud has been widespread across new jazz regions on tuesday officials declared mohamed presumed the winner which then led to looting in the capital niamey the provisional vote count still must be confirmed by the constitutional court. is the president of africa international media group and she says racism has been a significant factor in this election. they's also one element which has some impacts that during the campaign it was very much concentrated on the looks

and the origin. of the president elect the way say don't be governed by a matter by a whites and so the court in my white and this kind of catchphrase this. mission you saw that. when they wanted to or exclude president what kept saying he's a he's not could you fly and now there were 20 it was saying that he. was born in libya that is not a real. yes it is president elect hot and much better and much not equal and the everybody was expecting him to win but now they also there is also something which has been up to speed it. here is that. one could not run and who was a former. president of parliament mr meant to be also quite useful

for but he had. judiciary problems because he's a he was jailed and he was not allowed to live like you were spent much in the background and supported very much. the will not now mamata smacked. well still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll have the very latest on tiger woods's condition after his car crash and los angeles all that coming up very soon in support of gemma.

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back it is now time to support his gemma. thank you tiger woods is awake and responsive following surgery to repair a serious injury to his leg sustained in a car crash places say he's lucky to be alive but there are now doubts over his ability to return to golf david states reports a close up look at target woods his car reveals the severity of the accident which left him with severe injuries to both legs his lower right limb took the brunt of the impact and needed lengthy surgery with doctors using pins and rods to stabilize the damage which was traveling at speed and in the touristy dangerous stretch of road in los angeles he hits a curb then a tree before rolling several times police say the 45 year old was conscious when they arrived and showed no signs of being impaired he needed to be pried from the vehicle with an axe he didn't seem concerned about his injuries at the time which

is not uncommon in traffic collision is many times people tend to be in shock i will say that it's very fortunate that mr woods was able to come out of this alive you for teaching me some would have been on his way to give private golf lessons to celebrities for the 2nd day running this was him alongside basketball legend wayne waite the day before the accident he not played himself since december when he appeared with his son charlie in a father son tournament the latest in a long line of back surgeries has kept him out since then but just a few days ago he spoke about his recovery and hopes of competing at the masters in april still in the gym still doing. the monday stuff that you have to do for rehab you know the little thanks and before and start gravitating towards something before. tiger is one of the most famous sports stars in history and well wishes have come in from the world of entertainment politics and of course from fellow golfers. many of who grew up watching him compete in his prime and i'm sick

to my stomach. just as workers kids you know sort of struggle which was famously involved in another road accident back in 2009 outside his home in florida and incident which ended up exposing his extramarital affairs and brought an end to his golden boy image in 2017 he was arrested on a dui offense after being found asleep at the wheel with several painkillers in his system as he struggled to cope with chronic injuries but good several are for me still he managed to overcome these challenges and in 2019 at the age of 43 he won the masters is widely considered one of the greatest comebacks in sports but given the severity of his latest injuries this doubt he will ever reach the same heights or even play again 45 years on he's gone through a number of surgeries. but i think the 1st time you come to on this is is is

the end of a career coming in is faster than we realize time will tell what impact this accident will have a nice golfing future for now he said to be awake responsive and recovering in hospital david stokes al-jazeera the president of the take here at n.p.r. optimistic the games well be going ahead as planned as a spike continued worries about the 19 and low public support in the house country the games are scheduled to begin in july but before that the torch relay starts next month in northeastern japan. not me to go to now go hold lights our way that's the concept of the relay we would like to embody that slogan we would like to have an immaculately prepared start the situation is tough but so many people have high hopes and expectations for the tokyo 2020 games i'm heartened by that. 6 nations game between france and scotland is happening on sunday that's despite a corona virus outbreak in the french squad 10 players and 3 members of staff including the head coach tested positive but tournament organizers have to side to

precede it with this weekend's game in paris france the top of the 6 nations table after winning both of their games so far the pandemics also affected football's the champions league with morisset motion got back having to play this evening's home against manchester city in hungary that's because travel restrictions prevent the english opponents from entering germany premier league city go into this match on 18 game winning streak while admitting that back playing in the knockout stages of this competition for the 1st time 13 time champions around madrid they're up against italian team atalanta in their last 16 tie rather without their top scorer cameron benzema is just one of the long list of injuries visiting down sides in fact they only have 11 fit senior players for the match but atlanta's coach still sees them as the strong favorites the more. we will cave combe as we are clearly the underdogs we don't have the obligation to get through to the next round we want to try to play on legal terms with this team nobody is but we

really want to also because we want to understand what is a whoop when we face teams that are among the least. to cricket in england already in trouble in the 3rd test against india england won the toss and chose to bat 1st on day one but slumped to $112.00 all out only holes play is reached double figures once again struggling against the spin bowlers the series is tied at 10 but india in control of this test early on 99 for 3 in response is a day not match being played at the world's largest cricket venue and narendra modi stadium. it could hold up 211-0000 but only 55000 of their for this match because of coded 19 restrictions. well number one tennis ranking is under threats off to a shock defeat the australian was the defending champion of the adelaide international but she lost her 1st match against danielle collins in straight sets

it follows her quarter final defeat of the australian open is the 1st time she's lost consecutive matches in over a year now be a soccer is the closing in on top spot in the rankings after winning the last 2 grand slams go to france champion has retained his lead on cycling's u.a.e. tour the slovenian wearing their leader's red jersey if it is safely in the pack on stage will which was all about the sprint is off to 204 kilometers irish riders sam bennett was the 1st to cross the finish line for his 50th career victory but that is still 43 seconds clip with 3 stages remaining for me to ones jaipur as his guys 1st taste of his new red bull car the mexican it took it out for a spin it still wasn't a good time of the british grand prix he can't wait to join up with his teammate max to step in when the season gets underway in bahrain next month that is all your sport from me for now i'll be back with some more a little bit later. thanks very much timeout well that is also it to from me but i

will hand you i have an asshole are and loved and i have much more news for you and just a moment stay with us. the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i am afraid to be closing on the minority afraid of where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives how much we've tried to send a close to it was a happy family for the moment both to join me on this now see you on the final part

of my journey when i to become a target of the hindu 1st policy in such of india so an 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 forces there or something like medic about lascivious the people who don't live on the stuff. goes to the red zone near naples. to understand this unusual love of. living with a volcano on al-jazeera. decades ago manila was called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur but decades later the theater has become a symbol of mandela's dickey now the philippine government is changing their government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many

structures that were destroyed in manila drawing world war 2. but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts seem manila has never truly recovered. the delivery which marks the beginning of a largest vaccination operation in history ghana is the 1st to benefit from the un's kovacs program. live from london also coming out. a message of defiance continues to sound from the streets of me and ma as the minute trip wanted to foreign minister flies.