i'm marc lamont hill and it's time to get out from. revealing eco friendly solutions to come back dress to our planet on al-jazeera. say you thought the highly effective u.s. regulators are set to approve jobs with drugs and single shot coronavirus that scene paving the way for a global rollout. so wrong with your child's own life my headquarters here in doha also coming up garner becomes the 1st country to receive doses of drugs u.n. back program aimed at making vaccines available to less wealthy countries also.

more violence at one of the prisons in ecuador where riots broke out killing at least 79 people. plus a landmark ruling in germany the court sentences a former syrian intelligence officer to prison for aiding crimes against humanity. welcome to the program the drive to and the coronavirus pandemic is picking up speed new research shows that the johnson and johnson bank scene is highly effective in preventing severe cases of covert 19 it could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week that the single shot vaccine has been tested in the u.s. brazil and south africa studies show highly effective in combating the more aggressive variants of the virus europe's occupation programme is also gathering pace e.u. countries are set to discuss vaccinations to. for their citizens as part of efforts

to stimulate travel through the summer having sat the vice president of vaccine research and development top blue willow biologics he says the johnson a johnson job could be a game changer going for one immunization is a great thing that happening because for a mass vaccination you don't want to have the trouble of bringing people back to get the 2nd vaccination so they are the only company that went for one back to the nation and look for the sickest and they showed that they would have a decent if because surely they crossed the line of the expectation of the end of their order for licensure so to end on friday we will see how the exact data looks like and probably with the advisory committee at the f.d.a. it will be looking forward to see more details about that in addition are all other

vaccine in sac sean if it gets here start one vaccination but for short periods of time because we did not we have to administer the 2nd vaccination so they only got the need that a priori when order one vaccination was injected i'm sure that if you look at the data there is good data to support at some point of time some other vaccine that can go for one vaccination ritual and then you bring people back for a 2nd immunization after you have done more work and expanded the vaccination. biotech firm says u.s. regulators are testing its new krona virus vaccine aimed at a very a that's prevalent in south africa the strain is considered one of the more dangerous ones because it evades some of the blocking action of antibodies that needs its reduce the protection of the current generation of vaccines or is considering using the that seat as a booster or combining it with the original. garner has become the 1st country to

receive credit virus that sees through the international kovacs scheme the astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital accra on wednesday so high it reports now on the kovacs scheme. even back seem to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against private 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 discovered 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 benefited from this and from today we're breeding equity gone the plants 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 school that is only financed now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the older citizens the health workers people with school mobility 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 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 $38000000.00 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 however those are just 2 countries and 80 percent are in just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you 2 of them stood a single dose after a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there is hope this is the beginning of the path to recovery for those most affected and those that some most vulnerable sort of jazz it or well chile has accelerated more people than all of the countries in africa combined it was the 1st country in south america to start its campaign that has the 5th highest vaccination rates in the world war than 3000000 people were inoculated in chile this month by latin america to leave c. of human is in santiago she explains how chile has been able to roll out its

vaccination campaign so quickly. the combination actually of 3 factors one very very strong political will a very aggressive energy put into acquiring these vaccines on the part of the president who was a billionaire businessman before he was a politician so he knows how to negotiate especially in the international market also economic solvency chile has been able to pay for these facts seems up front and 3rd the use of some very very savvy lawyers because as we have discovered it's not so easy to purchase millions of vaccines that this quantity the legal framework is complicated and especially when there's competition worldwide will quire them so tulli apparently was able to come up with these very almost airtight contracts with pharmaceutical companies 3 or 4 of them at least even before the vaccines were approved and they have been arriving by the millions and so so far i've had my job

most of the people i know have and by the middle of the end of june if things keep going as they are now the whole country should have been inoculated one of the things that changed was the health minister he wasn't all that popular although he was recognized for having done a very good job in bringing ventilators to chile but there was a there's a new health minister but probably the biggest criticism was more along the lines of what the government did not do as efficiently in terms of economic aid to the people who needed most. place and i could also riots of broke out again between criminal gangs in a prison in the city of the get clean this week has seen the bloodiest prison violence in the country's history with at least 79 people killed pleas of release new video showing special units entering some of the prisons joining the riots manly has mall was. was. how many were confronted by flames and prisoners on the

loose. ecuadorian special forces a maximum security prison in the country's south. i prefer was the one behind prevent people they shout at the inmates to get on the ground. and fight a gas in a bid to bring the riot under control i would be really. prepared for people in makes a scene covering themselves from the choking fumes all those arrested oh there's a chase a some of the prisoners attempt a jailbreak. for this dramatic video was released the day after riots broke out in 3 presence within these rules rival gangs of tondo they tried to in the battle for power and leadership. some fought with handmade weapons others reportedly to head

it. dozens of people have been killed over the brow of the crowd the police and military remain stationed outside while a kid let a cool guy and cuenca there are frequent riots and violence and acquittals prison system but this is so far been the deadliest was i want my son out because he could get killed he also which is what the hunted my for dead know my son is also me to get him out because they want to kill him. i don't know anything about my son i was sent a message yesterday. on the phone he always uses to communicate and it said only we are all locked up that's it i sent another message but i didn't receive a response many worried that their loved ones remained in danger with dan disputes regularly spilling into by the instrument the person who moved. to syria. well still ahead here on out is there a strike because government is forced to defend its human rights record joining the

civil war. and sorting out the u.s. postal service we ask if it can be saved from years of. public mistrust those stories after the break. place to say the weather is looking pretty good now across a good part of the u.s. we have got some warmth there down towards the south can you believe temperatures dallas getting up to 20 degrees celsius with just a week ago we were struggling to get anywhere near freezing and we got to hang on to the decent temperatures as we go on through the next day or 2 that's cool off a little in dallas to around 12 celsius for thursday but still just about above the for the seasonal average with a little more clout in as we go on into thursday has to fall in temperatures with some outbreaks of rain the rain just pushing up towards oklahoma city some wetter whether they're into louisiana as well north of that generally 5 and schreiber got

some snow meanwhile around the mountain states western parts of canada so some right statement snow coming in across the pacific northwest into basi easing over towards alberta but to the south of that it is set l.a. see some decent sunshine over the next few days as we go on into friday to say that wintry mix moving across the rockies also some wintry weather over towards the mid atlantic states by this stay south of that we see some wetter weather that is easing down towards alabama with that rain moving through not too much rain in the forecast across the caribbean at the moment a slightly fied and dry but a few showers for the western side of the caribbean. how does the team from the smaller league draw the bigger crowds. why does the uyghurs flags fly high at the scottish club. what is it about celtic that has the

world over here in the more politics of football to follow on will stomach the oppressed element of. the plan to make sure people won't i'll just see. the rule. oh. look about you watch officer with me the reminder of our top stories the johnson and johnson crowd of ours vaccine could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week this afternoon research showed it's highly effective in preventing severe cases of covert 19. darter has become the 1st country to receive

vaccines through the international covert skaven 600000 astra zeneca jobs arrived a wednesday the un backed scheme will see more than 2000000000 covert 90 days is delivered to developing countries and police in ecuador say riots have broken out again between criminal gangs and a president the city of feel this week seeing the bloodiest prison violence in the country's history with at least 79 people. military point with pointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after his month's coup it's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which began when the army seized power on the 1st of february the protesters continued to demand the release of elected leader and son suchi in rallies across the country scott reports . 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. that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called aussie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i'm not going to be as a man must i just didn't like to see on countries not to recognise the q. government if they do recognise that the dignity of asean will be eroded aussie on is reported to be planning to send of pictures to monitor a new being more election promised by the general but the protesters are urging arceo to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on santucci in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling an aussie on to get more involved we asked. to decide between the military 100 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. in a tree again this is not the 1st time that 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 overthrowing a democratically elected government in 2014 he stayed in office after 200-1000 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. a german court has sentenced a former syrian intelligence officer to 4 half years in jail for being an accomplice to crimes against humanity it's the world's 1st prosecution of state sponsored

torture by president bashar al assad's government doublet cain has more from. 10 years ago a yard guard it was working for the syrian intelligence services now he's starting a lengthy prison sentence in germany the prosecution sand 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. that is this s. to show that 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 embassy could 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 the 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 the fine also have. 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 yad algarve it stood trial alongside another former member of the asset forces

both men had left syria and come to germany as refugees the 2nd man on juarez line 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 dominick cain al-jazeera perlin joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma but he says the case that's a role a strong president. it's very important its point because obviously these victims of torture are going to get some justice it's also important because this is a syrian on german soil who has abused other syrians and it means that people can be arrested anywhere in the world and thirdly it's very good news for syrians who are applying for asylum here any country particularly young syrians who have not

served military service because if they're sent back forcibly to syria they'll have to serve military service and this man and how he had of a cloudy who was arrested was or was accused of taking people to prison where they could be tortured although it wasn't proven that they any of them were tortured but that means that simply serving in the syrian army is tantamount to carrying out crimes against humanity so anybody who is going to go back to do national service in syria can appeal for asylum bases that he's going to be forced to do to torture people now misty international has stripped russian opposition leader let's see the valley of the prisoner of conscience status the rights group says the decision was made in relation to some of the valleys plus comments which bordered on hate speech he has previously promoted nationalist and anti immigrant policies

of on his county and moscow jail and amnesty says it still continues to find face freedom. but his way is expelling the head of the european union delegation in caracas in retaliation for sanctions imposed on some of its top officials is well put rosa has been given 72 hours to leave the country on monday the e.u. put asset freezes and travel bans on 19 venezuelan officials accused of either undermining democracy or violating human rights it's the 2nd time the venezuela has expelled a diplomat in response to european sanctions not on the we don't look at a lot of them we would not have wanted to do this we are doing it against our will because we want to have the best relations with all of europe but we cannot accept that anyone comes to offend venezuela to attack venezuela to sanction venezuela we are not going to accept it from anybody. the white house says that president joe biden will speak to saudi arabia's kings bar before a u.s.

government reported to the murder of journalist marcus is published it's widely expected to implicate the king's son the crown prince for having been surviving casualties killing former president donald trump but does administration refused to release it the president is taking a fresh approach to how he engages with foreign leaders around the world and different from the prior administration and that means he will not hold back and he will speak out when there are concerns he has about human rights abuses about. the lack of freedom of speech or the lack of freedom of media and expression or any concerns he has at the same time we have a long relationship with saudi arabia they are being attacked in the region and that is certainly an area where we continue to work with them on but i expect we'll have more to say when we get post the release of that report. the un human rights council says sri lanka is unwilling to be held to account over its international crimes and rights violations highly critical report says tamil of the muslim

minorities a big increasingly marginalized sri lanka's government accuses the council of meddling with its domestic issues bennett smith reports. only 12 years after the end of sri lanka's civil war the pain is still roll for those who sons and daughters of husbands disappeared. this was a protest earlier this month they want answers accountability and justice. but aren't getting any because the united nations human rights council says the highest levels of sri lanka's government is in denial about past crimes the space force inside and the panda media which have grown significantly is now rapidly shrinking the independence on the story the human rights commission of. the national police commission another key warning as the neatly eroded by the recently about the apprentice constitutional amendment the. president got

a bye rajapaksa was defense secretary at the end of the civil war is brother mahinda was president 100000 people were killed in the 26 year long war between tamil separatists and the government both sides are accused of crimes including murder and torture. and now the u.n. says minority groups are facing more discrimination this protest in february was a rare combined march of muslims and tumbles with a long list of complaints including trying to get education the tamil language and oppressive police surveillance of muslim lanka's government rejects all the allegations made in the report including claims he uses divisive rhetoric. because constitution guarantees as a mentor and before fundamental rights of board citizens and anyone can canvass under the fundamental right and our whole 3 longer in the last few years as well as today we have all our programs

economic social law and the many official programs all are equally enjoyed and implemented from the not to the scout. leader not the raja's son was taken away by the military at the end of the war she's no idea what happened to him but he's convinced he's still alive her story is the same for thousands of other families and in the border that the blood in the when they get up what we see now is that they're trying to make us fed up and stop the protests so we can trust them we will have to go to the international community to get our children back as we have realized that there is no point going to the government here the un's high commissioner for human rights has urged member states to consider prosecuting alleged crimes in sri lanka to try and get answers for the thousands of people like leila bernard smith al-jazeera. australia has

passed a new law requiring take firms like facebook and google to pay for news in a move that could have global implications the legislation has been fiercely opposed by the tech giants with facebook last week blocking australian users from viewing or sharing news content it back trying to talks with the government now the social media company has now pledged to invest at least $1000000000.00 in the news industry over the next 3 years after winning concessions from the government over the law that requires tech firms to pay for contents. the u.s. congress is trying once again to help the struggling postal service recover from years of financial losses the governments of the day chancy has long been a beloved bale and pasta service for americans but ongoing delivery delays have led to plummeting public trust i detect castro reports now from washington d.c. 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 that appealing to me but lately she's been hearing more complaints from customers dealing with delayed mail who have met some american acted 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 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 passed away 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 dollars in business in 2020 but 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 for 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. customs officials in germany and belgium say they've made one of europe's largest ever cocaine bust suff to seizing more than $23.00 tons of the drug 16 tons were found in containers that arrived in hamburg from paragon another 7 tons or found in belgium a suspect has been arrested in the netherlands where the shipments were headed prosecutors there say the cocaine had a street value of more than $730000000.00 spectators will be allowed to line the olympic torch relay route ahead of the tokyo games but cheering

will be banned under coronavirus restrictions organizers say the relay which begins in the month will be a more subdued event fans must wear masks avoid crowding and watch the event near their homes last year the relay was scrapped just days before it was due to start with the olympics were both. the international olympic committee has named as the preferred candidate to host the 2032 olympic games the australian city will that lead to talks with bid organizers although i.o.c. president thomas buss clarified that those final decision has yet been made for this year's olympics organizers remain optimistic they'll go ahead as planned despite continued worries about covert 19 and low public support in japan.

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