when the tragedy of the ruling was mostly. it in genocide on al jazeera. the u.s. gives emergency approval to a 3rd coded 900 vaccine the one dose johnson and johnson job is expected to bolster efforts in fighting the pandemic and brazil's president threatens to cut emergency aid to states imposing lockdowns we'll have a live update on the pandemic in latin america. alone during the result is a red line from doha also coming up. violent spirals in yemen's mari province as

government forces try to save the last stronghold in the country center from who fuels. unpainted his defiance man was u.n. ambassadors fired by the military joined the denouncing the coup and calling it the betrayal. we begin with breaking news out of the u.s. it now has a 3rd corona virus vaccine after the food and drug administration gave emergency approval to the johnson and johnson job the f.d.a. advisory panel had indorse the single dose vaccine for emergency use after a vote on friday 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped well gable is on the joins us live now from washington d.c. gabe so the f.d.a. has now approved the johnson and johnson jab what more do we know about this vaccine. well this is a significant on multiple levels but it is one shot vaccine that's different than the moderna and pfizer vaccines that are the only others that are available here in

the u.s. those take 2 shots the 1st shot the prime as they call it and then 30 days later about the 20 to 30 days later what they call the 2nd shot being the boost this johnson and johnson is significant because it is only one shot and experts say and medical professionals say that's significant because that means they can get this out to people faster and get them fully vaccinated faster that's the good news. some people though are saying a little bit of the bad news is that the johnson and johnson vaccine has about a 72 percent efficacy rate that means it's successful in fighting off coronavirus about 72 percent of the time good but not great moderna and pfizer vaccines are about 9495 percent but bottom line here is this is considered very welcome news here in the united states dr anthony fauci has said don't get caught up in the numbers the johnson and johnson vaccine is very good they expect to roll it out as early as monday now johnson and johnson said they plan to get 4000000 of these

doses out in the u.s. within the next few days 15000000 by the end of march and potentially 100000000 by the end of june so they expect to roll this out very soon all we're waiting for now is the c.d.c. on sunday to lay out the guidelines of which americans which people here in this country should get this johnson and johnson vaccine 1st globally i should say johnson and johnson has said they will be distributing some of this globally but details on how much into which countries still a little bit unclear on that yeah again but with the addition now of a 3rd vaccine approved by the f.d.a. how important is this to president biden's vaccination rollouts across the country because this is this has become very political as a myth. it has and i'm glad you mentioned that because just in the last couple minutes the white house put out a statement from the president and it said that he is quote excited about this news

but also says the fight is far from over in a statement saying there is light at the end of the tunnel but we still have a long way to go according to president joe biden this has become very political the vaccine rollout here in the united states has been slow some people would even call it. ineffective here in the washington d.c. for example there are thousands of people that simply cannot get the shot can't even register to get the shot because of technical difficulties on the website and this is happening all over the country so a bottom line though is joe biden and the white house see the vaccine as a way to get the u.s. economy back and to get people healthy again here in the united states this will go a long way to getting there but as biden says in a statement just released there is still a long way to go a lot of people looking at the month of june july as being critical because with the johnson and johnson vaccines plus the moderna and pfizer if all of them are

rolled out as they are now with these 3 vaccines they're saying every american could potentially have access to a vaccine every american that wants one in june or july it's clearly a significant development there thanks to this edition of the johnson and johnson vaccine or i gave it was on the live for us there in washington d.c. gave thank you. u.s. president joe biden's 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package faces a final but more challenging approval from the senate on saturday it passed in the house of representatives which is controlled by the democrats next week debates are expected to begin in the senate the package includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans but do not include an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour now now the middle moves the united states senate where i hope will receive quick action. we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we

can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that relieve the suffering and it's time to act i thank you all for being here. brazilian president jeff bolton r o has threatened to pull emergency aid to any states reintroducing lockdowns he says any governor who destroys jobs won't receive any support from the central government also narrow who that code 19 him self has been strongly against most coronavirus and to make restrictions is often dismissed the virus as a little flu in the quarter of a 1000000 people have done. will come for a few more months and from now on governors who close down the streets and governments who destroy jobs will have to provide for the only emergency as. well

so in latin america ecuador's health minister has quit after it was found several people connected to him jumped the 2 to receive early doses of the vaccine only $42000.00 doses of the size a biotech job arrived in ecuador him out for workers in health care and old age homes despite that his mother and several others close to him have received a shot well it's a similar story to argentina where the health minister was also forced to resign about people jumping the queue when daniel simon joins us live now from buenos aires where anger is still burning daniels let's talk about the ecuadorian health minister he's being accused of irregularities in the country's vaccine rollout program what more do we know about that. what we know that a month or so ago when the 1st vaccines were arriving in ecuador he was there as the health ministers often are to welcome those vaccines in and talk about the most vulnerable in ecuador and society receiving the 1st jobs the elderly people and

health professionals and of course what we now hear is that as you mentioned close members of his family and friends were 1st in line ahead of those health professionals and elderly people he has since resigned the president a limo to not accepted the resignation and the last we heard the former minute now former minister. has fled the country gone to we assume his house in the in miami's wall of the residence of ecuador one of the hardest hit countries in the region still waiting for those vaccines to be registered for the vaccines and they are arriving in dribs and drabs very slowly and nobody really knows or many people don't know when they're likely to receive their vaccinations and meanwhile brazilian president jeb old seems to be courting yet more controversy over his handling of the pandemic what's he been up to. well in a way nothing new there but certainly an exaggeration an intensification of the

situation right from the very beginning job also narrow it seems has never taken the pandemic seriously he's always put the economy ahead of people's health. as we've mentioned to a quarter 3 a quarter of a 1000000 people have now died in brazil from the virus many millions more people infected one of the worst in the world but all along we've had this big divide between job also naro and the federal government not taking it seems pandemic seriously and increasingly as the numbers mounted as more and more people got sick as we saw these horrendous images many in the north of the country of mass graves of bodies being piled up outside of saurians and the morgues people getting increasingly angry with the national government's response so increasingly state governments stepping into the void launching their own vaccination programs doing deals with the vaccine producers to try to bring vaccines into their states and the

state like south paolo for instance has more than 40000000 inhabitants bigger than many countries the governor there. in opposition to the job also an hour or so we're seeing an increasingly polarized country the national government saying yourselves out we're not really interested in increasing the state governments in opposition to the national government often haven't received help from them anyway so i'm not sure how. much impact this threat is likely to have because they've been taking their own polls will long anyway but certainly a threat likely to polarize the situation. daniel thank you. well this week the 1st doses of russia's sputnik vaccine arrived in mexico the country with the world's highest death toll many 200000 people have lost their lives and the outbreak has pushed the economy into its worst recession in 19 years and as money a rapper reports in mexico city the president is getting much of the blame for.

vaccination efforts continue in mexico at this inoculation site in sochi need go health workers or ministry 1st doses of the sputnik the vaccine developed by russia which for now is only available for people 60 years of age or older. people this is the appointment for the next dose that i'll receive on march 17th i don't have a time but they'll let me now. since the virus was 1st spotted in mexico the outbreak in the country has grown beyond what anyone here could have imagined today the death toll nationwide remains the world's 3rd highest. it's become frustrating to see your local ones die people who have dedicated their patients in the area of medical professionals mexico has lost more lives than any other country has been painful and i hope we have learned some important lessons we need a better health system we need to be better prepared we need to produce our own

back scenes. the outbreak is not only stretch the limits of the country's public health system it's also pushed the national economy into the worst recession in almost 90 years the coded 19 pandemic in mexico has led to a devastating 8.5 percent decline in g.d.p. and a dramatic increase in the national poverty rate from 36 percent to 45 percent of the population. there much of the blame for why the health emergency in mexico has ballooned beyond control has fallen on mexico's president who's been widely criticised for downplaying the extent of the crisis upon them. for his part the president has promised that everyone in the country will have access to vaccines as supplies become available to. the hand the people should know that we are committed to vaccinating everyone as soon as possible even if we don't finish by march every

senior citizen will at least be vaccinated with one dose by the end of april. though mexico is now in phase 2 of the national inoculation program health experts warn that so far less than 2000000 people of mexico's 126000000 residents have been inoculated. amounting to a vaccination rate that is still far from making a meaningful impact against the pandemic. below al jazeera mexico city. yemen's government is making an urgent call to end fighting in marin province to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in the area east of the rebel held town. as the last remaining stronghold of the yemeni government in the central region for movies resumed an offensive to see this month both sides have described saturday's fighting as the fiercest since the operation began. when the yemeni government urges them into the fighting it's not a sign of weakness we make these calls out of responsibility but regarding the

fighting forces were few in numbers and they were defeated. front is one of the hottest war fronts since the beginning of the aggression on yemen this is been the situation since the beginning and except for a small period it is the most dangerous front. so let's take a closer look now at the situation in marin it was a sponsor a populated region before the conflict began in 2015 but now aid agencies say it houses close to 400000 people who lack the basic amenities the region is strategically important for the who things as its control will give them access to oil fields. is expected to help the armed group extend its influence further towards the east when the bill curry is a former u.s. diplomat in yemen he says the violence and could derail ongoing international peace efforts. this is a very critical battle that's taking place from a city egypt point of view each side thinks it will make great gains if it

takes over the city and therefore the entire government of matter for the whole key is to have been making the power to take this governor that they will be in a very subtle position not only will they acquire significant resources yes and oil but also and they would be in a position to cut off connections between the north all the way to saudi arabia and south potentially all the way to the coast it would put them into a very strong position. it looks lie both sides would like to be in a stronger bargaining position and dissipate the pistone so the problem of course is that these short term gains they are thinking all good actually the iranian peace process launched by the new u.s.

administration. lots more to come here and al-jazeera including stranded and unwanted bangladesh refuses to take in rain the refugees rescued by india's coast guard. and the struggle to clean up lebanon's beaches after an oil spill spreads from israel florida stay with us. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello that the weather's looking largely fine in try for japan over the next couple of days but a nice big area of high pressure keeping it settled and calm but a very different story for northern parts of china we've got this cold front which will sink its way further south which and there is some snow on this system quite a bit of it for some that'll roll through beijing temperatures around 4 or 5 celsius as we go on through sunday then and then as it continues to make its way

further south with winds pushing up from the south reading up the winds pushing in from the north a convergence line the air is forced to rise cool contents give us a cloud the big cloud as well and some very heavy rain quite an active storm that and that could cause some flooding with a fair bit of snow there for north korea all the time though as you can see last fight interact in japan take you're getting up to 17 degrees celsius with some pleasant some shy sunshine it shows meanwhile across much of southeast asia as per usual so we'll see some wetter weather in the heat of the day just rumbling away across parts of the philippines into malaysia still seeing some very heavy showers there across indonesia over the next day or so not too many showers across india over the next couple of days we will see some wet weather there into nepal sliding further east was right across bhutan. sponsored paul qatar airways in syria thousands of disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from the family where

the most terrible thing in syria just to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship rather than what some tires are thought to be better to die than continue to be surely to go to. the disappeared of syria on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here this hour u.s. regulators have approved the johnson and johnson taxi in for an urgency use can be delivered in one day and sand is the 3rd that seem to be approved in the u.s.

. brazilian president jabil tomorrow has threatened to pull emergency aid to any states reintroducing lockdowns he says restrictions threaten jobs and economy. and yemen's government is appealing for an end to fighting in marriage to avoid a humanitarian crisis tens of thousands of internally displaced people are encircled and the fiercest fighting since the rebels launched an offensive 3 weeks ago. u.n. ambassador has been sacked for denouncing the military coup he made an emotional appeal to the un general assembly on friday urging the international community to use any means necessary to restore democracy your mom military has become the existence of threat for myanmar as the political and civilized society. now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity can committed by myanmar military the international community must ensure that has no place in the modern world as bound by in the un

secretary-general in that regard we the committee representing our. duly are the united nations the united nations security council and international community that aspire to build peaceful and civilized global society to use any means necessary to take action against them are military and to prove i say 50 and security for the people of myanmar. they want to get it said james bay says it's unclear if the ambassador will actually step down. well the ambassador would have known what was at stake when he made those words he would of very carefully judge that he knew the the possible repercussions against his family he knew that the military would try to sack him and recall him the big question now is is he going to go is he going to give up his job or is he going to say that he is the legitimate representative of the people of myanmar and of the rulers of the country

who are currently jailed it's worth reminding you that at the same general assembly session the special envoy the secretary-general special envoy on myanmar christine shauna berger said it's important the international community does not lend legitimacy or recognition to this regime so will they recognize the decision of the regime to sack the ambassador i'm sure that the military will now is try and send a new ambassador that will reflect their views but which one is the united nations going to recognize it will go to a rather obscure body part of the general assembly known as the credentials committee if there is a dispute it has 9 members interestingly among those 9 members of the u.s. is one as are china and russia which of made the point that this is largely an internal affair they will come up with a recommendation and then it will go to the general assembly for

a vote so it's although the military is saying they've sacked the ambassador is not a tall clear whether he'll be losing his job or after a protective fight will actually stay in the job. meanwhile inside me in law security forces have intensified their crackdown across the country troops and chased protesters from the streets using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds demonstrators are demanding the release of the elected leader and sensing attorney check reports. police in the amman southern city of daraa way employing more aggressive tactics to disperse protesters. advancing behind the cover of their riot shields they fired tear gas into the crowd forcing people back into the city's small alleyways. in yangon on more aggression to from the early morning on saturday security forces occupied areas the protesters that claimed as their own charging forward they pursued protesters relentlessly throughout the day those who didn't

flee were detained not just protesters several journalists were also arrested. but the mood on the streets remains defiant behind improvised barricades to keep the police at bay and the protesters happy to see their cause raised so publicly at the united nations. we got so much encouragement to protest by seeing me and mars ambassador to the u.n. that's why we're protesting with lots of energy and as much effort as we can have we feel so thankful and got so much courage to see that the u.n. representative stands with us while we're trying to protest and get our state councilor and president released. and memo 2nd city mendeley protest when led by monks in this majority but this nation it's regarded as to boo to attack a member of the clergy but myanmar's military has shown in the past it has no qualms about cracking down on monks and it's unlikely these protesters will find sanctuary behind their saffron robes tony chang al jazeera. bangladesh says

it's under no obligation to take back 81 rangar refugees rescued by the indian coast guard had been adrift for 2 weeks in the andaman sea in a crowded fishing boat along with 8 people who died they set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back well the $151.00 refugee convention lays out states obligations towards refugees this includes that they can't be returned to a place where they are in danger it also says a state shouldn't stop them entering but india never signed the convention and has no domestic laws on protecting refugees despite this of a host more than 200000 including some rango bangladesh's sheltering more than a 1000000 rangar who've fled persecution in neighboring me and some are refugees pay people smugglers to take them to southeast asia so let's bring in simon business sees executive director of the international campaign for the running game

joins us live from washington d.c. simon good to have you back on the program so we're seeing this. between india and bangladesh over this boatload of reading the refugees bangladesh says it's not obligated to take them back home robust is that argument. well i think india should quite simply take in these were incorrect future years are it's incumbent on any country to take it refugees who are closest to their country and you know bangladesh is point i think is that brandishes already sheltering over a 1000000 rager refugees now they are freely allowed in are starting in the 90 ninety's and then most recently in 2017 and the international community needs to. each year take their fair share of rain or refugees and if they're not going to take their fair share of rager refugees then they need to come up with the money that's needed to how and feed and educate all the remainder refugees that are

currently in baghdad and sign and many of these refugees on that boat reportedly had u.n.h.c.r. id cards given to them at the cox's bazar refugee camp is there an argument here that the u.n. also needs to take some responsibility here. or certainly the u.n. needs to step up and you know every member of the international community needs to step up because this is a global problem and are it's not just taking care of the refugees are but it's also. on the myanmar military now that they are the miramar military junta to are critical additions inside me and mar to. bear whereby the working girl would want to return. and simon there are reports of this boat load of refugees was dispatched by people smugglers so yet again many

were seem to be victims of human trafficking. you know that certainly seems to be the case and you know this is what happens when a large group of people are essentially abandoned international community people are desperate and the international community needs to step up to take care of rangar refugees and to cannot pressure on me amar in particular from him our military so that the conditions inside myanmar are such that their anger will want to return some of bill and it's good to get your thoughts thank you for talking to our desire thank you. now the fate of $317.00 schoolgirls abducted in nigeria on friday is still unknown they were taken from the town of jang debbie on friday in the latest of a series of mass abductions in the country's north the government has ordered all boarding schools in the area to be shut down police say they have information the girls have been moved to a nearby forest parents are hoping they'll soon be found not thinking this one can

be the same tune with the to book it is because it's a bogus had been abducted by boko haram with militant they are not thinking for also. find it but i don't know i believe when did the 2 of them do it in madrid to release. the photos. and then a separate incident in northwest nigeria dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in kadar a 10 days ago have been released they've arrived in mina in central nigeria gunmen raided kadar a school in niger state and some of their relatives and staff members of the students were shot and killed. now an oil spill that's affected large parts of israel has begun to wash up ashore in southern lebanon the spill happened early this month but environmental groups fear it could take years to clean up the telepaths how they are ripples. the sand on tired beach in lebanon is contaminated

and soaked in tar. it's residue from a massive oil spill that started in israel's coast now the beginning of a tedious cleanup effort entire is underway to protect the environment and the city's tourism but i mean it's sort of empty you'd be even a nature reserve is suffering from approximately 2 tons of tar 90 percent of which is hidden under the sand we're trying to extract it as soon as possible so we can protect the turtles hatching season. the spill is considered israel's a biggest environmental disaster beaches have been shut down and there are reports of turtles and birds covered in oil. the sale of fish and other seafood from the area is now prohibited but not all fishermen are following the guidelines now as they are shown we're still eating the fish the entire village many of my friends and people i know bought it and were not affected the tar floats on the water it damages the reefs and seaweed the beach and our equipment like nets and boat but

the fish don't eat anything unnatural. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nearly $14000000.00 have been earmarked to clean up the country shoreline should move to an oil tanker leak off the coast is suspected to have cost the spill and tons of tar continue to wash up the mediterranean coast environmental groups fear it could take months or perhaps even hears to clean up the damage. on al-jazeera. talk a check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. regulators have approved the johnson and johnson vaccine for emergency use it can be delivered in one dose and is the 3rd vaccine to be approved yes president joe biden welcome the names but edge people to remain cautious joe biden and.