great off the page as on it's israel's 4th election in 2 years after the unity government's failure to pass the national budget upfront smocked lamont hill cuts through that had lived the challenge conventional wisdom. march on al-jazeera. warnings of a health catastrophe in brazil authorities call for a nationwide lockdown of the same day the country's broke all records its highest coronavirus death tolls. so wrong with your she lives their life my headquarters here in doha also coming up this kind of behavior is not acceptable we will not countenance it we will not tolerate it the u.s. and the european union impose sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition

leader alexina valley also we're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may the by the administration says it's speeding up production of the johnson and johnson crowd a virus vaccine announcing an unusual partnership with a rival drug company and. victims of another round of drug related violence in mexico the government orders urgent action. welcome to the program brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from coronavirus in a single day 1641 fatalities were registered on chews day suppressing the previous record set in july it follows an urgent call from senior health officials to call for a nationwide lockdown the group of 27 states health secretary say more needs to be done to combat what they're warning as the worst moment of the pandemic since it

began more than a quarter of a 1000000 people have ties present tribal sonora strongly opposes further restrictions on a stratton to pull funding for any states that go into lockdown you know kim of how small the rio de janeiro's here in brazil. states and mayors and governors have the autonomy to make decisions they are now extremely worried many of them because they're seeing the situation get out of control we're in the summer years so the 2nd wave should have come in what would be the winter which is would be like in june or july and it has started much earlier with the new variant so they have asked for a new nationwide curfew but the president himself has always been against any any sort of measure that he feels will will shut down commerce in any way and he has even said that if anyone takes these measures like lockdowns which are being taken

by some cities and states which have run out of space and there are intensive care units he has said well you know if people go unemployed and there's no work and they need emergency aid well the federal government won't help them you should face the consequences of what we've started so it's a very difficult situation for united response as a matter of fact this has been the problem since the beginning the lack of unity in fighting this. let's bring in some time in a journalist who covers brazil joins me now via skype from sao paulo good to have you with us this coming on the program again i mean depressing sigurd's really coming in from the health ministry and no real sign of the support or direction from the president authority what to do next yeah absolutely it is a very bleak and scary time here in brazil where i am in sao paolo had a record number of deaths in the state today and this is brazil's rich you state

one of the neighboring states of sao paulo sense at that you know there are 220 people at least waiting for intensive care beds at least 5 have died in over the weekend and again that's one of brazil's richest states so what we're seeing here is a absolute health catastrophe and that's exacerbated by the new barrier that was 1st detected in men out in january in the amazon states in amazonas it's thought to be more infectious and can even it really infect people that have it have already had coded and then just an utter breakdown in communication as the other reporter was mentioning in direct threats made by the president who has always been against knock down measures you know just yesterday we saw in the capital brasilia we saw a comma association you know creating big crowds protesting outside of the local governor's house to not to close commerce and that was one of the intensive care

paid remaining free in the state so very tough times here in brazil across the country exacerbated by the political situation of vaccines and you know very tough situations either be on the we're hearing also that some officials at the rio pushing sort of for a nationwide curfew and one wonders in the sort of the political climate they use it to describe whether that will get any traction at all. yeah absolutely i mean mr bolton are the president he's always been against lockdowns but so have large parts of the population i mean it's important to remember that brazil is a developing country as one expert told me recently you know many people here in the informal economy which is more than 45000000 people here you know lots of these people they they you know they work during lunch time to eat dinner so you know the economy is going through a terrible time here in brazil right now it was bad already before the coronavirus

crisis there isn't the you know position the conditions that gave you know the trillion dollar stimulus a look we saw in the united states and that's it you know when the president says things like you know he's always you know sneered and set up his nose at the coronavirus and said that it's you know it's not really a big deal when he says things like oh no it's not serious because i used to be an athlete if i was to get it it wouldn't be anything more than a little cold you know rightly or wrongly that resonates with large portions of the population that actually have to put food on the table but then of course there are the more cynical sections of the population that like the the the well off merchant associations that we saw in brasilia that. you know they're in this you know they're in this for selfish reasons quite frankly it is due to the health system just a moment ago about will be there one available bed it will meticulous should the health system has been buckling under the pressure because of covert 19 and there are various hotspots we're hearing very different stories though that the situation

is maybe slightly better in rio than san paolo and we will show a general sense from the people you're talking to about sort of areas of the country that are really having a problem with those that are just about pulling through. well santa catarina as i mentioned is the states which is you know absolutely on the order of collapse at the moment you had you know there's a 220 person queue waiting to get an intensive care bed things are slightly better here in sao paolo things are bad as ever i am a zone of state with a capital man out. a lot of this comes down to huge regional disparity joe brazil was a very unequal country but then again you know like i said in brazil the capital where there was one intensive care that that's the richest municipality in terms of per capita income at least in the country neighboring grey eyes can brasilia to that's also got an occupancy rate of over 95 percent it's rare i don't think there's any

what state out of the $27.00 states and the federal district right now in brazil that had anything less than an 80 percent occupancy rate so yeah very very tough times indeed across brazil of course much worse in the poorest states that don't have the. logistics and the infrastructure of the better of it so i ams sometimes it's good to have your insight certainly on the ground forces zappala thanks so much for joining us from brazil thanks very much good evening the u.s. president joe biden says he's called the hill reach his goal of delivering 100000000 covert vaccine doses in his 1st 100 days in office he's also proposed a collaboration between 2 pharmaceutical rivals the drug company merck will help make johnson and johnson's single shot coronavirus job after its own attempt to develop a vaccine failed johnson and johnson is also concerned that it will be tested on

children in expanded trials well biden says with the increased production every american adult should be covered when we came in office. the prior administration had contract it for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in america we rectified that about 3 weeks ago we were able to say that we have enough vaccine supply for adults by the end of july and i'm pleased to announce today as a consequence of the stepped up process that i've ordered and just outlined this country will have enough vaccine supply a safe again for every adult in america by the end of may like connor is in washington d.c. but he says that some unexpected partnership. well a virtually unprecedented collaboration these 2 massive pharmaceutical giants who were deep competitors now working with each other this is merck and johnson and johnson what is happening is that merck is going to give some of its facilities at

least 2 of its facilities to help produce that johnson and johnson single shot vaccine which is just being cleared by the f.d.a. what this means is that there are now 3 vaccines on the market that have being cleared now interestingly what the white house has done as well is invoke the defense procurement act in this particular case this means that the resources of the defense force can be used to help get the materials along supply lines to get the necessary materials to manufacture the vaccines to manufacture science and then subsequently to help get to the vaccines into the field to inject into the arms of tens of millions of americans but certainly president biden's prediction that there will be enough vaccine for every adult american by the end of may will be welcomed by all 'd it is far far quicker than many had expected to see this rollout of the vaccine and now this collaboration between the 2 pharmaceutical giants are

basically aiding this whole enterprise something that president biden has continued to a wartime effort. the u.s. states of texas and mississippi are lifting almost all of their code of virus restrictions despite warnings from health officials from next week all businesses will be able to fully reopen and no one will be required to wear a mask this week the head of the centers for disease control wald to get such a rollback saying it could lead to a surge in infections the number of cases in the u.s. has been so declining which many attribute to tighter restrictions. the new u.s. president has sanctions on top russian officials for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley as joe biden's 1st big move against vladimir putin's government since taking office nearly 6 weeks ago these 7 people targeted include the heads of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general the u.s.

is also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with producing chemical agents well the valley here is the most prominent critic of putin and fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent which it denies valley was jailed last month after returning to russia for violating parole are being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to putin russia's vowing it will hit back against the sanctions its foreign minister cast doubt on the valley's poisoning without mentioning the kremlin critic by the way. we will eat you when all of those who treated him thoroughly had all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collaboration and not hiding they start to punish us this doesn't bring any credit to those who take decisions and will surely respond wasn't jordan has more on the u.s. response from washington d.c.

. those sanctioned by the u.s. government on tuesday include the f.s.b. the premier russian intelligence agency as well as a number of senior russian military officials however u.s. officials say that this is simply the start of trying to improve moscow accountable for its treatment of the political opponent alexina vali this is net price the state department spokesperson it is clear that russian officials targeted mr have only for his activism and his efforts to reveal uncomfortable truths about russian officials corruption and to give voice to russian citizens legitimate grievances with their government and its policies we are exercising our authorities to send a clear signal that russia's use of chemical weapons and human rights abuses have severe consequences any use of chemical weapons anywhere at any time by anyone under any circumstance is unacceptable and it contravenes international norms to

show that this is not just a one off for the biden administration u.s. officials said on tuesday that they are still looking at options for holding moscow accountable for the solar winds cyber attack that's the cyber attack that attack not just u.s. government institutions but private businesses as well and the bite administration wants to send the message that it's going to hold moscow accountable for what it considers moscow's bad behavior. ball still ahead here on al-jazeera. police have been open fired to disperse anti cooper testers as its dissidents ambassador to the u.n. refuses to step down also. they don't want supporters stalled the u.s. capitol the f.b.i. chief calls it appalling interactive divestitures terrorism those stories after the break.

it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways hello the weather's looking a little changeable for japan over the next couple of days you've had rain sleet and snow sweeping through on this bank of cloud quite a brisk northerly wind coming in there will see temperatures that will be some valleys at around 13 celsius for take but at least it will be fine and dry thought is right to across northern parts of china central areas southern parts we'll see increasing cloud on the right pushing up towards the east as we go through thursday and that'll just make its way across south korea southern parts of japan this stage the winds picking up move an easterly direction to temperatures starting to rise and they will continue to lift as we make our way into the weekend we've seen some very heavy showers recently across northern parts of the philippines more showers coming in here as you go on through wednesday and then a plethora of showers across indochina showers there into vietnam with the sweater

weather moving through cambodia will see cloud of gray coming into a good part of thailand and then elsewhere across the reason see usual seasonal showers coming through not too many showers meanwhile across south asia at present here it is fine and dry absolute want to see wintry flurries across the foothills of the himalayas but for the most part it's fine and dry with temperatures well in the thirty's. sponsored by qatar airways the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i'm afraid because i'm not on the minority of. trade but where do these ideas come from the tragedy of morning news how much we've tried to sell the place. because i happy families all along the border join me are dished out to see you on the final part of my journey when i jus become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's soul an al-jazeera.

book about what charges there with me as a whole robin a reminder of our top news stories brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day 1641 fatalities were registered on tuesday it's a passing the previous record set in july u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley the white house is not sanctions against 7 c. the russian officials president biden says hill he's confident that he'll reach his goal of delivering 100000000 covert vaccine doses of his 1st 100 days in office

he's also praised the drug companies back for helping rival johnson and johnson produced its coronavirus trial. security forces may continue to crackdown on protesters with reports of live rounds being fired in the northwestern town of color foreign ministers from the regional bloc have urged the junta but seized power last month to stop using lethal force jessica washington reports. in the streets of hand gone peaceful protest says remain determined even in the face of force. i say any of them were hard hats and tried to protect themselves with makeshift barricades feel ok pious streets to fight against military rule i. think this what it shows police firing at on

demonstrators. in the country's northwest several people were injured when police used water cannon and tear gas. as the attacks on peaceful demonstrations continue and most neighbors in southeast asia held their 1st meeting since the military carrying. the talks were held virtually and behind closed doors indonesia is the largest democracy in southeast asia and has been at the forefront of the push for all the un to help resolve the crisis in me and indonesia's foreign minister acknowledges that while noninterference isn't shunned in the us the un charter so too is a commitment to peace stability and good got the. indonesian foreign minister said her country is very concerned about the violence in manama. manchaca it's worrisome because an increasing number of civilians have lost their lives or injured. singapore's prime minister joined those calling for the release of me and

most of the democratically elected leaders do i rest though on songs flukey as well as our ministers and the president. and charge them with or walkie talkie or fences and things like that i don't think that's going to help solve the problem malaysia's foreign ministry said the resolution to what it called a political deadlock must be a domestic led process experts say on the on must come up with a plan rather than reflecting on whether it should or should not be part of the felician as they are. expected. must. or. place the democratic we. must be at. the un member states trying to decide what they can do to resolve this crisis

a battle with higher stakes is playing out on the streets jessica washington jakarta labels u.n. ambassador and says that he will continue it is role despite being fired by the military junta sure more turnout was dismissed following a speech at the un general assembly on friday it is addressing the international community to use any means necessary to restore democracy the u.k. has requested security council meeting to discuss the situation diplomatically to the james bays has more from the united nations. last friday in the u.n. general assembly jaw more toward the ambassador of myanmar to the u.n. who gave an impassioned speech condemning the events inside his country one day later the military authorities said that he'd been fired from his job and on sunday this letter was sent to all of the countries in the u.n. all the 192 other countries saying that he'd been replaced by the deputy ambassador

who would now be the acting ambassador however on the 1st of march another letter was sent this time from george more torn saying he was still the ambassador both letters have the same letter head of this building which is the myanmar mission to the u.n. effectively the country's embassy it's a big problem for the u.n. there's a very long procedure credentials committee of the general assembly which was meet to decide who is the legitimate representative the problem for now is the fact that both are passes to the u.n. both are allowed in the building so who is going to be recognized as the ambassador i can confirm that we've received true letters they're currently under review they said they said gee a meeting is it who gets to the seat 1st currently as they both have active u.n. tasks sic we are well both can come into. both coming to the building.

who is recognized. by the president of whichever meeting is going on that will be an issue a floor for member states we are i mean let's be honest here we're in a very unique. situation we have not seen in in a long time right now no one's arguing the door of this building but this is likely to be a protracted fight and an important one the generals know that diplomatic representation is key to the legitimacy of their rule now the director of the f.b.i. has told us senators there's no evidence to support claims that fake trump supporters took part in the siege of the capitol building on january the 6th just for a describe the attackers domestic terrorism and promise to hold the rioters to account and fisher has more from washington d.c. . for this is the 1st time christopher really has testified before

a senate committee since the insurrection at the u.s. capitol 8 weeks ago i was appalled like you at the violence and destruction that we saw that there was appalled that you our country's elected leaders were victimized right here in these very halls that attack. that siege was criminal behavior plain and simple as behavior that we the f.b.i. view is domestic terrorism. some republican senators have claimed among those who stormed the capitol and to trump agitators fix supporters bent on causing trouble and idea dismissed under questioning by direct to race based on your investigation so far do you have any evidence that the capital of terror was organized by quote fake trump protesters we have not seen evidence of that at this stage certainly christopher ray has been director of the f.b.i. since 2017 he was

a donald trump appointee after he fired james komi he says in his time in office he's seen a tripling in the number of cases involving white supremacy that has been the most deadly area of attacks domestically in the past 10 years he also says there's been a dramatic increase in the number of arrests of people who self identify as anarchists. the big question for rape was the january 6th attack an intelligence failure by the f.b.i. he pointed to a report sent by a local field office on january the 5th it was as you noted raw and verified uncorroborated information that have been posted online and my understanding was that that information was quickly as in within an hour. disseminated and communicated with our partners including the u.s. capitol police including metro p.d. not one not 2 but 3 different ways. directory says an internal investigation is

underway to see if the f.b.i. could have done more should have been more proactive in protecting lawmakers from threats that were being widely circulated before the attack alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill. the u.s. ascension to military leaders of the hugely rebels in yemen they're accused of procuring weapons from iran and organizing attacks last month the state department removed a terrorist designation imposed on the who teased by the trumpet ministration it was reversed over fears it could stop aid getting through and worsen yemen's humanitarian crisis. well aid organizations in yemen say their programs will be severely cut after a u.n. appeal for money fell well short of its goal the target of the global donor conference was nearly $4000000000.00 about 1.7 $1000000000.00 was raised years of conflict and entrenched poverty have left more than $2000000.00 children under 5 at

risk of acute malnutrition the u.n. says more money is urgently needed to stop the country tipping into a devastating famine i think. if you. will literally be exponentially increasing the risk of famine. in the spread of diseases and your relations easily international n.g.o.s have to support yemen at its worst moment in crisis with critters made yesterday there is. the prospect of a severe attack of lies. the e.u. is urge russia to allow international monitors full access to territory in eastern ukraine not under the control of the ukrainian government european council president michel metz the ukrainian president vladimir selenski at a checkpoint on the edge of the disputed territory the region has seen a long running conflict between ukraine and russian backed separatists michelle said that the e.u.

would support efforts towards a full ceasefire in the area. and troops have been sent to the mexican state of the sewer after the latest round of violence linked to a drug gang 13 people are being killed on the plains being laid on what's considered the deadliest cartel in the country will repel a report from mexico city. another bloody crime scene in her state 11 construction workers shot dead in tunnel or it's the latest in what has become a seemingly endless cycle of senseless violence. body on the north from detroit ject area the projectiles in which number more than 70 between short and long arms it can be seen that the people were sitting on a bench apparently waiting to be paid for the week's work when suddenly but into the eagles arrived. here last weekend's attack was followed by another shooting 30 kilometers away in lomas the pentagon killing at least 2 people in halle's go even

authorities admit the security situation has grown out of control yesterday 13 people lost their lives into multiple hermie sites all signs point to organized crime. and a long as the. one of us is day in response to the increase in violent criminal activity in states like her leask or want to what or any gun mexico's president announced the deployment of additional troops from the national guard. ok. there there already is a presence we will reinforce the presence of the national guard jani in the marines in the armed forces in the states i've instructed this i gave this order a month ago and more elements are already being mobilized. in highly school state experts linked to worsening violence to the new generation cartel or c.j. and cheap believed to rival the sin aloa cartel as mexico's dominant drug gang and in recent years violence linked to the police call cartel has spread to new parts

of the country the announcement of more national guard troops being sent to hell east coast state is consistent with mexico's national security strategy a strategy that has been largely unchanged since the start of the country's militarized war on drugs 15 years ago. according to government statistics since 2006 mexico has recorded more than 300000 violent deaths nationwide most of which are believed to be tied to criminal activity. al jazeera mexico city. your child is there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from krone virus in a single day 1641 fatalities were registered on choose days a passing the previous record set in july health officials are appealing for a.