the government is changing their government buildings the universities and mine is very easily just some of the many structures that were destroyed in the larger in world war 2. but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never to leave recovery. the pandemic pushes more and more people into poverty in brazil as a coronavirus curfews announced its 2nd largest city. in the what we are several life my headquarters here in doha also coming up. tsunami warnings issued across the pacific 3 powerful earthquakes forced people to move to higher ground. i. also protest as

a killed of the fight for the release of senegal's opposition leader. the un the usa eritrean forces must leave ethiopia is to grow a region like using above committing crimes against humanity. to the program after days of record quota virus deaths across brazil the country's 2nd largest city has announced its toughest measures yet to curb the spread of covert 90 from friday restaurants and bars of rio de janeiro will close at 5 o'clock in the evening and commercial activity on beaches will be suspended it follows a decision by palos governor to close non-essential businesses for 2 weeks from saturday. as brazil faces its worst phase of the pandemic so far it's also seeing a sharp increase in poverty. reports from rio de janeiro. there are

no people standing in line in front of the banks and increasingly more lying by the door on the sidewalk like 33 year old bad about her and her soon to be born baby boy. i lost my job as a cleaning lady when the pandemic began but at least i could rely on the government to make an see age now i have nothing or in me a child on the way. government handouts benefiting 60 percent of brazil's population stopped abruptly in january but the effects are beginning to show now there's a buzzcut me so there are brazilians who return to poverty by the end of the year brazil went from one extreme to the other from having the most generous emergency aid program in the region benefiting 60 percent of the population to having none the question is how will people survive until we are all texan ated street vendor paul and his wife used to live in a shack in the slum until last week when their savings dried up and their customers

stopped buying. it it's a vicious cycle we can't pay the rent or clients quit buying or finding a job now things are going from bad to worse is almost impossible. brazil's economy minister says the solution for the disease and the economy is the vaccine but president. has always downplayed the pandemic and political infighting has delayed binocular lieschen campaign less than 5 percent of the 210000000 population has been vaccinated in previous days rio's oldest slum people are wary of promises. we have less money food is more expensive and vaccines will take a long time to get here brazil's public debt is it's truly high and the government says it could not maintain the emergency but economists say that dropping it all

together can be done for us. the specter of recession already looms over pretty decent and with it the fear that the high unemployment and poverty rates will lead to an increase in violence which is already on the rise meineke an i.q. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro australia's got caught up in the dispute over quite a virus vaccines for now it won't get a quarter of a 1000000000 doses of astra zeneca now the shipments be blocked from leaving the european union it's the 1st use of an export system designed to hold big pharmaceutical companies to their cold tracks there's been frustration at astra zeneca slow rollout of the vaccine the firm reduced its pledge doses to the e.u. earlier this year citing supply problems let's get more of this raw correspondent nicholas cage to said australia's capital declare any reaction from canberra on this. these showing government has been quick to try to alight public concerns

about what this decision could main for its back saying roll out of course if one tried to have the block reversed but it does rise wider questions about the issue of astra zeneca failing to meet some of it back same targets the telly and government has said the reason behind this decision is because if that shortage of esther's and it could doses in europe and the close it doesn't say as i belong whole nation because of the lawyer number of court that montane cases here but this will come about because of the shortage of doses in europe whereby european based a vaccine manufacturers need to seek approval from national governments if it wants to export vials outside of europe we understand that the italian government did inform the european commission of the decision to block the shipment to

a stray or it could have skipped gene but it didn't nonetheless a study is that saying the rollout program is under white we're only just saying the 1st doses of astra zeneca that same's being rolled out and more manufacturing all of that vaccine is expected to begin life to this month at the same time we have the 5 is a vaccine being involved in a strategy so at this stage the government doesn't believe that this decision by easily to block 250000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine will affect its rollout program in the struggle thank you guys thanks very much for the update . no new zealand's been dealing with the threat of a tsunami in the past year tens of thousands of people only east coast of the north island have moved to higher ground now the tsunami warning follows 3 large shallow earthquakes out at sea the biggest and latest was an $8.00 magnitude quake near the

kinetic islands that followed a $7.00 magnitude jolt in the same area the 1st quake in the early hours of friday measured $7.00 it's epicenter was around 100 kilometers from. asking those that have no high ground or inland to remain we you until the official all clear is given the official all clear will be given when we have the advice that it is right to do so asking please do not go and leave those areas until you have the all clear or when he joins me now via skype from a total girl on the east coast of the north island way in the authorities were very quick to react to this quake so just bring us up to speed on what's happening so far. yes well it's certainly been a very active friday so far for people in this part of the world it began with that quake that you mentioned at around 2 30 in the morning on friday that was felt very

strongly in many parts of new zealand certainly jolted a lot of people awake at that hour of the morning and then the much of a jew one which was further away from new zealand near the kermadec island some 1000 kilometers out from new zealand but a very large quake wasn't felt in new zealand but the threat soon became clear that it was possibly going to result in a tsunami and soon after that quake a tsunami alert was issued by the authorities in new zealand for many people in different parts of the country mainly as you mentioned on the east coast of the northern part of the north island that threat that alert is still in place now we're hearing some reports that there has been some surges in some parts all of those areas where the alert remains in place some unusual activity in the in the ocean but for the most part people seem to have heeded the warnings the urge from

the authorities to get away from those coastal areas head to higher ground so people for the most part it seems have got themselves to safety in a way from that sort of unusual activity that we're seeing take place in some areas but of course the fact that christchurch itself is commemorating 10 years of devastating earthquake new zealand is prepared for these sorts of instances how well prepared or are the public at large and now there is more of a integrated early warning system available. yes you're right when you mention christchurch that large earthquake that struck at 10 years ago in fact the 10 year anniversary was marked just over a week ago so certainly the memory of that quake is very fresh in the minds of many people in new zealand a new zealanders are certainly used to seismic activity used to earthquakes

occurring not just very close to new zealand but right around the pacific ring of fire which of course new zealand is so there is a very strong warning system in place that appears to have worked for the most part very well this time those warnings come in the form of alerts coming through people's phones certainly i received one of those on my phone about the danger of being too close to the coast in the aftermath of that larger earthquake but also in some areas tsunami sirens have been sounding where the alert is in place and what we're being told is that those sirens are still going off right now some hours after that earthquake struck so again that alert is still in place and people are being told to stay in those higher ground areas until the level has been lifted when thanks very much for the update when they forced to rwanda let's bring in that he's a senior scientist at the genus which studies geoscience in new zealand joins me

now via skype from wellington good to have you with us on the program in terms of the alarm that's been raised across the pacific rim how will the effects be viewed and experience not just in new zealand but in areas such as japan russia mexico south america tonga they're all talking and reporting different sorts of waves that are hitting their coastlines. yes well me in the pacific. not just restricted to nearby coastlines as you pointed out the source is closest to new zealand so in general we would expect the fastest and the largest waves to arrive in new zealand but they can be out there is the ocean bottom become a tree and the direction of the falls in the shape of the fault that ruptured will control where the tsunami waves have gone the tsunami modeling that we conduct here in a science and also ethics of x. now me i want to center does allow for those kinds of things and so there are

experts forecasting tsunami waves that goes through civil defense in the various countries taking into account those travel times and the 2 areas of the earthquake and the ocean bottom how does how does the communication work there between yourselves you might say feel slow or tease when it comes to advising people how far they have to move away from you by say the epi said all the dangers. right so this is an offshore earthquake sorry not the most recent large earthquake magnitude 8 point one at 828 this morning that's the major source of me evacuation order from civil defense here in new zealand our role is to evaluate the earthquake and the tsunami and pass from potential white hot center ruggles to civil defense and they take care of the public the looting they've been using the emergency mobile alert system e.m.i. to pass those alerts on and the civil defense regions around new zealand have evacuation maps and ice and have messaging in place about evacuation routes so

those messages are effectively triggering evacuation plans and evacuation maps that are and based on printouts of the various places nomic come from around the pacific in terms of the technology that you use to be able to measure not just quakes but where tsunamis may hates how has technology proved it helps you do your job to be able to save lives not just in new zealand but across the pacific rim. it continues to improve every year we are seeing more deep ocean pressure sensor dark voice which allows us to sense the way it moving over and calibrate models of the tsunami that might be coming from earthquake we have in recent decades been improving the connection of this last moment around the world to get the saw as the depth and the location mechanism of these are quite so they can feed into the models forecast the earthquake that's coming and we are very closely linked for example between u.s.

geological survey and genocides here amongst us cosmology airing a number of these very large red lights and also between us and i mean scientists and pacific tsunami warning center for example so repartee medications new types of sensors and rep adept and actions of all improved vastly other recent decades and continue to improve crime let it have the g.n.a.s. said you zealot thanks so much for joining us wellington said thank you. thanks for having me. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. she was nicknamed angel the service for a teenager who is among the latest victims of me a mass military crackdown also. the latest big livers out of south korea the bestselling boy band that beat taylor swift that story after the break.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored plan qatar airways it's rain for now throughout central and southern china this is just a hint the springs on its way and are rolling low through southern japan temp just to the north of all this have risen recently but they're about to come down again the winds going around to the south as big drop of 9 degrees invite if awestruck eventual feel the same in tokyo so the korean peninsula and even down to shanghai eleven's probably lower limits here and then the rain might be in hearts a bit to the south of that it gets as far south as hong kong tokyo's temperature drops down to about 11 degrees we have seen 20 recently so as bit of a shock but you early spring you expect that sort of thing still the northeast monsoon blows and sort of suppresses any significant shower growth for the philippines or for most of southeast asia or a few showers around bangkok for the heavy ones our course for the south right into an easier job in particular. that was most of india bangladesh and pakistan remain

quiet and still with the full problem the cause the problem in the northern valley of india in particular you've got a westerly disturbance that's what they're called bringing showers or snow through afghanistan to northern pakistan might indeed have the air quality in new delhi in very nasty is not such a big problem although it will be unhealthy again by monday. sponsored paul qatar airways. amidst destruction and despair a group of friends resist. rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. a secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. to witness. a library under bombs on al-jazeera.

talk about you want you have to 0 at least a whole robin or a binder of our top news stories brazil's 2nd largest city has announced its toughest measures yet to curb the spread of covert 19 restaurants and bars in rio de janeiro will close at 5 o'clock in the evening of the next week it follows days of record coronavirus deaths across the country. the european union has blocked a quarter of a 1000000 current virus vaccines from being exported to australia the astra zeneca shipments been stopped by any e.u. export system designed to hold big pharmaceutical companies to their contract yes. there are reports of tsunami waves in the pacific following a series of earthquakes tens of thousands of people along the east coast of new

zealand's north island have moved to higher ground the tsunami warning follows 3 large and shallow earthquakes out at sea. finally between supporters of senegal's leading opposition figure and police have turned deadly the 2 killings all the. rest 2 days ago demonstrations are going into the night with activists throwing concrete blocks of police responding with tear gas and stun grenades was arrested for participating and it'll also runs for us which appear in court on wednesday of charges of rape and he denies the charge saying it's politically motivated nicholas time. this is very unusual rarely do you see protests with such magnitude and if you behind me were at the university and police are firing tear gas to try to quell the angry crowd in the distance the protesters continue to throw rocks this is one of the major arteries of the capital and right now it's

a battle zone between security forces and supporters of. earlier on the police had to push back a few 100 meters because the protesters came in and they called reinforcements from this special brigade it's called the b.p.i. brigade not. it's a special brigade deployed when the police are overwhelmed late last night as well the military was called into reinforcement in the area where opposition leader at least one song is being held and of course he is refusing to answer the questions of the police he's being held over the rape charges as you mentioned probably but also over and over now this the protests that have been they call they say that he is responsible for the violence that we're seeing here and this protest is an authorized. no killings torture and sexual violence as well as ethnic cleansing

those are the crimes reportedly being carried out daily in ethiopia stingray region the only human rights chief wants monitors to be let in we shall bash says the allegations of war crimes need to be investigated aid groups journalists and criminal investigators are struggling frank says as fighting continues with federal troops and ever trained forces on one side and soldiers of the region's 4 were ruling party on the other. as are the people caught in the middle ethnic to gray and say that they're being wiped out by troops who act with impunity they say they're being forced from their homes and worse more than 136 cases of rape are reported to great hospitals in december and january with many more likely a report it. the u.n. security council met those day to discuss the humanitarian crisis but so far the council has been unable to agree on a joint position our diplomatic editor james burns reports now from u.n.

headquarters in new york. 4 months exactly since ethiopia sent troops into t. great province and international condemnation is growing we urge the ethiopian government to support any media to enter the fighting in tikrit and to that in the proper drawl of eritrean forces and her regional forces from grave are essential steps the mention of eritrean forces is important ethiopian soldiers like these have been filmed repeatedly but they have been persistent reports 2 of eritrean troops carrying out some of the worst atrocities reports the u.n. has been unable to confirm until now. the u.s. has the presidency of the un security council and the master thomas greenfield chaired a virtual meeting on syria. there was broadcast portion of this meeting before she then led a discussion on the situation in t.

grey in closed session during the meeting al-jazeera has learnt the un humanitarian chief mark local spoke about eritrea and troops countless well corroborated reports suggest their culpability for atrocities eritrea and defense forces must leave ethiopia and they must not be enabled or permitted to continue their campaign of destruction before they do so meanwhile the un high commissioner for human rights michel by chalets says an independent inquiry into what's going on in t. great needs to be carried out now she says some of the atrocities appear to amount to war crimes. at the united nations. the us has tightened export controls on bar in the latest response to the military's escalating crackdown on protesters earlier the un's human rights investigated about did more sanctions the global weapons a bargain. an embassy in washington said it's deeply distressed by the deaths of

civilians pressure on the military is building daily with protests like this one in bangkok and the u.s. says it could take further action we continue to urge the bernie bernie as military to exercise maximum maximum restraint this latest escalation in violence demonstrates the fact of that winter's complete disregard for their own people for the people of burma it is unacceptable and the world will continue to respond the united states will continue to respond will continue to respond in tandem with our partners and allies around the world. international concern of the ousting of mia ball's aleck to leaders has turned to outrage in recent days as the military has stepped up attacks on protesters 38 died on wednesday in the bloodiest days since the army seized power last month well i'm listing to national says there are signs the military is now implementing

a shoot to kill policy but the risks haven't deterred demonstrators have been keeping up their daily protests scott hietala reports. like thousands of others just in nicknamed angel went out to protest on the streets of mandalay on wednesday less than 24 hours later people gathered for her funeral she had been shot in the head. according to the un angel was one of 38 protesters who died at the hands of myanmar security forces the most killed in a single day since the coup on february 1st aid agency save the children says 4 of the dead were children. in yangon bodies were identified and collected by family members this neighborhood of the country's largest city saw the heaviest death toll on wednesday there are reports that security forces opened up with live ammunition on the unarmed protesters without warning. but the protesters continued to put pressure on the jointer on thursday again building barricades to block the security

forces as they prepare for another day of protests young dealy is the former u.n. special repertory for myanmar she and 2 other experts have started a council to track the situation after the coup the behaviors the actions of this so called. are. and terrorists like behaviors they have. and aren't high at high rise buildings around town buildings they aren't a meat and shooting at. civilian populations is a question and she said that the international community needs to acknowledge the military's actions as being comparable to terrorism un. they should really ashamed of what they've done only not done you know they haven't been hearing to the un charter to protect and to restore it to maintain

to secure peace in order. and the security council has have really not done its job . she went on to say that china and russia has veto power in the u.n. security council is obstructing action that needs to be taken in myanmar so far the council has voiced concern but has not condemned what's happened since the coup but there will be a further test of that on friday as another security council meeting has been called to discuss the crackdown on protesters this week it's got harder now to 0. $47.00 hong kong pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion or remain in prison the decision came after 4 days of virus and hearings which led to some defendants falling ill the court granted bail to a 3rd of the defendants but the good time a group back to prison after the government appealed the decision hong kong police have arrested 100 people under the controversial national security deal which beijing imposed on the city 8 months ago they the north is

a pro-democracy activist who fled hong kong jus to the national security though he says the city's legal system now only serves china's communist party. well as we all know this is a political persecution at 1st we actually didn't have high hopes on the court giving out bells because our own thing to the presidents actually the burden of proof is on the defendants to show that they are not going to invalidate the national security law in the future so that they could be granted so bit the fact the presumption of innocence is not applicable on national security law cases it's no longer a legal system that serves its people but the interests of the communist party at expression and that on the shows that create all cases the courts the judges of the court are appointed by the government and they have a set of screening on them these prosecution of presidents see there's not allow

any room for civic society and deficient of power including the pro-democracy camp getting involved in public affairs into these parliaments so there are rumors saying that n.b.c.'s either standing committee. member of the congress is going to impose a much more strict electorate on the hong kong and making it less democratic and occupied by most of the publishing people and that really shows a continual ety of beijing's approach which is a very heavy handed and very autocratic and hong kong it's just becoming more and more like 2 to be ordinary chinese city. now there are reports from the us that police have asked the national guard to stay on to secure the capitol building for another 2 months security forces in washington d.c. are on high alert after intelligence agencies uncover the potential plot by a militia group to storm the building prompted the cancellation of thursday's u.s.

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