33 years older than him marriage for sale on al-jazeera. play an important role in protecting you and. ringback touch your face. 0. they're welcome to the news arm can but i'll indulge coming up in the next 60 minutes. by the narrowest of margins a divided u.s. senate passes president joe biden's at $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus aid package. unrest across senegal's capital where protests continue against the

detention of an opposition leader. pope francis encourages peaceful coexistence while visiting the ancient iraqi city with 3 global religions trace their roots. and amsterdam hosts its 1st big hold music event since the pandemic began saying it has to keep it coronavirus free. and in sport has one of the cats are open so until for the 2nd time the tucson will have been champion b.t.w. the research in the dark horse. u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package has cleared the senate 50 senate is voted in favor $49.00 were against it after hours of debate and frenzied negotiations but now heads back to the democratic party controlled

house of representatives the bill provides for stimulus checks to most americans as well as money for more testing and vaccine distribution let's cross live now to mike hanna and washington d.c. mike so lots of drawn out debate but finally this has passed. well it's the longest senate debate in living memory lasting more than 24 hours the full truth repeated objections by republican members amendment after amendment was voted on and then rejected all by the slimmest of majority is the only reason there wasn't a 5050 split in the vote requiring a casting vote by the vice president was because one republican senator had to return to alaska for a family funeral so the slimmest of margins in the senate but president biden has now got his 1st major legislative victory and it's

a very big victory indeed the house majority leader charles schumer describing this as one of the most sweeping pieces of legislation in american history and certainly it could have a massive impact on the country as a whole $1.00 trillion dollars in money that is going to be going to individual americans to businesses to schools to help that scene production and distribution so a massive piece of legislation indeed ok so that's kind of a few of the things that it covers as you said it's been described as one of the largest pledges a legislative packages in american history whether through what happens next in the house. well you know it goes back to the house which would need to approve the legislation as passed by the senate it then goes to president biden for signature but what this whole process has shown is something quite problematic for president biden in the months ahead and that is that pushing

through legislation on this basis on the slimmest of majorities requires complete participation from every democrat now there may be some democrats in the house who vote against the legislation because they do not appreciate some of the compromises that have been made in order for it to get into the senate and this is going to be a problem for president biden in the months ahead because you do have a situation where any legislative advance will depend on the vote of an individual democratic senator it could come down to that that of course gives individual senators that's of power in terms of discussing legislation in terms of pushing their own agenda so here we have got an issue with a major victory for president biden it all likelihood the house is going to pass it on tuesday and the president biden will sign it and it will go into law but the reminder that all it needs to upset any future legislation is the vote of a single democratic senator who crosses the aisle it's incredible really thanks for

that update mike hanna there in washington d.c. . senegal's political turmoil has triggered more unrest and the deployment of the military banks petrol stations and supermarkets were set upon in the capital dhaka with shelves stripped bare the violence began 2 days ago when opposition leader some call was detained he's bad in court accused of rape rights groups are concerned about the crackdown on his supporters inside 2 t.v. stations that have been shut down due to their coverage of the unrest nicholas hunt was in one of the businesses in dhaka that's been trashed. this is much more than than politics whilst the the rest of response song has crystallized this feeling and remember we spent song describes himself as the anti establishment politician he's been very critical of the relationship of big corporations with the state and the government specifically the president himself accusing him of corruption and

that has really resonated among many people here as this typically after this year of pandemic where the government has put really restrictive measures on the on the on on people the curfew has badly affected some of these people to no longer can earn a living many of them have stalls fruit and vegetables stalls and they're not able to sell they're not able to compete with big corporations that sell their vegetables at half the price that they are selling it so there is this feeling that this protest is not just about politics it's about a social movement it seems you know protesters these are not protesters these are people that live in this neighborhood young people that come here to get by and to get some food maybe for today. and it's not just happening here it's happening in so many other places not just in the capital but throughout the country. trances

says celebrated mass in baghdad's chaldean cathedral the latest stop on his visit to iraq earlier the head of the roman catholic church delivered a message of peace to a nation wracked by war and religious division prime minister mustapha i'll call them a has declared march 6th as iraq's day of tolerance and coexistence pope francis was also a knock off where is osama bin jawad reports image iraq's top shia cleric. under strict security pope francis' enters not just one of the holiest cities for shia muslims another historic 1st for the leader of the catholic church as he met iraq's grand ayatollah ali al sistani is a reclusive leader who is rarely seen in public he's iraq's most revered cleric and his proclamations have influenced many since the 2003 u.s. invasion the plight of those being persecuted in the region including palestinians and syrians discussed. short of equal rights for christians in iraq and peaceful coexistence the meeting between the pope and grand ayatollah ali al sistani is

symbolic and significant although the majority of the religious authority says it plays no role in politics audiences danny has played a pivotal part in iraq recently whether it was urging people to take part in politics in elections whether it was to tell them to pick up arms against isis and more recently in the favor of the protesters. clerics in niger say the pope's visit has highlighted iraq's central place for all religions and is a brave gesture from for france's in the face of security challenges and the pandemic. home your home clerics through their words and behavior convert the message of peace and love and convince people to stay away from extremism this is what we did in iraq in the last 2 decades and not just doors have remained open the pope's visit to natura will boost the spirit with our partners the christians in iraq. as part of this pact 3 day visit the 4 went on a pilgrimage to or the city is the birthplace of prophet abraham the patriarch of

all abrahamic religions. in a meeting with leaders representing sudanese sheers christians disease and sabin's francis called himself a messenger of peace advocating harmony and faiths. believe is a strong element that unifies us terrorism and extremism has nothing to do with religion terrorism exploits religion it is up to us to find solutions and is up to us to face and deal with those who betray religions the ancient city of the province where there have been frequent protests violence but on saturday the message from politicians and religious leaders there was of tolerance and peaceful change many iraqis say they're ready for such a transition and hope it will also has reduced corruption and bring more jobs some of the job. now jeff. yemen's army says its forces have killed another 23 who were the fighters on saturday in mali and where it says it killed almost 100 rebels on

friday army however hasn't reported casualties among its own side and the tree aircraft from the saudi led coalition have been targeting who the fight is the rebels began an offensive last month to seize the city and or oil rich areas nearby and security forces have used tear gas to break up another day of anti coup protests in me in ma. oh rocks but despite the crackdown large crowds gathered across several cities more than 50 people have been killed in protests since the military seized power last month tony chang is monitoring the situation from bangkok in neighboring thailand he says there are concerns of a 1000000 miles of ethnic groups who are taking pawson anti coup demonstrations. once again people have come out on the streets in daraa where young gone mandalay in many places across the country and once again they have been met by security services who are firing tear gas setting fires trying to force them back off using those weapons of fear using particularly harshly for the last week interesting new

the one place where they didn't push back was in northern shan state in the town of last year where a very large crowd came out at about 9 am local time yesterday evening the t.n.l. a which is an armed insurgent group one of representing one of the ethnic minorities in that area become close to the city and made it very clear that they were supporting the protesters and we've seen this in other places too where soldiers from the qur'an ethnic groups have come out in support of the protesters. those protesters in last year stood off with the security services further down the road for a couple of hours they were waving groups representing different protesters around the country but also their own ethnic groups and the security services to that they didn't push back because they had done so many other places and this highlights a big problem that i think many people are concerned about that these aren't ethnic

groups and they exist all across myanmar in many of the border areas and they're very well armed in certain cases these protests could be the potential for greater strikes in addition to which the military shows any weakness or tall those groups could use this is an opportunity to push back against them. and a vigil has been held in yangon for protesters have been killed around $1000.00 people came together to sing songs and pray they arrange themselves around a display of candles which spelled out the word heroes the victims photos shown on a large screen. egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi has visited sudar as the neighbors push to break a diplomatic deadlock with ethiopia over a giant new dam both egypt and sudan live downstream from the grand ethiopian renee's on stem and they're worried about future supply years of talks between the 3 countries have repeatedly stalled voters said the war that we discussed the

renaissance dam in ethiopia this affects all the countries around the nile basin we had agreed to continue our efforts on coordination and consultation we insist on returning back to negotiations in order to achieve a further balanced agreement regarding the filling and operation of the dam for the sake of egypt sudan and ethiopia you have a mortgage has more from council. now the talks have stopped for weeks now because the 3 sides can't reach a deal on how to move forward and how to run the talks before if you appear starts its 2nd filling in july with the coming with the onset of the rainy season sudan and egypt have stressed that they want the observers to have a greater role they want them to play a mediator role now this file is obviously being handled by the african union a former south african now by the democratic republic of congo but with sudan and egypt are saying is that they want the united states the european union and the

union and the united nations to have a greater role alongside with the african union to be able to reach some kind of solutions that's because as president the feeling and the operation of the dam without a legally binding deal will impact at least 20000000 people who are living along the streams of the nile here in sudan as well as the operations of the receivers anderson are down here in sudan egypt of course is concerned about more than 90 percent of the population who rely on the nile waters for a living so a lot of talks over this issue over how to move forward with the 2 sides seeming to agree that they need to include more people more more international mediation more observers to have a greater role to be able to get this file moving forward before july before the filling of the ground if your opinion is on famine the rainy season a small group of people gathered to protest against these visit to sudan they demand the return of their whole lives triangle the disputed territory came from both egypt and saddam the area is rich in natural resources. lots more to come

including the hacking spray on microsoft e-mail exchange service that's not over yet. the election in ivory coast that could lead to the return of an exiled former leader. and in sports coronavirus a said to delay the next round of world cup qualifying in south america and he's here with that story. at least 20 people have been killed in the somali capital mogadishu after an explosion at a cafe popular with government workers. is being blamed. for the 2nd time in a year a popular restaurant is attacked in somalia's capital dozens are dead or wounded. yemeni was crowded on friday night when this rickshaw carrying explosives was

driven into it a nearby building collapsed burying people under rubble. but. among those killed in the blast was my brother whose name was up to salaam it's really very sad to witness this tragedy the u.n. and police have condemned al shabaab for the attack welcome the targets a stark evidence of how the terrorists don't want any joy of safety for the residents of the capital and the somalis in general who conduct investigations into the circumstances of the bust and inform you of the final results where another suicide bomber attacked the cathay in august last year prevented from entering he detonated his explosive vest at the entrance. controls rural areas in southern somalia and frequently targets government and civilian targets in mogadishu and al-jazeera. polls are closing in ivory coast after a parliamentary election it's been held 3 months after a somewhat tonawanda presidential vote was boycotted by the opposition for the 1st

time in 10 years the ivorian popular front headed by former president lower bunk to pass dozens of his supporters were killed after he protested against were tired of reelection in october marie rodger below is an africa affairs analyst and the president of africa international media group she thinks the opposition should avoid boycotts even when elections are weighed against them this is a constant. opposition has been competing all over. whenever they have an argument against the incumbent our or the write downs of brisket and the like the. election. instance. when it cuts the next election.

in the parliamentary election which has been a mystic saw the what happens is that. what. only quote you want was that well gee jones now when don't. we boycott what happened who don't see any opposition in the parliament they happen not what. we've arrived just before election so. that if there is a positive dynamic. for them to break now jan jan has got to know what we know and we've seen in the parliament that you have to see. the u.s. government says it's still assessing the size and severity of a cyber attack targeting microsoft's e-mail software so far has thought at least 30000 u.s.

organizations including both government and corporate have been hit and many more worldwide this is significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st and foremost this is an active threat and as the national security adviser tweeted last night everyone running these servers government private sector academia needs to act now to patch them we are concerned that there are a large number of victims and are working with our partners to understand the scope of this that is all of those affected use web based versions of outlook since january the hackers have exploited software floors to steal e-mails in fact service and leave behind back doors to return to and it seems they have stepped up their campaign since microsoft released patches to block them u.s. media outlets have named a china based group as being behind the attack that's been to cyber security analyst james shallows he is an assistant professor at the institute for security and global affairs at the university of laden in the netherlands thank you for your

time so it seems everyone is still trying to figure out exactly how big this could be how big could this be. it can be massive. the number organizations they use outlook in this format is really large and the reports of the moment suggest numbers in the 10s of thousands no one really knows and those numbers like to grow in the near future but there is an import distinction between the number organizations that have been exposed to this incident and those who are deliberately targeted this is probably designed to gather information from a smaller number of organizations and to set a scene for this they use it wiretap why didn't they say guy remeasured and then. well i was interested to say that in releasing that the patch update that microsoft in a version they set the hackers off to sort of double down their ethic exactly so this

was started to raise the games time as microsoft released a patch this made lots of organizations then implement the patch amended the patches would then no longer be able to infiltrate them in the same way they were going to so the hackers wanted to leave behind a backdoor so they could maintain system access to these organizations even though microsoft's recent past and they were it's past that and then dummies that i don't have a problem not only dollars i just have to have a vulnerability in the markets but outlook systems but i also have to detect any other methods of intrusion any other back door so that the attack left behind this fall in. china we had the winds not that long ago are large scale hacks like the becoming more common should we just expect this kind of thing to happen more and more. so we should really expect state based and states also doctors to try and do this at the moment obviously we know that it's impacted it's based in

china we don't know any more than about microsoft hasn't released any further details but it does seem the case that state sponsored actors i'm stakes in cyberspace are looking to gather information and conduct side espionage on a massive scale collecting data 1st and then working out what is important once they have the data that doing the analysis of the collection is a standard practice for the state intelligence agencies i was only going to try on happening when we see these in the future depends how well organizations and states defend themselves against these attacks and this kind of response strong the u.s. infrastructure agency from ours up it's very open very public exultant people to act as quickly as possible to limit the dollars what's your assessment of the intent here sort of espionage versus attempts to actually sort of do damage. i would definitely say the intent seems to be espionage and this is a case not just with this current one but with solar winds and the trajectory of

similar incidents is much more useful for states to gather information to act against their address risk rather than to cause trouble internationally through disruption however they do leave the door open especially through battles that remain or out of service for other actors to get in so cyber criminal groups could examine for example to use these vulnerabilities to introduce routes where systems and that's far more destructive than state espionage campaigns which are a national security priority for the not going to be attached in the traditional sense of the world ok thank you so much airtime security analyst that james shah is . as the pandemic drains more money from government budgets worldwide britain is among countries planning to scale back its aid commitments and investigation by the non-governmental organization open democracy prevails the severity of the proposed cuts aid to nigeria south sudan somalia and the democratic

republic of congo could be reduced by around 60 percent compared to prepare demick levels aid to yemen is expected to be home just as it's pushed ever closer to famine and elsewhere in the region the british government has said to be planning to cut assistance to syria by 2 thirds lebanon may lose nearly 90 percent then a swiss come that all just is chief executive of great person he says the budget cuts if they happen will lead to lives being lost but there's no denying that this pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world including in countries like britain but you know what developed countries spend on aid is a tiny proportion compared to what they're spending propping up failing industries in terms of their own trillions of dollars spent on on supporting their own economy and you know what was great about the british promise on the point 7 percent of its income when i was it was

a promise made at the best of times but it's you know as the archbishop of canterbury said here in the u.k. recently it's particularly galling that this promise is now broken in the worst of times and the no a few hundreds of millions of pounds will not save the british exchequer huge amount will not make a tangible difference on the fiscal pressures on the u.k. government but will make a huge difference when it comes to the humanitarian efforts that organizations like oxfam are involved in in places like yemen or the democratic republic of congo. the u.s. has condemned new veto powers proposed by china and hong kong selection of election candidates saying it's a direct attack on the territories autonomy beijing revealed the legislation on friday at the opening of its largest political meeting the national people's congress changes would effectively dismantle hong kong's opposition by giving a beijing appointed committee control over who can run for office. here's some of

what's still ahead. south africa wants to vaccinate most of its people by the end of the year but the plant is running into problems. and a small but significant step we'll tell you about things trademarks on the red planet. in sports a crucial victory for the 2 time olympic champion aiming to win and not the world cup title. the front edge version mall when it blast down the gulf brings dust and sand with it and there it is it found that slice and that's in the empty quarter and there is the winds to blowing beyond that the winds are fairly quiet and the weather is fairly quiet throughout the middle east and most of turkey and iran in the in the caucasus there's a change in northern turkey this bitter cold air coming out to europe that will

spread snow across the snow in politics and towards our media and georgia and the same time the winter comes slightly lighter and cold back up i think being in the dust with it towards q 8 once again by the time you get to the end monday then we'll jump through the whole of africa down to the south where it's significant weather once again the focus is most likely going to be in madagascar we have had significant rain in this northern part of madagascar tickly the northwest for the last serie days something like $200.00 millimeters now that is not unusual by the casket it always produces flooding has done just the same this time but the trend is for that rain to become a little lighter is still there if you notice but you can be lighter if you follow back to the mainland than malawi and maybe d.r. see bits of zambia will see some rain some so that there a scattering of showers but an awful lot of persistent long lived sunshine doctor.

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you. you're watching are just there a reminder about top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus ready package has cleared the set and now heads back to the democratic party controlled house of representatives for a final vote the bill provides stimulus checks to most americans it's been a long day a long night a long year but a new day has come. and we tell the american people help is on the way when democrats assume the majority in this chamber we promised to pass legislation

to rescue our people from the depths of the pandemic and bring our economy and our country roaring that. now the new senegal's political turmoil has triggered more unrest people have stormed banks petrol stations and supermarkets in the capital dhaka has been violent since opposition leader or spawn phone call was arrested earlier this week. pope francis a celebrated mass in iraq's capital baghdad on the 2nd day of the 1st ever papal visit to the nation calls for common ground and unity after meeting religious leaders. of that meeting took place in or a place of historic importance for christians muslims and jews an estimate of all time reports the visit is raising hopes of development in the long area. the ancient capital of mesopotamia it was 1st settled 5000 years before christ and became the seat of samarian kings but this was not just the cradle of one of the

earliest civilizations in the world according to the biblical book of genesis or it is also believed to have been the birthplace of abraham the father of the 3 monotheistic faiths judaize and christianity and islam part of. this visit is important in many respects tourism and would become a pilgrimage site for christians of course that will serve our province archaeologists hope the papal visit will usher in funding to further develop the site only around 10 percent has been excavated the walls of the royal tombs opened around a 100 years ago and left unprotected from the elements have been weakened by salt and humidity and are at risk of collapse of. the fluctuations and with the conditions greatly impact the buildings which are made of mud bricks and limestone. the great ziggurat of abraham's house are the only

structures that have been rehabilitated in recent decades for muslims abraham is known as prophet abraham who sacrifice is celebrated during the islamic holiday of . i will be. a father used to take us to every homes house every 3 to 4 weeks since our childhood we were raised to love abraham's house his words his dialogue. shaken he has traveled to the vatican himself and hopes the pope's visit will result in formal collaboration. with and i hope this 1st visit will be followed by other visits but the institute's will be established here for mutual understanding an interchange where students from the vatican come to iraq to study for one or 2 years the law students can go to christian institutes the people who live around or would have more practical demands like this new road paved just ahead of the pope's arrival and. we hope that after the pope comes there will be better services there will be more developments are jobs such expectations risked

being left unfulfilled during a profound financial and health crisis still the pope's visit will at least for a day cast the limelight on a side that has had few visitors in decades of war and instability seem wonderful to al-jazeera in iraq's ancient city of. police in argentina are being criticised for their handling of anti lockdown protesters tear gas and rubber bullets were fired at demonstrators in the city of 4 months on friday human rights groups have condemned what they say was the use of indiscriminate force and joins us now from one aside as daniel what's the latest. in the northern states of for more mean in many ways the authorities there are being accused of doing too much to try to fight the effects of the corporate 19 virus there were in clashes in the last year over the last few nights in several

cities and towns across the northern state of. mostly because people are saying that the measures put in place by the government they put in place a year or so ago they were not allowing anybody thought to be infected with cobbett 19 to cross the border into the state including residence of the state and then anybody living there who was suspected of being infected were forcibly quarantined someone herded into sports center with police guards outside people complained human rights groups including amnesty international called these draconian measures they've now been put back into place after a period where things have been some of the measures were lifted until the 18th of march because for most has seen 17 new cases of 19 but what the authorities will say there is these are measures that were the state of formosa has the lowest rate of deaths in argentina this 19 have died in the last year 3000 or

so infected they say that they make as world critics will say that these draconian measures overstepped the boundaries and the human rights should not be sacrificed to try to keep the numbers down there's a completely different situation over the border in power go i wear the authorities there are accused of not doing enough to fight the pandemic the health minister who your muscle lenny has resigned he resigned on friday and now the president we need to ask his whole cabinet to put their names to be looked out and he will decide who will stay and who will go he says he's listening to the people the people and factions of his own party and the opposition saying that he should go to many people are dying in paraguay. i know enough vaccines are reaching the country to form 4000 in a population of 7000000 say he's really under pressure to answer those those criticisms from his people demonstrations in the capital almost every night now ok

thank you for that update there daniel schorr i'm not in want to scientists. amsterdam a city known for its not life is holding its 1st major concert since the pandemic began more than a 1000 people are expected to its largest music venue visit. the have to abide by strict rules step also as they are tells us how things are unfolding yes. finally people. can. hear this is the march 13th 100. take part in this march an experiment going to be organized it's the birth of the world's largest covert group that's trying to build an experiment the big question here is are people willing and able to pull over strict regulations that apply ear out see. hear their protest

situation to the organizers of 6 different problems in which the food supply. could be out of one big band and the other one they could move around and actually dance this way be organized to find out which papers await organized such a large event. that is that at. the time this is blue challenging hard to. do a review of the smaller experiment take the time to panic. which of course raises to watch. this next week. i speak now to alison stewart alan in london she is a business and branding expert and c.e.o. of international marketing pot is thank you for your time alice and it's quite jarring seeing images like that so many people in one space dollars or do you think a lot of other industries not just the music industry will be watching this very

closely. absolutely so if you just think about the suspense this conference x. . all are paying very close to this there and set and hoping that it works because you know they have been losing money for the last year then so it's not happened so much like the music industry with festivals and concerts and so if this experiment seems to work and code rates are not heightened by getting a big number of people together in the same venue then that would go darry well for all of these companies that are hoping for a speedy way to get back the key difference here you know 1st of all it's outdoors a business conference generally is inside so let's lay should be critical asil a number of things there are

a lot of rules in place at this event in amsterdam i'm wondering you know there are a lot of things now isn't there that businesses and events need to think about how radically have businesses had to shift their thinking and their planning. well externally radically you know on. a face to face experience where the whole point of a conference or an exhibition is. that you make in person the shaking of hands of the trunk you see in coffee together all that now at least are some. have to be. and so it's dramatically disrupted and they're now doing are going on for 6 or 7 r's you know you cannot replace the human factor and it is so important that you can touch somebody you can see them and. so we get all of our

apps and we can go for chile where the person looks like they're right in front of you and i think we're a long way off so it's going to be extremely difficult to do a ritual exodus and yeah i mean if conferences do come back i really hope they put out some sort of guidelines about how to meet someone because they thought that all could moment isn't there when you meet someone now and you're like oh oh no no oh what do i is it a fist pump is it a i don't know. about it question is is this is all just trial and error do you think i mean what's happening in amsterdam our correspondent there described it as as a mass human trial is that what this is. but yes it is a human trial it isn't experiments to see it right protocol certain figuration venue you know the amount of social distancing bungholes you can say people

dance floor and actually it's really designed to be doing this sort of experiment because we're all going to learn something from it and i know that the netherlands are extremely innovative and will want to share this information around the world so that other venue's other organizers of also live. can say they are learning and replicating where it's working but the key thing right now is we really don't know how well this experiments going to go i'm very optimistic yes well i certainly want to go back to life events conferences. but we'll have to wait and see we've got a couple weeks to wait to see if rights are not about that's how i mean it would be it would be very upset i'm so full of us people particularly if it turns out this is a super spreading event just finally do you think in this instance that there is the incentive for people to follow the rules.

well that's a great question you know part of it is about the culture you know we know that in certain parts of asia. rules because there's a lot of social cohesion which isn't better in national culture. the question is whether in another one's. 'd roles whether in america where you do and so where masks do and don't follow rules that may be an altogether thanks saying you're in the u.k. so part of it's going to be dictated by the national culture and values on all. and i certainly hope in the netherlands so follow the rules it's in their own interests so not government action and. absolutely have thanks so much for your time really good to speak to alison stewart alan there a business business and branding expert. south africa's

plan to vaccinate most of its people by the end of the year is running into problems one major challenge is getting the vaccine to rural areas where a 3rd of the population lives the minimal reports from kwazulu-natal where some say they're being left behind. limps among buried her brother behind a family home in him too but to be inquisitive natal just months ago she says he died from co 1000 well she says a family's been devastated by his and the death of 2 other relatives they're not convinced the vaccine will protect them some say that no it's not. a good vaccine to be taken because it can continue killing. they can say that is it really airbags that it can continue maybe we are going to die more after that 10 days he lives in the village of some killer which is nearly 200 kilometers from the city of durban the main clinic is already under pressure it's limited resources

have been further strained by the call of the 1000 pandemic i'm not trying to just now and we have many challenges we have few nurses and not doctors. in its 1st phase of the vaccine rollout south africa's government has vaccinated tens of thousands of health care workers across the country here in course do not tell fewer than 2000 have received the jab so far only after all health care workers are immunized with it vaccinate essential workers the elderly and the vulnerable more than a 3rd of south africans live in rural areas that are often difficult to get to and have poor infrastructure well tens of thousands of health workers in urban areas have been vaccinated it's unclear how the government plans to inoculate those who haven't been and others in areas like this one. in addition to its current supply of johnson and johnson vaccines the government is expecting $20000000.00 doses of

the pfizer job later this year but it requires storage at minus 70 degrees and that's unlikely in rural areas with facilities a limited our population is going down arc but for now we can't just the rush hour process because we will create an expectation that will not be 4 feet if mystery now good to be votes needed then they will see when and then we are not rid the with specifics because we are still as i've said to you we've only $10.00 in a bowl term vols in. the government expects more vaccines every 2 weeks and it's increasing the number of vaccinations sites but as time does heal as family mourns the loss and fear of becoming sick themselves their faith in the vaccine and when it will come remains uncertain for me to millar al-jazeera was do not tell south africa. as accelerations rollout around the world false or misleading books are

becoming increasingly popular online that's prompting calls for consumer health warnings the best selling book in amazon's children's acceleration an immunization section it's called anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective he's lying . other books claim to expose the dangers of vaccines and one criticizes what it calls misconceptions and mis reporting on medical issues amazon says it urges customers to follow official government sources and that it removes products that breach guidelines the company also says it recognizes there are different views dothan berman is the author of add how to challenge a misinformed movement he says amazon should be doing more to tackle misinformation i wouldn't say amazon should get rid of the books. but bookstores have always done a degree of curation you walk into any bookstore and they've selected which books to carry and shelves and amazon is trying to be their database of all of the books

that are available. but they choose which ones to put in front of you and that's based on their algorithm and i think this is a case where there's a strong argument that the algorithm isn't enough that there should be a degree of curation of what it shows you as its 1st result looks of the data is that it has been growing significantly over the years you know. quite a bit seems to have. with the entire mask movement so what the entire mass movement gets is the expertise of people who've been doing anti public health work for decades and what their axes get is a new large audience the dalai lama has received his 1st vaccine dose the 85 year old took the oxford astra zeneca jab at a hospital in india's northern city of that on sala the exiled buddhist spiritual

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the perseverance rover has completed its 1st short drive since landing on mars last mob nasa says it went about 6 and a half meters and i was also stars go for the rovers mission to collect samples for brennan's reports. making tracks on mars the perseverance rover went for a spin 2 weeks after landing on the red planet. and milestone on a mission in the mobility of home like we've driven on earth but driving on mars or even the off call and. tell me if i can even how i work toward the ferry moment from here it wasn't a long trip just over 6 metres in total nor was it a fast drive the whole exercise took 30 minutes at almost 0.02 kilometers per hour but so far perseverance is working perfectly we haven't had

any hardware issues you know everything i've been working that we've been checking out. and so it's it's actually been amazingly smooth and in that respect and what here in this picture of a rock formation near the landing site you can clearly see stratification or layers of rock they may be made of sediment washed down billions of years ago when mars was rich with surface water either existed or iraq are likely to populate by rivers flowing into the ancient white gender out and perseverence has been flexing its robotic arms with the instruments named sherlock and watson mechanical detectives searching for signs of ancient life within weeks the rover will deploy its mini helicopter ingenuity for a test flight scientists have named the landing area in honor of the late octavia butler

a novelist who was the 1st african-american woman to win top prizes in science fiction and a macarthur fellowship for her books including parable of the sower with the help of a spacecraft orbiting mars scientists are plotting possible routes for perseverance to reach its goal an ancient river delta that may hold some. signs of long extinct microbial life forms if found such signs would be evidence that life perhaps even intelligent life exists in abundance beyond earth throughout the vastness of space robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. from space to sports has andy thank you so much ken weller petrik available has just won the cats or i've been sidle for the 2nd time in her career so be checked by a barely an hour to beat up in humid or if they're in the final suits on woman champion dropping just 3 games in this one against her spanish opponents a bit of

a wrapping up a straight sets victory 626-1628 career title but it is her 1st tournament win in almost 2 years. now 20 time grand slam champion roger federer has arrived in die off of the men's cats are open he's getting ready to make his competitive return sits and it's after a year out with injury the 39 year olds on the go on to new york price and since his exit from last year's australian open i get there i'm very excited and this may go the moment where i can maybe thank all the people involved and made this possible it's been a long and hard road i know i'm not at the finish line yet but. it's good you know where i'm at a good place i've been practising very well and just really pumped up now the next round of world cup qualifies in south america has been postponed many countries face being without key players who are based the clubs in europe g.t. travel restrictions caused by coronavirus 2 qualifiers have been set to take place at the end of this month new dates for those matches have yet to be announced. now

on sunday barcelona will elect a new club presidents a vote that could have a big impact on the messy future former boss of presidents drawn reports is the favorites he helped the club win 13 major trophies during his last 7 year run he's up against businessman victor fonts and lawyer sonny frazier around 90000 club members gets votes with a lot of big issues in play the club isn't in a good financial state has that so close to a $1000000000.00 in a mess his contract expires at the end of june meaning he could leave for free at the end of this season and on the pitch the club are on the brink of a last 16 exit from the european champions league and earlier this week for president josep maria bottom he stepped down in october was arrested as part of a corruption investigation it's alleged he wrongfully club cash to criticize some of that seems players including messi now even talking to spanish football rights or rich sharma he believes sorting out the messy situation his boss is

a major priority and that reporter has the best chance of getting the argentinian to stay. i think that was it is that. and he probably is also the guy who has the best chance of keeping messi because he has a relationship they know each other like water that was passed in 20032010 which is the latest that stages they are. the best is the best bottle opener in history class italy the best football team in history perhaps pep guardiola garza 208-000-9010 look also was there and he knew messi and he speaks to messi i would say regularly but he does speak to messi unlike us attorney pressure and because of the bottom you don't have that personal relationship with messi and look also to me isn't the guy with the best plan he's not the guy with the who's been working on this this election years and years and years that's the bottom is the one who's going to know he's a businessman he's carefully plotted out how he wants things to go even when he

becomes president but look water is a personality he's a character he's a showman and people like that and that you know that they haven't looked upon him in the last week they've been dreamed abates between the candidates and one of the accusations that was a by point of the pressure was that he was avoiding the bait and avoiding speaking but in the debates it's been a look also who's come out on top because he does have that natural character and i think if there was a paper at the start of the week he's a favorite now. how costly mistake in the jamie coming out for mattress are suckers keep at this misstep by continue on decisive in the game as his team lost 3 suits hope you know when they can talk you have to 5th in the table. india have qualified for a lot world test championship final a 31 series win against england means then i'll take on new zealand in that title decider earlier on saturday very cold he's seen beating england by any means and $25.00 runs up about accept

a talent ravichandran ashwin taking 5 wickets each is england were bowled out for just $135.00 in their 2nd. exactly it's about i think that given what i learned that being spitted and also the kind of bonding that the teams believe because of these buyable to something that i have not experienced in the last decade of cricket that i played with the team it's kind of been quite special there is a sit in i would feel like a better or. now character i think so they're very well no respect for your skill once a very tight supplies. schifrin his claim to 45th world cup song victory the american edging out home favorites. slide back out to competing on the sly question to skate shifrin still trying for the win the overall world cup slalom standings with 3 races left in the season. ok sports is looking funny thank you for that and they. but as the news hour here

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the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a. jogger's in new delhi take advantage of the relatively clean air after weeks of toxic small stopped people from venturing outside institutions including harvard say air pollution is leading to more severe cases of the coronavirus and more deaths from it and nowhere in india is the situation worse than the daddy the number of records and whether a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of and pollution across fine. no for the state's health experts and bob mentioned the same thing warning for months that the easing of the long down would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on dogs because the 19. minutes to struction 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 and a bombs on al-jazeera. the war. bill as amended is passed. after around the clock session the us senate narrative passes president biden's $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill it's been a long day a long night a long year but a new day has come. our maryam namazie in london.