it's. a push for equal access to private 19 vaccines south africa and india are expected to appeal for the suspension of peyton's. hello there i'm a start the attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.s. court begins selecting jurors for the trial of a former police officer that accused of killing george florey. all of that sure she

could use it's troops you. missed in your official from me and now tells al-jazeera about his dramatic escape after last month's military coup plus. these cherry orchard may look innocent or not but they're part of a mounting debate here in chile over chinese investment and possible control over this country's most important and strategic industries. now south africa and india are leading a push at the world trade organization to drop patients restrictions on private $1000.00 vaccines more than $100.00 countries say that would allow greater access to vaccines for developing nations how cording to a campaign group called one rich a country is a hoarding excess doses preventing poor ones from getting them it's estimated that the set of doses would be enough to. vaccinate the entire adult population of

africa john hopkins university found almost half of those people that that have been fully vaccinated so far in the united states and only 10 countries have been able to vaccinate more than 75 percent of their populations the secretary general of the united nations antonio terrace said the inequality of the distribution is wildly an even an unfair for me to miller reports now from johannesburg. this is a wonderful it's been a year since the 1st call over 1000 infection was identified in south africa since then more than 50000 people have died here and 1500000 have been infected while richard nations rolled out vaccines the program in south africa's been much slower . another important step. for them to. swallow.

south africa and india are leading a movement to suspend the world trade organizations agreement on intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vaccines but many high income countries including the united states and those in the european union have rejected the idea they say waving the peyton's would put off private investors and slow down scientific innovation and existing regulations allow drug manufacturers to make their own deals with generic manufacturers while some developing nations like garner ivory coast in the suit to have begun receiving their 1st doses to the u.n. back to vaccine sharing scheme known as kovacs many others in africa are being left behind. there is a capacity welcome if you can companies to produce things and i stayed in medical. it is the same children the welfare state blocking the legal barriers and delaying

essential kozel. of the world trade organization according to the united nations 3 quarters of all covert 1000 vaccines have been secured by just 10 countries all of them wealthy 130 countries that's about 2500000000 people have not received a single dose this is not the 1st public health emergency that south africa is facing it has one of the highest hiv aids rates in the world in the 1990 s. millions of people in this country and other developing nations died without access to the drugs they needed simply because they were too expensive so africa is once again calling for access to cheaper drugs to save lives with some arguing that despite covert 1000 vaccines being tested in africa many nations on the continent still remain at the back of the queue for me to miller al-jazeera johanna's book one hour in a european 1st 10000000 doses of the russians but nick vaccine will be produced in

italy production is set to start in july with all the jobs expected to be made by the end of this year russia wants to expand production across more e.u. nations and also has deals with spain france and germany the e.u. joint vaccine purchase scheme has been criticized for its slow progress now brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from the corona virus in a single day nearly 2000 were registered on tuesday the country has had more than 11000000 cases and is facing the worst phase of the pandemic yet pushing its hospital system to the brink of collapse. well israel has now partially reopened its airport to foreign arrivals but only those granted special exemptions tourism there remains off limits and that includes the religious pilgrimage is so important to life in the old city of tourists and how a force that has been to that church of the holy sepulture to see the impact of the pandemic on one of christianity's holiest place. jerusalem's

catholic patriarch leads a lent a procession down the ancient steps to the church of the holy sepulcher normally the priest would process through throngs of tourists and pilgrims but now the square like the church behind stands all but empty. first dedicated as a church by constantine in the 4th century on the site where jesus is believed to have been crucified and buried it's shared by 4 christian denominations and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. to a set situation that they're not here at all i hope the corona will be a goner with minimises estate to the population and they will start coming this is the holy places as usual as they did before. between 20162800 more than half of all foreign tourists to occupied east jerusalem came here the old city's most visited site now in the run up to easter its giant doors are officially open again but israel's main airport is still partially closed only handfuls of specially

permitted foreign nationals are allowed in a far cry from the more than a 1000000 christian tourists who would enter in a normal year moving interest from this is a place i've been to pretty frequently and when it's full of devoted pilgrims from around the world it has a real emotional power but on a day like this when it's all but empty in some ways the ancient nature and beauty of this place more fully revealed those who are here now we found a mix of foreign workers academics and locals have the place almost to themselves no competing for snatched moments in revered spaces details that might have been lost amid camera clicks and excited shouts now gleam quietly undisturbed but this period of quiet comes at a cost in the form of missing religious donations and struggling shops in the alleyways outside merchants say 95 percent of their business has simply disappeared adeeb judaize family has held the keys to the church for nearly

a 1000 years even in that context he says these last 12 months have been extraordinary. it's been a year that we're suffering and the old city is the most affected and within the old city it's the tourist reliant businesses and places of worship. there is shared hope among priests and shopkeepers but the talk of a vaccine driven return to international travel will indeed soon materialize and this place will once again welcome the world back through its doors are a force it occupied east jerusalem. maybe on to other news now and russian media reporting that armenia's prime minister has dismissed at the head of the army nicole passion and accuse the military of attempting a crew last month demanded that he step down the army accused him of mishandling a war with azerbaijan that ended with armenia giving up control of territory 3 jury members have been selected so far for the trial of

a white policeman accused of killing george for when. he was on him. they were interviewed in a courtroom and their identities have not been revealed floyd's death in police custody in may last year triggered world wide protests for minneapolis officer derek shore venice facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter a court has set aside 3 weeks to choose the 12 jurors but that could be delayed over plans to add a 3rd degree murder charge the state has asked the court to stop proceedings until that's resolved john hendren has more now from minneapolis. on day one of jury selection in the case of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd the court picked 3 jurors one a white chemist a man from minneapolis another is a white man who works as an auditor and says he's got a friend who's a police officer and he's got a relatively negative view of black lives matter the 3rd is

a woman of color who says her uncle is a police officer and all 3 said that they felt they could judge the case fairly race is particularly important in this case of a white police officer accused of killing a black man in a racially charged incident that was videotaped by bystanders and went viral that video sent protesters into the streets across the united states and set off riots here in minneapolis and elsewhere it's rare that a police officer is charged with murder and river still that one is convicted in the concern here in minneapolis is that if derrick chauvin is found not guilty of these charges that those riots that began on may 25th when george floyd was killed could begin a new that's why security is heavy around the courthouse with high barricades arrested around it national guard and police inside and very few people allowed inside that courtroom now ultimately the judge needs to pick 12 jurors and at least

2 alternates in order to start the trial but with 3 jurors being picked on the 1st day of jury selection they are on pace to begin as scheduled on march 29th now the f.b.i. has released new security footage of a suspect that they believe planted explosives outside the democratic and republican party headquarters near capitol hill the f.b.i. says 2 pipe bombs were placed the night before the capitol hill riot on january 6th they were discovered and defused the following day a reward for information leading to the arrest of that suspect found that $100000.00 alan fisher has more now from washington d.c. . first time i've seen this video it comes from buildings near the democratic national headquarters and also the republican national headquarters so obviously the f.b.i. have had this for a while one of the 1st things they would have done was check the video you can't tell if it's a man or a woman you can't see a face but they do have distinctive brand name food where the f.b.i.

are hoping someone might be able to identify that or perhaps even the gate that the suspects use no they're also saying look think about january this year was anyone near you buying a couple of backpacks that they express any interest in how would you build a bomb do the even go to a hardware store and pick up piping with that be considered unusual all of this as far as the f.b.i. is concerned it could be important no you remember that these 2 devices were found around 1 pm on january the 6th that was just before a big crowd moved towards capitol hill to try and contest the results of the presidential election many people thought at the time that this was a decoys plant that those devices which were attached to timers would go off and detract resources away from capitol hill therefore making it much easier for the crowd to sweep into the building which was of course endorsing the electoral

college results but also this video tells us what the f.b.i. doesn't know and that is that they would have gotten forensic of the backpacks they will be able to perhaps get d.n.a. maybe even fingerprints but 2 months so on that has led them nowhere hostile ahead here on al jazeera unaccompanied and under-aged challengers vast numbers of migrant children trying to enter the us through it from the border. and i request the election results are in and with them come from this is a feeling gratification. but . how it's looking rather stormy across central parts of the mediterranean a little area clad him moving across italy into the balkans see some lively storms on this front more of that to come over the next couple days as some wet and windy

weather coming through here with some large hail and this some rather wild weather all posts pushing up across the northwestern corner pushing across the british isles as we go on through the next 24 hours where the stalest like a really wet day across much of the british isles a cloud of rain will sweep through gale force winds potential for damaging winds and some heavy rain at times what's the weather will make its way into scandinavia really tiny snows it hits the cold air also over the top temperature one degree celsius not as cold as moscow mind you temperatures here no higher than minus 10 in the heat of the day cold even for moscow this time if you will some wintry weather then just around the balkans pushing across garia into remain yes still a few showers lively showers there rumbling away across greece but clear skies come back in behind this we go on into worth stay fight interac us western side of the med stormy alive it was the eastern side of the med and further northeast looking very unsettled as well while snow coming into scandinavia into the boat stays and

then heavy rain through much of germany france and northern spain. an act of youthful defiance can improve the dollar turn looks are also in the school the arrest of notorious for in the morning was electric shock treatment or worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle with out and back with very beginning of the armed struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al jazeera. the. the you.

know again i'm just on the attainder let's remind you about top stories here the south south africa and india are leading a push at the world trade organization to temporarily dropped peace and frustration from covert 19 vaccines they say would allow more countries and buy new factories to mass produce the japs. 3 jurors have been selected in the trial of a white police officer accused of killing george's voice from the minneapolis office of derek's organise facing charges of 2nd degree about adams months or so. the f.b.i. has released security footage of a suspect it believes planted to explosives outside the headquarters of the democratic and republican parties it happened the night before the attack on the capitol hill building. while the governor of texas has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to the southern border with mexico and response to a surge in migrants trying to cross there now among those seeking to enter the united states are thousands of central american children traveling without their

parents and that's posing a challenge for the binder that ministration how does your caster reports. u.s. border patrol agents encountered more than $19000.00 unaccompanied migrant children at the border this fiscal year a number on pace to vastly surpass previous surges the miners made the arduous journey from central america without a parent arriving after president joe biden reopened the border to them we felt it was the most humane approach to addressing whatever very difficult circumstances in the region and that means there are more children kids under the age of 18 of course coming across the border the border patrol encountered $78000.00 migrants in january a leap from former president donald trump's final months in office and the highest january total in a decade on tuesday the republican governor of texas announced a surge of state police and national guard troops in response to the worsening situation there is

a crisis on the texas border right now with the overwhelming number of people who are coming across the border this crisis as a result of president biden's open border policies the biden administration says the border is still closed to the majority of migrants the few who are allowed in officials say are the unaccompanied children and the asylum seekers who had already been waiting in line in mexico for 2 years these families will live freely in the us until an immigration judge decides whether they can stay but the children who arrived alone are detained inside border patrol holding cells for days or weeks in violation of a court order as they wait for shelter space that's nearing 100 percent capacity the government has cancelled pandemic restrictions of the shelters to fit more children who live here for more weeks until they are placed with u.s. sponsors we're definitely seeing an uptick in numbers but we're also seeing that

the administration is very conscious of it and is working very quickly to put resources into place to handle future. close progressive urged the white house to improve the conditions of detained children while conservatives accuse biden of inviting a run on the border meanwhile pandemic related poverty in central america is driving more people to leave putting more pressure on biden and on the u.s. border. castro al-jazeera washington all speaking of migrants at least $39.00 refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of china via its coast guard recovered the bodies after their boat sank close to the car can island it also rescued $165.00 people those on board authored have been from several countries including. who ivory coast's governing party has retained its majority in parliament winning 137 of the 254 seats and reactions to the results have so far been peaceful and a country with

a history of post-election violence amid interest reports now from. michel boko some the former ivorian president laurent gbagbo savors a whim of a city targeted minister the supporters i static about the victory away of the tensions in the land show one of the new faces in parliament says it's time the country heals it's been well you know a page of a lot of them we are going to work on reconciliation in the return of ivorians in exile including my father that way democracy in our country will be strengthened. reassuring words for citizens who fear the worse. the opposition had hoped for better results but given it boycotted lost his position election some of the over say the coalition performed better than expected. under the law anyone not satisfied with the provision of results can go to the court in the next 72 hours the result of the election gives president alassane ouattara and the

ruling r h d p party total dominance over ivory coast politics. the opposition is a monolith party that if at lex national spirit as it's clear we've won the parliamentary majority we sit out to achieve. election observers called the process to respond despite incidents recorded in some parts of the country but this is really a minor issue. to do. with the p.d.p. these election. claims and counterclaims a victory by the leading political parties nearly price the country into another round of violence businesses here in the economic capital abidjan remain open during and after the announcement many here say the country is pulled back from the brink of another round of post-election violence but he also warned what political

leaders say or do in the next few days will determine what happens next. the results will now go to the constitutional court to decide in 3 days either to reject or validate the outcome comedy trees. now the u.s. state department says it's repulsed by the myanmar military's use of lethal force against protesters. and surging the army to exercise maximum restraint they want to carry the council is also calling for restraint but failed to agree on a statement condemning the thousands of protesters have been killed since the military took power last month. a senior official from national league for democracy has spoken to al jazeera about his dramatic escape from man after last month dr sasser has now been chosen as a special envoy of the committee representing the elected government and for his safety dr south us both tried diplomatic editor james space from an undisclosed

location. where myanmar's election was held in november the campaign manager for unsung cheese national league for democracy party was dr sasaki in an interview with al-jazeera he tells me that when the will of the people was subverted by the military in a coup on the 1st of february he like other leading figures in the party feared for his life we wake up early morning of february we realize that all our fault was that we cannot make any coal. we're lies there all televisions and every signal was that of course it was scary in the way because we don't know what's going to happen we don't know we are dying so it was a very dark i call my mom called me and even in and say are you dead or alive and says that crying tell us how you got out of the country. takes a driver to have that kind of things and i was. instructed

driver you know it was tough it was tough and after that i had a motorbike and it was 2 times i lifted my motorbike and we got tape as and the middle of through the night i can of feel it in my face i can of you know my hand i thought i would die of that situation because it was extreme situation after do we did 3 days and 3 nights. in a safe place. be tells me the military have underestimated the bravery and stamina of the young people of the country and he's now detecting signs the military may be splitting and so many police forces are rather well today also we have to report as some military officer have defected and d.d. air movement that shows to us if you provide us where we are calling to

international community to help our strategy to deliver for the people of myanmar he praised me on mars u.n. ambassador john moore who spoke out bravely against the coup last month and he's now going to be working closely with him because dr saw saw has been named as the global envoy of the committee representing the democratically elected politicians of myanmar james pays out his era at the united nations how the chinese government is being accused of breaching every single act of the un genocide convention and its treatment of weekends and. reports by more than 50 global human rights experts say there is clear evidence that china is responsible for committing genocide against the muslim weekers it's believed around a 1000000 have been imprisoned in camps in recent years mostly in the shin jeong region china denies allegations of human rights abuses abraham is from the new lines institution organization that published the report he says it's significant

in terms of international accountability. these are independent experience and international law in general say in china's policy of all the evidence you know thousands and thousands tens of those testimonials from the terms of change us policies and you know corroborated numbers change those laws in china stepped out and come to the conclusion that very clearly that chain is in breach of the 1900 genocide convention on multiple accounts so this is extremely significant in terms of international accountability or what to do is change means a change is in breach of the general convention so the onus is no on other countries that are party to the general say convention and this will 131 of them and remember cheney has also a party to this convention so the onus is on them to keep this as a seriously as it deserves they must essentially you know put into place. policies that are true that changes they would accountable for their convention was

set up not necessarily to have an academic exercise after a general happens to discuss whether it was a general so you're not essentially it probated to make an ism but it's just got general to it's happening in the 1st place or as the onus is no on countries to behave in a manner that actually whole chain are countable and not be passive otherwise they are also criminally liable for. be complicit in the general state with change. not chinese state owned companies are gaining a bigger hurdle than chilling corporations are extracting billions of dollars of resources from politicians for jesting ways to stop them latin america at anything human reports now from. from the $1000000000.00 acquisition of one of the world's largest solomon companies to the purchase of copper in lithium mines to wineries and fruit fields. china has set its sights on chile it may be

a small country but it has a very. the long and strategic pacific coastline and lots of resources that the agent giant needs but that's not the only attraction the most important thing for china is. window shop in. their region. to say. you know we are in. america but while chile's economic growth a great deal to china members of congress are warning of an aggressive investment offensive not from private capital but from the chinese state yes you might want if you don't regulate the participation of a foreign slide in your economy that economy could be nationalized not by our own country but rather by a foreign state that's what we've presented a bipartisan bill to level the playing field for everyone because we're facing an offensive by the chinese site the wants to take over strategic sectors of the

economy what the congressman has called drafted a proposal that seeks to regulate foreign state ownership in strategic and geopolitical sectors of the economy on the top of his list is the chinese state's majority control of electricity distribution in chile cherry orchard like the one you see here may not seem to fit that description but chinese companies are increasingly buying more and more agricultural land like this farm to produce one of chile's prime exports fruit especially cherries and that's raising concerns that china may be moving towards producing packing and exporting its own fruit eventual eliminating the chilean entrepreneur altogether. 6 weeks ago at the height of peak season $1000000000.00 cherry exports to china ground to an abrupt halt. it's very suspicious exactly when we started buying this bill in congress who

social networks in china who will now. controlled by the slight became denouncing that out sure he's had traces of courage at 19. chile's foreign ministry refuses to entertain the notion of foul play at least publicly but nevada girl is not alone in suspecting that china was sending a veiled message that there's a high price to pay if chile decides to limit china's economic can through its you see in human al-jazeera chile. again this is out of there and these are the headlines south africa and india are needing a push at the world trade organization to temporarily drop patient restrictions on private $1000.00 vaccines they say it would allow more countries and manufacturers to mass produce the jobs meanwhile brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from the krajina virus in a single day many truths.