before. we detail covering the scenario the campaign was temporarily suspended for 3 attacks seen from around the world he's wanting to play tested instead of a getting pregnant that stumbles. i need you i need every american to do their part president joe biden calls on americans to unite to fight cave at 19 he promises to beat the virus and overcome one of the toughest and darkest periods. how do i make a lot of this is a line from doha also coming up the people of myanmar because. a call for international action against madman's military it's accused of possible crimes

against humanity is a crackdown on anti to protest. struggling to support themselves and forced to eat leaves concerns grow for thousands of people facing food shortages in ethiopia to cry reaching. and going going gone the digital art craze that has bought as forking out millions of dollars for virtual world. the fight against corona virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden in his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president he's urged people to get vaccinated and keep up social distancing and wearing face masks he says history will record the usa became one of his toughest and darkest periods. when i came in office you may recall i set a goal that many you said was kind of way over the top. i said i intended to get

100000000 shots in people's arms in my 1st 100 days in office tonight i can say we're not going to meet that goal we're going to beat that goal because he's actually on track to reach this goal of a 100000000 shots in arms on my 60th day in office no other country in the world has done this none. let's get more from alan fischer our correspondent washington d.c. in a very important speech this for biden was in a primetime address for thousands in with the american people and giving them a timeline for independence from the pandemic as he put it. exactly right it was an appeal for unity from the east room of the white house where many famous speeches have been made this was joe biden's 1st televised presidential address and he chose the anniversary of the covert virus being declared a global pandemic to do it he talked about how the united states had to walk

together how important wearing masks was even though we don't want to go back he said he talked about how there's been a collective loss people had lost loved ones but the whole idea of what it was to live life had simply gone over the last year and he said that there was going to be a time scale of when he wanted people to get vaccinated that every single adult should be on the list to get a vaccine by me the 1st he's going to co-opt 4000 members of the armed forces retired doctors and nurses expand the number of vaccination sites and he talked about the success as well of his plan that he pushed through both the house and the senate $1.00 trillion dollars which he said will increase those vaccination programs but also help address the issue of unemployment and helping people through this short term economic misery how he hopes it will reduce child poverty by around 50 percent and he also talked about the human cost in

a somber moment he talked about how many people had died and why it was important to remember that. i carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who have died from code to date it's on the back of my schedule as of now totally desson america. 527726 that's more deaths than war one war war 2 the vietnam war and 911 combined their husbands wives sons and daughters grandparents friends neighbors young and old they leave behind loved ones. unable to truly grieve or to heal even to have a funeral. there were some who felt that joe biden should have mentioned donald

trump and his drive to get a vaccine produced this quickly as possible in the noid to national unity there was no mention of trump what there was was some implied criticism joe biden saying he was shocked really at the lack of vaccines that were available when he walked into office but it's been a key element of the biden ministration handling of the covert crisis to under promise and over deliver we're seeing that with the idea that there will be $100000000.00 vaccines issued across the united states in 10 days that would take the total since he came in to office to 100000000 so what does joe biden do now well he's planning to fuel up air force one and start heading across the country to tell you the benefits of that covert relief act that he signed just a couple of hours ago it is essentially a victory but he's also hoping that he can take the message to the united states look let's work together we're very close to the finish line and if we can get

vaccinated and wear masks and pool together then there's the possibility that come independent state america will start to look like the america that everyone remembers. or i don't think so that's a fish there in washington d.c. and we're going to stay in washington d.c. to speak to elizabeth and because she's associate professor of american studies and political science at george washington university elizabeth says joe biden spoke for 20 minutes and so did need do you think he hit the right tony. there was a lot of information packed into that small speech you know not only did buy and acknowledge the mornings and the losses of this last year but he then and now just a many different policies both from you know making sure that americans get the vaccine quite quickly to all the ways in which he's going to solve the economic and health care problems besetting americans and then on top of that he's calling for a sea change in the way that americans address government that government is not

out to harm americans and sometimes the popular narrative we saw with trump and even with their earlier presidents but he sang year that we are government and that government is here to solve our problems and to make our lives better and one of the solutions to all of these solutions cavan he says will lead to a date of july the 4th and he painted this picture of small independence day reunions you think it's risky for him to do that. well as we've seen he does i am under promise and over deliver so i don't think that he will be making a gate like that if he did not actually think that was something that could be achieved you know if it's vaccine rollout goes as quickly as you know it's hoping not only with the number of vaccines to cover all americans by the end of may but also mobilizing so many different sectors of american life to get the vaccines into people's bodies then it does seem like that is likely impossible and i think it's

definitely a ray of hope for people who have been you know stuck in their homes indoors under lockdown for a year now he didn't mention donald trump today his predecessor did that surprise you. no i am not surprised that he did not mention trump i'm not sure that he was impressed with trump's you know attempt to roll out a solution to the problem of covered especially since trump seemed to deny that it was a problem for a long time but we did see some very old you know references and condemnations of trump not only claiming that he will speak the truth to the american people which is a subtle jab to trump not speaking the truth to the american people but also the ways in which he suggested that he was going to mobilize the resources of the federal government in the way that trump refused to do there and that all the talk of mobilization that they were talking about the country being on a war footing i think this was his way of trying to get americans who are often suspicious of the work of government to get them to understand all of the

resources and the powers that government can have to to mobilize to try to solve an enormous crisis like the coated crisis and i think he was suggesting by calling it a war footing that we need that kind of large scale mobilization across sectors of american politics public life and private life in order to do that work elizabeth just great to get your perspective we do appreciate it thanks very much indeed elizabeth thank you for speaking to us from washington d.c. . now mere miles military is being accused of torturing persecution leverages brutal response to peaceful protests the un special rapporteur says it's likely they've committed crimes against humanity thomas andrews is calling for sanctions against senior gentle leaders and near mars oil and gas sector military has dismissed his claim saying their forces are maintaining order diplomatic editor james bays reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york. given the pictures the world seen in recent

weeks the statement to the human rights council from the generals in myanmar claiming they're using utmost restraint was far from convincing it was made in a recorded address by a veteran diplomat who sounded nervous and mumbling his words there was a standing opposite countries pressure of it which ran on trying to their principles of universality impartiality objectivity now. as they shall address in the home or issue of the country council however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan oh i previously worked closely with. the state council one of her jobs was foreign minister observers are now wondering whether someone who was a close aide of the now detained leader was speaking freely or perhaps was in fear of reprisals the statement was in very clear contrast to that of the un special rapporteur tom andrews who said at least 70 people have been killed by the military

since the coup on february the 1st there is growing evidence that this same thing in the military led by shane sheen your leadership is now engaging in crimes against humanity including the actual murder in forces of parents persecution tortured and imprisoned in violation of fundamental rules of international law the human rights council meeting highlights an ongoing battle over diplomatic recognition while the. position of the generals is read out at the u.n. in geneva here united nations headquarters in new york city jorm or turn who's denounce the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly james bays al-jazeera at the united nations. the united states says some hopeful progress has been made towards a cease fire in yemen but it says more commitment is needed from the warring parties a special envoy to the linda king has made the assessment talked of visiting the

region yemen has been at war for more than 6 years the government backed by a saudi led coalition is fighting who the rebels who control the capital of sana the united nations is holding a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and parts of ethiopia the head of the world food program is seeking private donations the agency needs an extra $500000000.00 to provide aid to yemen in the next 6 months because nearly half a 1000000 yemeni children need immediate assistance to save them from starvation apartment the house david beasley says those who make it to hospitals have no guarantee of being treated it's a horrific situation it really years i went to what would be the best hospital. room to room to room with us so literally. the lucky ones that actually get into hospital i called the doctor and i said how many years you had

here and he said 25 or so what do you do with the one that you know that curve and you don't have room for should we stop them oh so what happens. when food supplies are running dangerously low in ethiopia's northern region of chigger eye where millions are in need of supports people arriving at camps for the displaced in the region say they survived by eating leaves aid agencies say there isn't enough space for the thousands tidy up every day well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has spoken about the ongoing violence in the tikrit region and she's called on all sides to find a solution the ongoing violence hips prevent it humanitarians from helping a desperately hungry people. act as an ethiopian including eritrean forces from across if you will be as orders have restricted humanitarian access to the rural areas where the most europeans live we cannot allow the situation to hear

it are there we call on all sides and i'm stressed all sides to stop the fighting and allow this manmade humanitarian situation to be addressed. still ahead here not 0 denmark suspends astra zeneca is covered 19 vaccine after reports of blood clots but says there's no evidence of a direct link yet. a mom on a mission but she's one of a number of independents confronting obstacles and a key vote in chile. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways were all set for a big change in the weather across japan over the next couple of days have a nice little air of high pressure keeping it essentially fine and settled as getting pushed out of the way every cloud here just sliding out of the yellow sea the east china sea rolling across the korean peninsula into q.c.

runs going to be heavy at times will make its way across southern parts of the honshu on friday come saturday the rain really setting in it's going to be very heavy could cause some flooding as it makes its way towards tokyo and beyond that race stretching across a good part of honshu by the end of the day but clear skies to come back in behind 40 celsius for basing and for so long as you drive to into central parts of china by the state but a few showers that down towards the south going up the showers that we have across the philippines some lively showers coming into central and southern parts of the philippines not too bad it's a lose on for a time of i think we will see those showers ramping up as we go on through the weekend elsewhere see usual case of sunshine and showers not too bad it's india china into thailand not too bad too across a good part of india we have got a westerly disturbance just moving out of northern parts of pakistan northern areas of india lot of cloud and right on that and actually some showers there to watch

the northeast. qatar airways again i would put out more in my change is very much our culture has been very harmful to the economy and the lives of many people challenging traditional attitudes how narrowing the gender gap is helping women in whom the card was escape poverty for example we're trying to break these barriers of machismo by giving women access to resources meet the women leading the way. women make change on al-jazeera.

again you're watching out 01 of our top stories this hour and joe biden has ordered the u.s. states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus fact by made the 1st in his 1st primetime t.v. address since becoming president biden in the fight against covert 1000 is far from over but he says the vaccination campaign is on target. trees accused of in gaijin torture and persecution against anti q. protesters the u.n. reporter for the country says the action may amount to crimes against humanity the military rejects the claims at least 70 people have been killed since the coup on february 1st. the united nations has held a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia to grow a region of food supplies a danish below the world food program is seeking private donations for an extra $500000000.00 in aid to yemen for the next 6 months. denmark norway and iceland have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine after several cases a blood clot including one death danish health agency says it hasn't established

a link between clots and the vaccine but will stop using the jab for 2 weeks to investigate austria has stopped using vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot or brennan has more now from london. it is worrying on the basis that 1st of all yes there have been some blood clots but the danish the norwegians and the iceland and the icelanders who've decided to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine altogether are effectively going against the advice of the european medicines agency which is saying that as far as they're concerned the number of blood clots related to those people who have the vaccines are not out of the ordinary what you would normally expect in a general population they've reported some $22.00 events thromboembolism events out of the $3000000.00 people who've been vaccinated up to march the night so there is the sense in some quarters that janet denmark norway and iceland there are being

rather over cautious and that is not going to help when you're trying to get as many people vaccinated as possible turned in is opposition is demanding information on the health and whereabouts of the president who hasn't been seen in public for nearly 2 weeks the opposition leader has suggested john make a few lives in a coma receiving treatment for corona virus in india a government minister has denounced days of speculation is nonsense he has been criticized for playing down the threat of covert 19 a pretty dry global health physician and director of oxford university scolds center of a social entrepreneurship and he says countries that don't take the pandemic seriously can affect those that do. it's really troubling to hear these reports about the president allegedly being ill with with kovan 1000 we wish him the best i certainly hope so and we hope that the government can finally begin to take this seriously and starts of with the infrastructure in place i know that

tens and his neighbors in the east african community the african union the africa c.d.c. will be willing to help out in tanzania you know i'd be most worried if i were among the neighboring countries and so there it's possible that regional pressure from kenya from rwanda from other countries in the east african community may help because of course that's a real direct and immediate threat to those countries throughout this pandemic we've seen instances where where political leaders either don't want to crap with the scale of the challenge or outright deny and we saw that in the u.s. under president trump in brazil of course which is still really suffering but then other places as well like tents and you know like north korea which haven't even been counting the reporting cases and one thing we have to remember and i think brazil really teaches us now this lesson is that you know penn demick none of us are safe until all of us are safe and so there could be repercussions of course not only for people within tanzania and within brazil but when the fire is allowed to

rage uncontrolled it has more opportunities to mutate for new variants to arise and that could threaten all the progress that we've made so we need more cooperation to work with and persuade and help countries like tanzania to tackle this pandemic. environmental campaigners in britain a warning of the impact of disposable masks they say most people are not aware that the cheapest masks are made of plastic and most of them end up in waste dumps or just discarded in nature that in baba has more. blue face masks a common sight in city centers around britain apparently only essential shops are open but as lock downs a loosens people will still be wearing masks for months or even years to come and that means an ongoing nightmare for the environment because this house although there really isn't one team plotters this video shows staff at a wildlife hospital helping a bird that's been caught up in discarded litter it's a face mask one of the disposable surgical face coverings made of plastic. campaign

group keep britain tidy have found disposable masks and gloves at 14 percent of sites they've surveyed since last summer they say such discarded items are now even more common than plastic bags were before a compulsory charge for the bags came in more than 100000000 disposable face masks like this get thrown away across the u.k. every single week that's enough to cover more than 230 soccer pitches now a recent survey found 70 percent of people using disposable masts didn't realize they were using single use plastics and nearly one in 5 thought they could be recycled which isn't the case i know it's going to be waste but even it quick is the most easiest ones to use put on take out go again you know i mean with these cuts god they're not washable they're not reusable so you have the bible where you put up notice a lot more in the mind of famous people discard them i'm given any of your thought as to what happens to them afterwards the problem with single use plastic mask is

they'll end up in a landfill site like this in an incinerator or simply discarded researches at university college london say if every person in the u.k. used one disposable mask every day for a year it would create $124000.00 tons of waste half of which. on recyclable contaminated plastic when we use it in health care they're classed as clinical waste so then health care workers will put it. like they are separated from general general wes and then take him to incineration for the public there isn't actually this system at this factory they're trying to provide an alternative their mosques are based on specifications of old a children's hospital in liverpool which gets a percentage of the sales they have an antiviral coated unlike other such mosques can be washed and reused had to be something that was always practical comfortable . and happy produced locally so the mask on the design we've come up with

is ethical sustainable and entirely made in the u.k. it looks like face masks will be part of many people's lives at least in the short term whatever where they're being urged to consider where it comes from and where it'll end up in. london. mauritania's former president mohammad all the lizzie's in 10 senior political figures have been charged with corruption they relate to an investigation into his ears finances during his decade long rule one of his sons in law 2 former prime ministers and 5 former ministers are among those facing charges there are reports on the judicial supervision. chileans will head to the polls that's one thing a historic election to choose delegates for the body that will write a new constitution but while those fears social pressure to elect a large number of independents are coming they're competing on an even playing field from latin america tennessee and human rights this report.

constitutional congress candide it. organizes her husband her toddler and a group of supporters as they set off on another day of campaigning this time at a popular market in the rural municipality of planing on the outskirts of chile's capital she's no stranger here the 25 year old has been an activist for as long as she can remember especially for water rights in this area hard hit by drought and i think we've launched the new constitution to guarantee our social rights a dignified life and to protect our environment. you know about who is an independent candidate which means she gets practically no campaign financing or television airtime from the state as do candidates from established political parties. we've had to scratch for money from friends and family face masks were donated by my sister in law we had to gather thousands of signatures to qualify to

run as an independent. she isn't alone again. at another food and vegetable market benito brando who is well known for his work with the homeless is campaigning in lapin bana and low income area. i'm an independent he boasts 90 percent of chili inch don't belong to the country's highly discredited political party. last year the majority voted in a referendum to rewrite their constitution and next month they'll head to the polls again to elect the $155.00 member body that will draft it the referendum confirmed that 80 percent of chileans didn't want members of congress to have that privilege but it's still an uneven playing field for those pushing for citizens representation. we aren't allowed to form a law that says or pacts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but the parties who wrote

the rules. despite their norma's disadvantages independents are actually hoping to capitalize on what until now has been an extremely high abstention rate and apathy on the part of voters this time their bet here is that millions of chileans will actually come out and vote for anyone that doesn't represent the status quo when it comes to writing their new constitution. no tinsel violence will is one of them there was a good phone call in all my 52 years of never voted but now i will for an independent who is one of us. hundreds of independents are running but chile's complex electoral system has been designed to favor the country's mainstream political blocs which have long resisted calls for profound reforms to guarantee basic social rights. the biggest danger is that unless this process is viewed as credible the social crisis and uprising that led to calls for

a new constitution will get worse you see in human al-jazeera buying it. it's the new craze digital work and people are willing to fork out millions of dollars for them one work has just sold for whopping $69000000.22 people tuned in the auction in new york for bird man lee has more on this priceless moment this is the 3rd most expensive art work ever sought by a living artist at auction but it's not actually a tangible item it's a digital who inspired by the daily news but artist mike winkleman also known as people. until october he'd only have a soda print for $100.00 this walk went to $69000000.00 so here is the piece again that's $5000.00 days it's one image for each $5000.00 days that i've been doing that every day's you know this is the 1st one in the upper corner

here and then in the bottom here we have the last one that was just earlier this month. the sale of christie's auction house it peaked interest around the globe a record 22000000 people tuned in to see the end of the auction we knowingly went into this with a kind of. estimate unknown published on the website it was a very self-aware way of gesturing to just how impressed ended this thing was and it's also a play on the estimate on requests that we typically publish for items avatar of procedure we know are going to sell for an absurdly steep price so if this is something we can all through online why is it safe. it's become an asset thanks to an f.t. that's shorthand for a non fungible token the works authenticated using a digital signature block chain that's a program that creates

a unique bond could the cons because pete it turns the book into an exchange of asset so who have a buys it knows they have the original piece. the n.f.t. sale comes months after other auctions using similar technology. to this 10 2nd video with metallic scene and what seems to be donald trump has been bought by collect a pap lowered regress frale for about $66000.00 he sold it for months later for 100 times that same argument as you know you can going to into look at the picture of the mona lisa and you can have it there but it doesn't have any value because. the provenance of the history of the work again the reality years of it is very very valuable because we behind at the end of the auction the window walks away with a digital file and rights to display the work but how all wet that would be.