morning about electric shock treatment or worse that trinket a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle without and that will have a beginning or beyond struggle e syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al-jazeera. u.s. president joe biden urges vigilance from all americans in his 1st primetime address saying the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. i will not reluctant to repeat is for. every need you. the american people i need you i need every american to do their part.

not matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up mia mas militaries accused of committing crimes against humanity that is increasingly violent attempts to stifle protests. the u.n. appeals for more than $5000000000.00 in funding to prevent millions of people dying from hunger this year. and the digital collage that's blocking the art world after fetching a record price at auction. the fight against corona virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden and his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president is urging people to get vaccinated as well as to keep social distancing and wearing face masks he says history will record the us overcame one of its toughest and darkest periods. when i came in office you may recall i set a goal that many you said was

a 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 we've actually on track to reach this goal of 100000000 shots in arms on my 60th day in office no other country in the world has done this none but alan faces in washington d.c. and he's got more on president biden's speech. 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 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 today it is on the back of my schedule as of now tony doesn't america 527726 that's more deaths than war one war war 2 the vietnam war and 911 combined. there are husbands wives sons and daughters grandparents friends neighbors young and old who leave behind lunch 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 and annoyed 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 buy in minute session 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 $100000000.00 so what does joe biden do you know well he's planning to fuel up air force one and start heading across the country to tote the benefits of that covert relief 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 elizabeth anchor's associate professor of american studies and political science at george washington university she says biden's speech was trying to change the way americans see the government. there was a lot of information packed into that small speech you know not only did by acknowledge the mornings and the losses of this last year but he then and now nst many different policies both from says 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 as it's sometimes a popular narrative we saw with trent and even with their earlier presidents but he's saying you're that we are government and that government is here to solve our problems and to make our lives better 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 cove in 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. meanwhile as military is being accused of torture and persecution over his response to peaceful protests a un special rapporteur says it's likely they've committed crimes against humanity thomas sanders is calling for sanctions against senior leaders and me amar's oil and gas sector the military has dismissed his claim saying their forces are maintaining order diplomatic editor james bays reports from un headquarters in new york. given the pictures the world seen in recent weeks the

statement of 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 ation address in their 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 this senior military led by shaming 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. more turn has denounced the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly james 0 at the united nations where monitors leveled new accusations against topos leader aung san suu kyi as it defends its decision to seize power the military spokesman says she accepted gold and illegal payments worth $600000.00 while she was in government

protesters continue to demand her release at least 9 were killed on thursday so she's lawyer has dismissed the allegations against him. the u.s. says that some hopeful progress has been made towards a ceasefire in yemen but it says more commitment is needed from the warring parties special envoy timothy linda king has made the assessment after 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'a now bill cody as a former u.s. diplomat and former deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the united nations security council should take a tougher stance on the warring parties the leadership. is insisting on lifting the siege. and stopping the aerial bombardment from saudi arabia 1st before they stop that seems to that's unrealistic and it seems like they are just biding for time so that they can finish taking over matter in

their own media channels they are talking about a victory they feel victorians i think this is very on realistic and very unfortunate the u.n. security council should take a tougher stand but that has been disappointing as well as this goes on regardless of which side wins matter it will only cause the war to continue and the suffering in yemen has already reached beyond any limits that we know off in this current international environment the yemeni population is being starved and this needs to and then and there are gently. well the u.n. secretary general has made an urgent appeal for more than $5000000000.00 in aid to prevent millions of people dying of starvation this year the u.n. 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 says the agency needs an extra $500000000.00 to provide aid to yemen in the next 6 months nearly half a 1000000 children there need immediate assistance to save them from starvation david beasley says those who make it to hospitals have no guarantee they're going to get 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 children literally a diy. of the lucky ones that actually get into the hospital what called the doctor and i said how many if you handle here and he said 25 us or 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 he still hopes of. food supplies are running dangerously low in ethiopia's northern region of t.-ray millions of people there gently need help

people arriving at camps in the region saying they're survived by eating leaves aid agencies say there isn't enough space for the thousands of turn up every day when the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out about the ongoing violence in ethiopia's t.v. region she's called on all sides to find a solution to ongoing violence hipped prevent it humanitarians from helping that desperately hungry people activists in ethiopia including eritrean forces from across the o.p.'s borders have restricted humanitarian access to the rural areas where the most europeans live we can that amount the situation here it farther 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 an al-jazeera denmark suspends us is that it is covered 19 vaccine after reports of

blood clots but says there's no evidence of a direct link and yet. they want to control us they want to put this muzzle on our face the campaign against coronavirus restrictions how it has links with approach from protesters who stormed the u.s. capitol. we got a change on the way for the weather across the eastern seaboard of the u.s. got a big bank of cloud just rolling across the plains at the moment very active area of low pressure just sweeping across the lakes dragging in cooler air behind this cold front that sinks down across the plains is going to continue making its way further east with some heavy opposes the prime coming through here across kansas easing of its rewards the tennessee valley and that western weather will slide over

its was the eastern seaboard behind that got some snow and right clearing out of welcome rifle tearing away from california just maybe across the rockies as it were to continue making its way through ace was some more snow coming back in here some heavy rain there just around oklahoma grass feeding over towards the carolinas just nice have a temper just fall back in new york and they say freshening up significantly 9 celsius that for new york on saturday afternoon we want to get a caravan it's fine and dry because some heavy rain there just around haiti and the dominican republic some showers coming through want to show us a ridge to the east in august but not too many as we go through friday with more widespread as we go on into sas day well says he wanted to show was there went to jamaica and cross a good part of the central america but not too heavy. welcome

to doha from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. back. her. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. i want to go visit a reminder of our top stories this hour joe biden has ordered u.s. states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines by may the 1st in his

1st primetime television address since becoming president biden warned the fight against covert 19 is far from over but he says the vaccination campaign is on target. minimize military is being accused of torturing and prosecuting anti crude protesters here an expert says it may have amount to crimes against humanity the military rejects the planes at least 70 people have been killed since the coup and everything 1st. the u.n. has held a special session on the rising threat of hungary specially in yemen and ethiopia is tikrit region the u.n. secretary general says more than $5000000000.00 is needed to prevent millions of people dying of starvation this year. thailand has delayed its rollout of the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine it comes after denmark norway and iceland suspended use of the job after several reported cases of blood clotting including one death the danish health agency says it hasn't established

a link between clots and the vaccine but it will stop using the job for 2 weeks to investigate austria won't use vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot. well several countries have said they'll continue using the vaccine france and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and see no reason to suspend injections astray says it's monitoring reports of side effects but it seems no evidence to suggest the job causes blood clots paul brennan has more 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 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 are are being rather over cautious and that is not going to help when you're trying to get as many people vaccinated as possible germany's recorded its largest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than a month and in france concerns growing about the situation in the greater paris region the government says a patient is being admitted to intensive care every 12 minutes it's warning new restrictions may be needed if the situation gets worse it also there's a new case behold it calls for. we are already preparing large transfers of patients to other regions which could take place as of this weekend when i say large i mean that we are talking about dozens even hundreds of patients who could be evacuated from the great to paris region to other hospitals in other regions of

the country but health officials in brazil are warning hospital beds in major cities are almost filled up the number of daily coronavirus deaths exceeded 2000 for the 2nd day running on thursday the surging cases has been partly blamed of the highly contagious variant of covert 19 which was 1st detected in the allison city of manassas because dr you still live in this is with the young are taking this disease when they are killing the elderly in 17 years working for the ambulance service i've never seen anything like it. well we are back to you to collapse of the ambulance service to hospitals will break down hospitals are in collapse in the short term nobody will be able to save anyone we paramedics who just drive to patients and died a hospital entrance a stony a has entered a months long lockdown autoroutes per capital corona virus infection rates became the 2nd highest in the world the country of 1300000 people has recorded nearly 800000 cases since the start of the pandemic the new measures include the closure

of schools non-essential stores and restaurants all the living u.s. presidents and their wives except for the trumps of united to encourage people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus this vaccine means for it will protect you and those you love from this dangerous and deadly disease. i want to go back we're going to be able to visit with michelle's mom her see here on her birthday and i'm really looking forward to is going opening day in texas ranger stadium with a full stadium now it's up to you. the president's message is timely because a large number of americans are still reluctant to be inoculated and as rob reynolds reports it's tangled up in party politics and conspiracy theories. in recent weeks and months coated skeptics have stormed shopping centers denouncing

customers wearing masks. others disrupted a major vaccination center in los angeles claiming the vaccine is harmful and part of a left wing plot. people in idaho rallied to stage a public mask burning ceremony. coppa deniers are busy spreading their message on social media this is the covert deception guys they want to see of us they want to control us they want to put this muzzle on our face this mask now researchers and lawmakers say anti-vaccination groups and coba deniers are merging with the pro trump armed groups to stall or worse attack the u.s. capitol in january many anti vaccine leaders embraced conspiracies lights. and joined good white supremacist groups like the proud voice so you see this alignments with these other conspiracy groups and right wing organizations.

anti-vaccination propaganda is partisan in nature growing partly out of x. president donald trump's repudiation of mass wearing and his repeated denials that the coronavirus caused serious illness the seeds of science denial and then to intellectual ism run very deep in culture it's deeper and stronger right now among republicans a february poll shows 42 percent of republicans say they will never get vaccinated some of the code conspiracy theories are outlandish on a par with the beliefs of q. and on at harriet's about a global kobol of satan worshipping pedophiles or the believe that the vaccine is being manufactured to oh oh bill gates to microchip people it's not a matter of intelligence it's not a matter of mental illness or friends that these are mistakes that you've been even

very. well educated very intelligent people can make dr richard pan is a california state senator and a practicing pediatrician he says the conspiracy theorists endanger millions the dangers of allowing people to spread lies about back seeds actually endangers all of us and its lows our ability to stop this disease which has already killed over half a 1000000 americans pan and others call for stronger social media fact checking and removal of conspiracist material online is a large group of americans continues to reject reality the by did ministrations goal of near universal adult vaccination and a return to some semblance of normal life may prove elusive rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles tanzania's opposition is demanding information on the health and

whereabouts of the president hasn't been seen in public for nearly 2 weeks now opposition leaders suggest as john michael fully is in a coma and receiving treatment for corona virus in india a government minister has denounced days of speculation as nonsense microphone has been criticised for playing down the threat of covert 19 i'm claiming steam therapy would protect tanzanians from the illness. the alleged killing of a man by police at a student protest in johannesburg has been described as indefensible by south africa's police minister it's believed the 35 year old was shot dead when officers fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters the man had not been taking part in the demonstrations and investigation is under way on thursday the government announced student's demands would be met and more money made available to cover students' fees. martini is former president muhammad all of the lizzie's and 10 senior political figures have been charged with corruption they relate to an investigation

into izzy's is finances during his decade long rule one of his sons in law 2 former prime ministers and 5 former ministers and among those facing charges there are reports that under judicial supervision. the european broadcasting union has rejected the belarus centry for this use univision song contest saying the nominated song contravenes the competition's non political nature. but. then today was by a band known for songs mocking the protest against president alexander lukashenko the track features let it such as i will teach you to toe the line it received tens of thousands of dislikes in the universe mutu page and it's been taken down and to spark a backlash from opposition figures and even field calls for belarus to be suspended from the contest e.b.u. says the country risks being disqualified if it doesn't change its entry we used to

say that sports it's not politics and music it's not politics but when it comes to belarus sport it's politics music if politics the state t.v. channel if the propaganda that megaphone for the dictatorship for. the president of the state of t.v. company if the sanctions least for at crime or for want from human rights so it's to involve them in such an event if to make politics not right. now if you're doubling in digital arts then this might just get your hopes up one what has just sold for $69000000.00 if you were a sign of how popular this is millions of people tuned in for the auction in new york or a burden money has more on a priceless moment this is the 3rd most expensive art work ever sold by

a living artist that auction but it's not actually attend to blight him it's a digital who were 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 it'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 at 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 it ended this thing wise

and it's also a play on the estimate on requests that we typically publish for items avatar of procedure we know we're going to sell for and i'm certainly steep price so if this is something we can all through online why is it so valuable 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 on block chain that's a program that creates a unique barcode the cons because heat it turns the work into an exchange of asset so who have a buys it knows they have the original piece the n.f.t. sale comes months off to 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 requests frale for about $66000.00 he sold it for months later for

100 times that same argument does you know you can going to into the link a picture of the mona lisa and you can have it there but it doesn't have any value . because he does have the provenance of the history of the work again the reality here is that this is a 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 that would be displayed is anyone's guess nor are those manly out to syria. this is all to syria these are the top stories and joe biden has ordered u.s. states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines by may the 1st and his 1st primetime television address since becoming president biden warned the fight against covert 19 is far from over but he says the vaccination campaign is own to.