nice if we women teaches. the struggles with isolation and battles with physical hardship. sacrificing their family lives for the education of a few generations. women in the way 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 relent to repeat this for. be you. the american people i know each and every american to do their. time about this and this is

a loser live from doha also coming up to me in mars militaries accused of committing crimes against humanity and its increasingly violent attempts to stifle protests. the un appeals for more than $5000000000.00 to prevent millions of people dying from hunger this year. among them on a mission we made one of the independent candidates facing challenges in a key vote in chile. 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 us 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 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 well biden's also called on americans to put up a united front against the virus and condemned the violence asian americans have suffered throughout the pandemic too often we've turned against one another a mask the easiest thing to do to save lives sometimes it divides us states to lead against one another instead of working with each other vicious hate crimes against asian americans who've been attacked harassed plain and scapegoated

at this very moment so many of them our fellow americans they're on the front lines of this pandemic trying to save lives and still still they're forced to live in fear for their lives just walking down streets in america it's wrong it's un-american and it must stop well officials in washington d.c. with 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 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 elizabeth hankers associate professor of american studies at and political science at george washington university she says biden is 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 biden acknowledge the mornings and the losses of this last year but he then and now nst 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 few change in the way that americans address government that government is not out to harm americans and it's sometimes a popular narrative we thought with trump and even with their earlier presidents that he sang year 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 power that government can have to to mobilize to try to solve an enormous crisis like cope 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 for thailand's the latest country to delay its rollout of the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine on thursday 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 has not established a link between clots and the vaccine but it will stop using the job for 2 weeks to investigate authorities in mexico and canada have only statements expressing confidence in the vaccine. several countries have said they will to continue using the vaccine france and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and see no reason to suspend injections the sternness says it's monitoring reports of side effects but had seen no evidence to suggest the job causes blood clots. but i mean spotted

was an assistant professor of population health science and policy that new york's month sinai hospital she says the longer people wait to take the vaccines the more likely it is that more variants will emerge i think you know the main the main thing that we will need to actually remember is that it doesn't matter what betsy the brand of you is out of vaccines that saving lives all of our lives and they're the ones that are protecting us there against the development of variants of the new mutations islam of the virus continues to spread was uncontrolled manner then we're going to continue continuous events and some of those we already know show vaccine resistant so the right question is. you know that you know if it had been trying to be safe yes all of that seemed to 12 that the litter been authorized and in use have been shown to be safe. where the cabbage been that the ones that i would say that the ones that have been developed in the global north

and in private the madonna back then occurred been. that certainly the chinese that seemed to have a track record of not being in the states and i would they go they started trying to use that clean take it. me and i was military is being accused of torture and persecution over its response to peaceful protests a un special rapporteur says it's likely they've committed crimes against humanity thomas andrews is calling for sanctions against seniors and to leaders and minimize oil and gas sector the military has dismissed his claims saying their forces are maintaining order our diplomatic editor james bays reports 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 and i was going to stanley opposite countries pressure of it mandate which ran on tried to their principles of universality impartiality objectivity now senator number of days as ation an address in their home or issue of the country concerning hall of our as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan oh i previously worked closely with unsung suchi a state counselor 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 year the 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 un in geneva here you know i said nations headquarters in new york ambassador george moore turn has denounced the military continues to hold the country seat in the general assembly james al-jazeera of the united nations. or 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 is 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 only half

a 1000000 children there need immediate assistance david beasley says those who make it to hospitals have no guarantee they'll be treated. it's a horrific situation it really is i went to what would be. the best hospital. room to room to room with us all children literally dying days for the lucky ones that actually get into the hospital i called the doctor at us it how many it is 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 is that he still hopes of. food supplies are running dangerously low in ethiopia's northern region of tikrit millions of people urgently need help people arriving the camps in the region say they've survived by eating leaves aid agencies say there isn't enough space for the thousands who turn up every day when the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out about the ongoing violence in ethiopia's 2 very region she's called

on all sides to find a solution the ongoing violence hips prevent it humanitarians from helping a desperately hungry people addison ethiopia including eritrean forces from a cost if you will be as orders have restricted humanitarian access to the rural areas where the most europeans live we can that amount the situations if you're a part of we call on all sides and i've stressed all sides to thump the fighting and allow this manmade humanitarian situation to be addressed. still ahead on al jazeera trying to get their own protection order the campaign to end attacks on lawyers in the philippines. and environmental effects of covered 19 why activists in the u.k. urging people to ditch disposable face masks. it's

time for the perfect jenny. went sponsored point qatar airways how they we got some rather active weather moving across the middle east over the next couple of days a fair bit of rain sleet act snow piling out. asking to make its way across the caucuses georgia or armenia azerbaijan all seeing significant snowfall as we go through the next couple days northern parts of iraq could see some snow northern areas of iran certainly in with a chance to see some significant snowfall and watches for a temperature drop 13 celsius in tehran 33 in kuwait even here in doha we're going to warm 35 celsius that brisk wind 50 dust and sand but look at the temperatures fall away friday going on into sas day 25 celsius a 10 degree drop here in doha so freshening up 13 degree drop there in kuwait

really getting up to 7 celsius there for tara that re stateless no that will make its way across turkmenistan northern parts of afghanistan let's look further south with things with a good deal quater the u.a.e. yemen not doing too badly and that dry weather that comes down across the horn of africa fondant right here all the way down across the rift valley like victoria looking pretty good because some heavy showers 7 to northern parts of madagascar northern areas of mozambique through zambia those heavy showers right all the way up into the gulf of guinea. sponsored poll qatar airways. need to take amy and molly just chaos on the streets on a one east is. investigating what it means for the us to southeast asia. on out you see. played important role the.

face. there we're going to see 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 and his 1st primetime television address since becoming president biden won the fight against covert 1000 is far from over. his military is being accused of torturing and persecuting protesters a u.n. expert says it 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 un

has held a special session on the threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia's tikrit region the secretary general says more than $5000000000.00 is needed to prevent millions of people dying of starvation this year. china says its plan to overhaul hong kong's electoral system will help manage what it's calling ongoing chaos in the territory but critics say it's another blow to the democracy movement continue reports from beijing walk. in beijing is great all of the people almost 3000 communist party officials closed china's national people's congress by voting on a road map for the next 5 to 15 years the priorities achieving 6 percent g.d.p. growth increasing the domestic market and creating 11000000 new jobs. lutea we would certainly be happy to see robust growth but we are also aware of the

uncertainty you valving china's economic rebound global economic development is also uncertain also approved by nearly all of the delegates with just one abstention a bill to overhaul hong kong's political system the reforms will see seats added to the territories legislative council allocated mostly to prove beijing think it is a committee will be established to vet those who hold public office ensuring them loyal to the chinese government or considered patriots by beijing ted why a former opposition politician who fled hong kong fearing punishment and abating his new national security law has just arrived in australia and says he's heartbroken by the reforms it took like a decades. to develop are finished up the design of the 2 sions but it only took 2 or 3 months so how to have that whole industry and so we feel betrayed of course the traitor and.

we feel miserable of losing our freedoms the u.s. is leading growing international criticism about the changes saying there are an attack on hong kong's democratic freedoms strained ties between the 2 countries were a focal point of this year's national people's congress washington has called beijing a strategic threat china's leaders have responded by pushing for more innovation driven economy china has much more focus on using damascus resources and increasing demands to a mass amount in basic research like our genes and our conductors so i think now the competition between china and us will stay for a long time our age make economic sense for china to be more self-reliant president xi jinping has called for an increase to china's military capability time as it is that they want to work with the biden administration to expand into its top

officials for the rest on time that are expected to last in next to discuss the rings and this is the long list of disagreements that needs to overshadow the tops of buildings and also with those instant china's communist party says its approach to the weakest and hong kong are strictly domestic affairs and it would be swayed by so-called foreign difference between e.u. al-jazeera bating. human rights lawyers in the philippines and say they fear for their lives the demanding protection from the government dozens of been killed since president rodrigo to turkey took office 5 years ago let me give you a warning viewers may find some of the images in jamila onondagas report disturbing . angelo carluke in the end is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in the province a week ago even in the philippines long accustomed to violence the images were a shock to many police say this may have been a case of attempted to grab

a ring but billions colleagues say it was a deliberate attempt to kill a lawyer who has been representing 16 indigenous farmers including 9 who were killed in last year's raid by state forces the farmers were accused of having links with communist rebels and is recovering in hospital but not all lawyers who were attacked survived benjamin ramos a prominent human rights lawyer in negras province was shot dead in 2018 his death was a blow to marginalized communities including the farmers he represented for decades but 2 years on his killers remain at large. it was not elected since president or agree go to their took office in 2016 at least 54 lawyers have been killed and some of those who died were government prosecutors and judges others were likely in lawyers representing activists journalists and indigenous people

from impoverished communities these lawyers have also been exposed to what's called red tagging the once accused by the government of being communists or you. know you may call it the interest of serving or are in danger or boys. that's what they just well. in our society there are you. know it's very well with that. what we. all but the justice department says investigations are proving difficult because most of the attacks were carefully planned and committed by professionals but many years see it is simply not enough and the fear that the killings will continue unabated government data shows that only 5 out of the $54.00 killings

actually reached the courts this is why critics say the government should not be surprised if we believe in due process in the country is at an all time low this is expected they say specially when those who are mandated to administer justice are themselves killed jamelle dogon al-jazeera manila. our u.s. judges reinstated a 3rd degree murder charge against the former policeman accused of killing george floyd that's in addition to 2nd degree murder and manslaughter charges legal experts say it's going to offer the jury an additional option for a conviction the transition start in the minneapolis court later this month thanks sean is accused of killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes floyd's death sponsored global protests calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. people in chile will head to the polls next month in the

historic election they're going to be choosing delegates for congress writing a new constitution but while there's fierce social pressure to elect a large number of independent candidates they're competing on an uneven playing field from point a let's see in the reports i think it means constitutional congress candidate comedian 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 piny 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 want the new constitution to guarantee our social rights a dignified life and to protect our environment. you never do 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 but a friend of a family 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. 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 areas santiago monthly given i'm an independent he boasts 90 percent of chile 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 member body that will draft it the referendum can throw. and 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 launce is all parts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but the parties who wrote the rules. despite there are 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. violence will is one of them through the phone in all my 52 years of living voted but now i will for an independent who's 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 by an agency called officials in brazil are warning hospitals in major cities a nearly full the number of people dying from covered 900 every day exceeded 2000 for the 2nd day running. intensive care units and more than half of state capitals are reported to be at least 90 percent of capacity. and brazil's most populous states appollo has announced tougher restrictions include a 2 week overnight curfew and a suspension of religious gatherings and sporting events a nationwide surge in cases has been partly blamed on a highly contagious variant of covert 19 1st detected in the amazon city of manassas the momentum is deficient up in the making. this is the most difficult

moment of the pandemic that we have faced in our state with our country is going through especially our state is one of the toughest if not the toughest health crisis of all time. disposable mosque's used to stop the spread of coronavirus have overtaken plastic bags as one of the most common types of litter in the u.k. activists are warning of the environmental impact saying most people don't realize the cheapest masks are made from plastic and even bomb reports from london. 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 all over their religion on the logic of 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 marse 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 easy to cook 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 haven't 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. create $124000.00 tons of waste half of which should be on recyclable contaminated plastic when we use it in health care there classed as clinical waste so then health care workers will put it. like they are separated from general general waste and then take it 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 from old a children's hospital in liverpool which gets a percentage of the sales they have an antiviral coated and like other such mosques can be washed in ri you just had to be something that was always practical

comfortable. and happy produced locally so the mosque and the design we've come up with is ethical sustainable and entirely made in the u.k. it looks like facemasks will be part of many people's lives at least in the short term whatever coming to where they're being urged to consider where it comes from and where it'll end up al-jazeera london. this is all just these the top stories 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 coburn 1000 is far from over but he says the vaccination campaign is on target when i came in office you may recall i said a goal that many you said was kind of way over the top.