we didn't say. it's a film that helped bring down corrupt government and led to the jailing of the former president. al jazeera investigates still encourage our use. al-jazeera. this is the news hour on al-jazeera live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes dozens of students have ducted in northwest nigeria in the 4th mass school kidnapping since december. we can't let our guard down. this fight is far from over a warning from u.s. president joe biden to americans to keep up the fight against the coronavirus

pandemic also this hour zonal came good with south africa's most influential traditional ruler dies at the age of 72 and ship breakers working in unsafe conditions in bangladesh when the right to sue british owners in london for deaths or injuries. i'm joined again with the sport japan's officials say that team won't take chinese current virus vaccines at the lympics only one in the next hour. thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with breaking news out of nigeria where gunmen have kidnapped students from a college in kaduna state in the northwest school attacks are becoming more frequent the most recent to being a mass abduction of $279.00 pupils in zamfara state last month a kidnapping is attacked. commonly used by armed groups and criminal gangs in

nigeria international says it's been escalating since january 2 mass abductions of schoolchildren took place within 10 days in february officials say they're carried out by bandits loosely formed can set rob and kidnap for money geria denies paying ransoms but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become a lucrative source of income some believe. the size kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 prompted more turn to mass abductions of children and speak to a fidelity journalist joining us now from the 1st of all what more you're hearing about this latest kidnapping today. yeah like you said they would be kidnapping happened in the early hours of today when armed gunmen stormed a an institution of higher learning in. one of the villages included lest it which

is just shit border capital city details of the kidnap the muscle boxing of the females to the n.c. still coming in the state government has confirmed the attack me police say they are investigating to find out the circumstances the alleged to be abduction of people students witnesses say that when the government had conned the school they only took with them female students and let the males today which is actually a worry signal turns the last nap of prince who just happened days ago and there would be a release now this is happening again and he says the better press claim that they have a station of learning we've been attacked and yes to be an. investment grade and not a we killed a spy as we have said now we had a case of kidnapping of school children in nigeria what is fueling this and what is the government doing to stop this. the insecurity has been

a major challenge in nigeria in recent years especially in the last few months the government in january 8th changed the top military commander pointing new military chiefs and regulars had expected that things would get better but where they are trying to settle in the abduction zone cruising almost daily. people from commercial buses individuals are taking your homes children have been up to different locations and this is really disturbing for many nigerians who are part of the bay now government would have been able to sort out the issue of insecurity because as we speak the military has been involved in trying to. contend questions in more than 36 states of the country something that has not really happened over the years and rather president have assured that all measures have

been taking place sure that basically he becomes a thing of the past but with both assurances mostly having been reported pieces pocket not been especially maybe not west and not regions of the country thank you very much for that fidelis bat joining us there from a butcher on this latest kidnapping and nigeria thank you. thank you 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 is urging people to get vaccinated to keep social distancing and to continue wearing masks alan fisher has more from washington. from the east room in the white house joe biden's 1st national presidential address good evening my fellow americans when you don't from the global pandemic being declared the

president took time to consider the human cost the growing number of deaths the families torn apart the lives left to be rebuilt we all lost something a collective suffering a collective sacrifice a year fill with the loss of life the loss of living for all of us but in the loss we saw how much there was to gain an appreciation respect and gratitude biden was somber but also hard to provide hope coming he believes in the form of the american rescue plan the massive 1.9 trillion dollars act he signed into law just hours before the plan to give hope to people struggling to kick start an economy to expand a vaccination program so desperately needed i'm announcing that i will direct all states tribes and territories to make all adults people 18 and over. eligible to be vaccinated no later than may want we do this together by july the 4th there's

a good chance you your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day there is overwhelming support across the country for the relief plan even among republican voters but republican politicians think it's not targeted and it's too expensive this isn't a relief well it's pretty much a payoff for palosi is political allies and it will be the american people paying the bill we can't let our guard down by going appealed for unity for americans to work together we don't want to go back he said and the arch people to wear masks as the man who became the face of the u.s. covert response has lamented how much politics got in the way of doing the right thing we had such divisiveness in our country that even simple common sense public health measures took on a political connotation look forward to seeing the president will feel up here

force one and start tuning parts of the country to take the benefits of his 1st major legislative success it is essentially a victory lap and he hopes the country will start looking more normal by july the 4th more like the america everyone notes and hasn't seen for a year alan fischer al jazeera washington. elizabeth anchor is associate professor of rock and studies and political science at george washington university she says joe biden speech is an effort 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. thailand is 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 victoria gate and b.

records. thailand's prime minister and members of the cabinet was supposed to receive the astra zeneca vaccine on friday but instead health officials announced a delay to the vaccine rollout after a number of reports of blood clotting in europe then. there was one patient in denmark who died and there were other patients with blood clots denmark's government announced a suspension because they were not sure this is not to say it's related to the vaccine but when such cases occur for safety we have to postpone that ministration of the injections to allow for the investigation to take place. on thursday the danish health ministry said it hadn't established any link between the clots and the vaccine but would stop using the astra zeneca job for 2 weeks so it could investigate austria said it wouldn't use shots from one batch of the vaccine after a woman died soon after being inoculated dystonia lithuania luxembourg and latvia say stock jabs from the same batch and italy withdrew another batch of the vaccine

after 2 men died in sicily although nailing has been established between the vaccine and their deaths in terms of the different situation that is related there to their education. risk and so. on but at this stage there is no real evidence to suggest that the astra zeneca. any may decide but but oh it does make me doubt it. several countries have said they'll continue using the astra zeneca vaccine friends and canada say the benefits outweigh the risks and they see no reason to suspend injections mexico has expressed confidence and australia says it's monitoring reports of side effects but has seen no evidence to suggest the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots. that have been developed in. private. that signal that chinese vaccines have

a track record not being pretty safe and i would say go get started chinese that think take it i want to go back to work and i want. the u.s. remains the epicenter of covert 19 with more than 29000000 cases and the world's largest vaccination program for former presidents have americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible this vaccine means for. protect you and those you love from this dangerous deadly disease many other countries a struggling with the virus italy is braced for a 3rd wave and brazil's healthcare system is close to collapse public health experts are warning the longer people wait to take the vaccines the more likely it is move ariens will emerge victorious al-jazeera. and still ahead on the news hour. this is a global boxy potentially about gene pool. spray instead of a shot to why we said just in the u.k.

say in a soul cover $1000.00 vaccine will be a low cost tentative for the developing world machines of war innocent children the colombian government comes under fire after several miners are killed during a military operation and citing news for basketball fans as well bron james could be set to appear at the games in tokyo don't have the details in sports. south korea has announced its suspending defend 6 changes and banning for simiane more it's an age as country to cut ties after the military coup on february 1st security forces are accused of torture and persecution in their response to peaceful protests south korea says it's also reconsidering its aid payments scott hyder is monitoring developments from bangkok in neighboring thailand 'd. it's a mostly symbolic move by south korea to sever the ties and to prevent export of

anything that the military might need quite honestly it's more symbolic than anything because they're not big trading partners but what it does is it kind of adds to that growing chorus international chorus of condemnation of what's happening by the military on the streets of myanmar so that's that's where it might not be that much money that the joint is not going to be getting but it's definitely symbolic that another country has severed ties you know we've seen other countries do similar things in the region also you know the united states hasn't even has gone as far as to freeze some accounts personal banking accounts tied directly to the top leadership so that all these things kind of add up and obviously are you know building the international condemnation but the voices we really they. the international community is really waiting for are those of china russia and india they're the big players they're the big traders with myanmar but they have not taken the step nor do we really expect that to happen take the step

that we see like south korea and other nations but those are the nations that really need to be focused on because that's where the military gets most of their material from. meanwhile a un special rapporteur says it's likely myanmar's military has committed crimes against humanity is calling for more sanctions against senior leaders and oil and gas industries the military has dismissed his claims and diplomatic editor john space has more from the united nations. 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 the principles of universality impartiality objectivity. and addressing the

homeowner issue of the country concerned however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan i previously worked closely with. the state council at one of her jobs was foreign minister observers are now wondering whether someone who is 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 is a merely a military led by shaming sheen or leadership is now engaging in crimes against humanity including the actual murder in forces appearance 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 jorm or turn who's denounced the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly james al-jazeera at the united nations. turkey's foreign minister has said ankara is planning to host afghanistan peace talks in april it comes after the us secretary of state antony blinken made several proposals one of which involved and leading role for turkey washington plans to seek to a for troop withdrawal by may which had been announced by the previous administration russia will also hold afghan talks next week which moscow says will not rival previous negotiations. to colombia now way human rights organization says it's outraged by reports that up to 12 shoulder and might have been killed in an army bombing against rebels. and has parts further are aimed at the defense

minister was called the miners' machines of war. he has a story from bogota. these are the few available pictures of the march 2nd bombing by the colombian army of a dissident faction of fark rebels in southwest colombia in which human rights groups say up to 12 miners could have been killed one teenager is known to have died in august and the government acknowledges there were young people there to rebel camp but not their children were among those killed defense minister. to public outrage saying that any young victim should be regarded as a machine of war while insisting the operation followed international protocols. it's clear under international law that recruited minors of victims but after being trained prepared to become young competence the attitude and disposition of affecting life in generating terror against the population we can't afford that

many criminals who started this guerillas at 13 in committed all sorts of crimes. you know that's what opposition politicians say that if confirmed the killings are shameful and that the minister should resign they mean yes i mean yes throwing bombs over defenseless children. force recruitment who are sleeping in the camp is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality is not a military triumph it's a failure of the state. this is not the 1st time the government of president has been criticized for its use of force in its effort to twats dissident rebels in drug trafficking groups in 2019 then defense minister guillermo but data was forced to resign after several children were killed in a similar strike incidents like this one were often the norm during the worst years of civil conflict with that even a minor skin say that collateral damage but since the signing of

a peace deal in 2006 thing colombians have become less prone to accept and a recent report shows that more than $200.00 miners were recruited last year alone political analysts said hugh guzman says public outreach is important but will not be enough to prevent this from happening again the structural problem is the lack of state presence in rural areas on top of the pandemic and the closure of public schools so it's important to recognise that the recruitment of these child miners is a crime against humanity but also the state has been has done a huge disservice to if confirmed these deaths promised to weeknight accusations of human rights abuses in a country still reeling from decades of war i listen to them and just. for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india are known as the quad will hold talks state on friday and

the timing is significant china is in a trade war with the u.s. it's a gaijin a diplomatic war with australia and there's been tension with india over the order there ongoing south china sea disputes as well with several states within the region or the quad was initially formed in the aftermath of the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami but concerns from australia and india over how much to push china without impacting bilateral ties meant it fell apart however in november all 4 nations held military drills china has accused the quad of undermining its legitimate rises in asian powerhouse when australia's prime minister scott morrison says a group benefits all countries in the region this is about and i think if a peace and stability in the indictment if it's a license to be in that city it benefits all the sovereign nations and particular asean partners that with a close friend of hers for so long this is

a very ensuring that we can try to move what worries me it's a bad ensuring that we can do that peacefully that there is freedom of movement within the season and and the other flight of the area to ensure there is the facilitation of trite and movement across our great region and before these 4 nations liberal democracies standing up rebellions coming together and ensuring that we are in a queue for peace and stability in the next. let's speak to a happy man jacob about this he's an associate professor at the center for international politics organization and disarmament at jaguar have narrow university and he joins us via skype from new delhi very good to have you with us 1st of its kind summit then between the leaders of the u.s. australia and india as well as japan why now what's the motivation here you think. you know i didn't got that has been a feeling certainly daily for some time now about that the warrens of its by the

time the strategy and the reports of the dos of the guy in the water that has been some conservative isn't biased to either the new administration the united states where they've for all the policy followed by trump precisely china water and to the us i think i think the fact that you have. that there are some really important statements coming from washington d.c. on a quad and on in dos if the gender issue is that it is etc amount of enthusiasm in washington that is an equal or more amount of it was yes i mean you believe in the week of course all the but if you stop it to be at china have in the summer of last year and the chinese especially generally think that he did so i think all of the all of the 4 authors in this sort of group big realize the importance of standing up to china in some way or one way or the other although none of the statements i must say. you know office should be given out by these governments have mentioned china cities portrayed as an inclusive sort of outage meant i didn't get it i think

the subtext is basically it is santa focused enthusiasts you say but the these 4 countries have conflicting priorities and difference are t.j. can be economic ties to china can they overcome these differences and what sort of agreements and deals can they make together that would put a dent on china's growing influence in every chip. that's of them to absolutely important part of the fact of the matter is that there are all of these 4 kind of least most of the ads about him and the idea that says have a deep economic relations with china and i think both for countries to be nice about. you know you need to have an economic relationship with the chinese and that the saved i. disagree it is it is important to have different alliances different groupings that advocate a different pocket or together there is no all necessary for mississippi to enmity of security if in economic partnership with china and security policy that side of

these you can happen from aqua's i think that is that the attitude of it but i put it on a dime and china has consistently argued that you know you have to have a binding bigoted economic relationship that's occurred to her measures or by then this summit meeting makes its way to it and abundantly clear that you can't deal with china you can only get it yet even technologically perhaps at the same time you need to look out for your own security and strategic interests but most of that you know for that you need to have other friendships but china as you know has been scoring some big diplomatic points lately by offering made in china call for 1000 back seems to the developing world they are limits to what the quad can achieve on day. but there are 70 limitations to what the quote get out even if i come across the globe of course and it said if india has to be quiet to act the war and call it war on lexy diplomacy i think this particular summit meeting is perhaps good to talk also about more funding being made i made over to

india to produce more access that falls so many get to be given out to other media countries but i've you know there is no there is no is there denying the fact that the child that used it very very volatile country and there is no way that you get stopped out of rice of china houses will go out and i think that that's not that's it's really mean that you don't do anything about it at all i think i think that can be done and this is what all right but the thing that the group the quad can draw into something bigger into a more formal security grouping like nato for example i don't doubt very much i think if they want to since that's never be part of any military i names off the bat i understanding something changed but the movie daily asked probably not yet reached this if you wish and where you have open 'd to it for what would it be i think this is the form of these good to come to you for someone to try. and to you know that are made that i don't need to get these off different

relationship relations that it has that they're all on the feet of the populace in it but i think the inform us that it is going to continue for somewhat by perhaps something that happens upward of time should there be out of a crisis you can no doubt that it will believe you all of you know someone proposed that wall fall but i don't because of thank you very much for talking to us about this happy man jacob thank you for your insight. still ahead on the news hour a mom on a mission but she's one of a number of independence confronting obstacles in a key vote in chile a digital art that sold for $69000000.00 we explore why such waves are becoming so valuable and it's honest even after the 2nd day's racing at sailings america's cup joe have the details to stay with us we're back after this short break illinois.

well the spring thaw is well underway for most parts spring weather actually wet and windy and this cold front is actually bringing the wet and windy so it's pushing cold air out of the way that junction always brings snow not snow is going to really push into western russia listen the temperature in moscow significantly to 0 briefly making it cold in the southeast of you but it's not really a very active front after that point temps will start to rise in the sunshine then the following band of wind the rain is a little bit cooler just by a few degrees but for example in zurich you'll see it's 13 on saturday in the windy wet weather that goes down to 5 then drops further and sleet or even snow the billows wet snow i think for the north and now least and temperate drop by and that a single figures in place that burden still 10 in london warm sunshine in spain and portugal still warm sunshine in greece and returning to turkey but with some significant wet snow in some of the high ground there in the balkans would be

marked across anywhere there is action south of that rain is fairly quiet look at this band of cloud here in central our jiri that is likely to develop into a proper little area of low pressure its most active feature probably is the wind picking up dust running up to the north coast including sudden. when afghan filmmaker has some fuzzily catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling their multi-year saga on their phones. midnight traveling an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other and witness an allergist they are.

living on is grappling with its worst economic crisis in generations. exasperated by the coronavirus pandemic and then this. one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history shone a light on a nation already in economic and political freefall people in power travels across the country to find out what's next for the trouble states lebannon the state to collapse on a just 0. to . 0. 0. you're watching the news out on al-jazeera with me fully back to a reminder of our main stories gunmen in nigeria have kidnapped students from

a college in dourness state in the north west the 1st time that an higher learning institution has been targeted school attacks are becoming more frequent last month 279 pupils were abducted in down forests. u.s. president joe biden says about summation campaign against corner viruses on target and as ordered states will ensure all adults are legible by may 1st. biden has won the fight against paul did 19 is far from over and urge americans to remain vigilant and south korea is 'd suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to myanmar it's the latest country to cut ties after the military security forces are accused of torture and persecution in response to peaceful protests. to south africa where tributes are being paid to the zulu king who has died at the age of 72 nations says goodwill teenie had been in hospital for weeks to treat

diabetes when his health took a turn for the worse. was the leader of south africa's largest tried he served as a monarch for 5 decades that speak to our correspondent who's live in johannesburg so. the death coming after weeks of a tell us 1st about the reaction to the death of the king. well the the pro the the king goggles and a teeny had been ill for more than a month admitted to hospital for treatment related to diabetes source that africans have known for some weeks that he has been ill but i think he is passing has been met with shock and mourning for many south africans and the zulu nation specifically there are at least 11000000 zulus in south africa many of them in choir soon a towel and we'd also heard from the former deputy president in south africa who spoke about the point of pride that the king had in the hearts of many south

africans and what he represented in terms of the unity created amongst many people specifically impossible to tell but also particularly within the apartheid or during the apartheid regime in there to united people against that kind of repression at the time we have heard from. from the prime minister of the nation that his body world will be held in state for a few days and that this is an opportunity for many to bid farewell to the king tell us more about the significance of the king's role and his legacy. apart from you know the position of pride for salute people that the for that the king has held this is somebody whose role was largely ceremonial or symbolic but i don't think it can be ignored that he did have political influence in a couple of instances during the gauche ations to in the party there were many

tensions between people of different ethnic groups and at that time former president nelson mandela approached the king to try and quell tensions between zulu people largely aligned to the cart of carter freedom party of the political party and the a.n.c. at that time and even in recent years the king had been facing some controversy around ownership of land specifically inquisition to tell up to a 3rd of the land in that province one of the lower the biggest landowners in the world even and because there were many discussions around ownership of that land which he had through the trust. despite the government saying that they would redistribute land without compensation a very contentious issue here in south africa those kind of comments upset the king as well as many people and this was a situation where president to again approach the king to speak to him to clarify and some would argue to apologize so a very important figure in terms of the royal standing he had specifically for zulu

people but of course having a larger presence beyond that in south africa thank you very much for that family correspondent in johannesburg south africa. a u.k. court has ruled that ship break is in south asia can sue a british ship owners over deaths or injuries suffered on the job hundreds of vessels are demolished by ship breakers in bangladesh india and pakistan every year the landmark ruling says the british shipping companies or a legal duty of care for the breaking down of these 300000 ton ships is mostly done by hand thousands of workers work in dangerous situations in intense heat cutting and carrying away salvageable pieces of metal hundreds of people mostly with no contracts die or injured every year in explosions and accidents it's led to heavy pollution also littering the coast with oils asbestos and dangerous chemicals shipping companies have been able to avoid responsibility by quickly changing

ownership of vessels and using tax havens and middlemen that speak to mohammed ali shaheen about this he's a spokesman for young people in social action which is a nonprofit organization for sustainable development and he joins us live from bangladesh this capital dhaka just how significant is this ruling and what will it mean for shit breaking workers in bangladesh. yeah i mean it's a it's a very welcoming room. you know what i was there and i'm going to make the shift there whether they're from the poorest part of the country and where they have nothing to do but most of the ship getting out or you know very dangerous panel and you get there in a very unsafe manner so we. believe there is a least somewhat of the government happening one of the year is one of the they are going to get international support but it's still the most o.b.'s they can get

ships very much unsafely one of us are dying in 2000. and 8 that what it's died in 2090 don't you are dying and dizzy are already 2 are going to die so which indicates that the risk is there is still the local government is trying their level best the situation but it's still the regime. in most of the yards it's very dangerous and wonders when it is and the risk is a say but is it fair to target the shipping companies when you consider there are multiple parties involved in these transactions and operations there middlemen and the shipping companies say they can't control the ships ultimate destination can a 1000000000 dissipate the risks. no of course i mean the shipping company who are selling their ships to dismantle their ships in such a countries like bangladesh and india or other countries i mean they should be

responsible that they are seen since i'm going to dismantle you know very safe and environmentally friendly manner and because it's daschle because their ship it what their responsibility is a polluter created i mean they are to take the responsibility. when the workers are dying it's that it means that the shipping company was dot. concern where it was course was not giving any jerry that their ships are going to battle in a very safe manner or not so they cannot avoid the others. and that's why we will come to. the court and this big some of the change we hope right now they have been death as you say and hoping for positive change there's also been an impact on the environment on the coastal environment and in recent years we've seen a number of cases and claims against oil companies for instance that have been

successfully brought by communities in asia and africa in nigeria for instance shell is another example do you think such rulings are actually really making a difference on the ground the argument not mean that it's going to rule in and me changes because. on principles. of course it can make some changes and it's going to root not only for shipping cycling any any other big activity which is you know are destroying human lives or environment and insult positive change. thank you so much for talking to us about this mohammed ali shaheen joining us on the newshour from dhaka in bangladesh . thank you very much. researchers in the u.k. say they're developing a new covert 1000 vaccine that could replace injections with a nasal spray and make it more available to populations in remote parts of the

world al-jazeera zonder simmons has been given access to the laboratories in bristol university where the vaccine is being developed what's going on here could bring a new dimension to the fight against curve it 19 research as a developing a new vaccine that will focus on saliva rather than the bloodstream and they're saying it will be cheap to produce and won't need to be kept at low temperatures this is a global vaccine potentially a bad thing for all in particular they hope to bring a solution to parts of the developing world remote countries and places with extreme temperatures there will be no need for refrigeration and it will be a vaccine that's easy to transport simple to use and cheaper to buy. what's going on here is very different for a start the vaccine comes in the form of a nasal spray it's aimed at inducing antibodies which will protect the person and also stop the virus from spreading all in one powerful blood the man behind it

believes the immune responses will be much bigger than in the present vaccines is an entirely new way of making a vaccine and we've already done work in animals in mice and we've shown that we can induce immune responses importantly we can induce these mucosal immune responses if we give the vaccine to these mice into the nose rather than as an injection the bristol project is one of many globally the world health organization puts the figure of more than $200.00 a 2nd generation of vaccines another u.k. project is hoping for a breakthrough with protection against a much broader range of covariance researches in nottingham university and develop a scanned cell say the vaccine doesn't just target the spike protein on the surface of the corona virus it also concentrates on another area known as the end protein the vaccine is being prepared for medical trials by manufacturers that kill

diversity in staffordshire is one of the makers of the astra zeneca vaccine and it's now managing 6 different projects we seem to be working in a consulting men vironment so it's not just ourselves we're a number of other organizations competitors as well we're all working in conjunction trying to solve the same problem effectively and that continues whether it's 1st generation 2nd generation or even 3rd generation but we have a strong current change would indicate a positive reaction back in bristol that project may be some way of preparing for medical trials but if and when it's proven to be safe it could take covert vaccines to another level andrew symonds out 0 bristol. people in chile will head to the polls next month in a historic election they'll choose delegates for a congress that's writing a new constitution and seeing human reports around pinal. i don't have many constitutional congress candidate comedian organizers 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 piney 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. never out 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. at another

food and vegetable market benito but enda who is well known for his work with the homeless is campaigning in lapin danna a no income area. and i'm still going to i'm an independent he boasts 90 percent of chile inch don't belong to the country's highly discredited political party. properly or. last year the majority voted in a referendum to rewrite their constitution and next month they'll head to the polls again to elect a $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 launce is all parts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but the parties who. right the rules. despite there are norma's disadvantages independents are actually hoping

to capitalize on one until now has been an extremely high abstention rate and apathy on the part of voters this time their bet 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 your insolence 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

that you're dabbling in digital arts then get this one work has just sold for a whopping $69000000.00 and in another sign of its popularity $22000000.00 people tuned in for the auction in new york there are many asked for this is the 3rd most expensive art work ever sought by a living artist that 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 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. 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 frail for about $66000.00 he sold it for months later for 100 times that same argument does 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. of the provenance of the history of the work again the reality of this is a very very valuable because we behind at the end of the auction the window walks away with a digital follow and rights to display the work but how that would be displayed is anyone's guess. to syrah. the european war casting union has rejected his entry for this year's your vision song contest saying the song goes against the

competition is not political nature. but. the entry was by a band known for mocking songs for songs rather mocking the protests against president alexander lukashenko and if his lyrics like i will teach you to toe the line the video got tens of thousands of dislikes on the eurovision you tube page before it was taken down it was a backlash from opposition figures and cost of generals to be suspended from the contest. and still ahead on the infamous island all makes one golfer pay with a big score at the pace championship that's coming up next with joe to stay with us .

or see it's just falling thank you very much with british cycling has found itself at the center of a doping storm one of its former team doctors has just been found guilty of ordering testosterone to administer to a rider richard freeman who is also the chief doctors team sky ordered the band hormone in 2011 medical tribunals ruled on friday that he knew or believed it would be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance freeman also admitted to destroying a laptop before giving it to forensic experts conducting a don't ping investigation. japan's olympic minister says his country's country's athletes will not take the chinese coronavirus vaccines that have been ordered it off and off ahead of the tokyo games the international committee announced it had

struck a deal with china for the vaccines to be given to participants at the next 2 games but that took tokyo games organizers by surprise and japan has not yet approved the chinese vaccines he said in just the more we are taking comprehensive anti infection measures including activity management and testing so that people can feel secure about participating in the tokyo games even without a vaccination since we're continuing to consider these measures there's no change we're proceeding on the assumption of people not getting vaccinations one famous name who could appear at those olympics is basketball star le bron james the los angeles lakers forward has been named on a short list of 57 players for team usa the 36 year old has already won 2 gold medals with his country in the past james is open to it says it will come down to the n.b.a. schedule. so you know more about it or you know how you

know where my family is going to go as far as that is the things going there's a lot of. you know a lot of players. but i'm happy to be a part of the finalist was always an honor and honor for years and years and years as you know us they represent a country. from one n.b.a. great to another as michael jordan was seen in the stands at the charlotte hornets game against the detroit pistons joan is actually the majority owner of charlotte but this was the 1st time he took in a live game this season he would have been pleased with the outcome to the hornets beating the pistons 105-2102. to sailing now in america's cup challenges luna rossa defying expectations after the 2nd day of racing the italian team once again match defending champions team new zealand they took the honors in the early race in light when he's off the coast of oakland winning by 37 seconds to a new zealand rally back in the 2nd race of the day winning it by just over

a minute to level the best of 13 series at 22. there as a really good race for us just got off a stop on slightly better than the race before very similar to snakes but we just never skied the jump on them before the boundary but it's going really well and you have mr exton are saying. yeah now we know what boat school on the ground rice improvised seems credit to the kiwis in the last job but that rice is the filter to our says you got the leads the players championship in florida after the 1st round of formosa's champion shot a 7 under par round of 65 at sawgrass on thursday it puts him in a 2 shot lead at gold's unofficial 5th major is not such a good day though for playing partner rory mcilroy who finished at 7 over paul after a quadruple bogey 8 at the 18th. but mccoy's problems paled in comparison to those of south korea's ben an the famous island par 317th

claimed several victims on day one but none did worse than and who put 4 balls in the water before eventually walking away with an 11 that is the 2nd highest score ever on that home. 20 time grand slam champion roger federer has pulled out of next week's a.t.p. tournament in dubai saying it's best to go back to training after losing his latest match the 39 year old swiss player was playing in just his 2nd match back following double knee surgery when he faced nicolas. in the quarterfinals of the cattle on thursday federer won the 1st set 63 but lost the 2nd 61 and despite having a match point in the decider he was unable to convert it his georgian opponent took the victory instead. federer wasn't the only big upset of the night for bertha battista overcame top seed dominant team in 3 sets 2900 champion set up a semifinal with andre rieu. the asian football confederation has announced

a new strategy to help teams continue their world cup qualifying campaigns that have been disrupted by the current virus pandemic 2022 host nation cattle will host all remaining group games for example similarly china saudi arabia and japan are some of the other nations that also host matches to help complete the current group stage the matches were supposed to be held in march but have been pushed back to june. ac milan scored a late equaliser to draw one or with manchester united in the 1st leg of the europa league last 16 tie united went ahead early in the 2nd half when 18 year old 1st ever shot for the club resulted in his 1st goal for them and it looked like it would be enough but cmon care levels things up in stoppage time to give milan that all important away goal. a new head of african football is set to be elected on

friday but there's really only one candidate south african billionaire patrice millet seppi is standing unopposed at the general assembly meeting in morocco with separate who is the owner of the mamelodi sundowns football club will succeed madagascar's ahmed who was banned from all football related activities for 2 years because of financial misconduct that's been just 3 months since the last formula one race of 2020 but the team's all back out on track testing in bahrain the opening race of the 2021 calendar takes place there in just over 2 weeks time as well as getting a 1st glimpse at the new cars friday's opening session also saw a return to the track for the shoe makan aim mick who's the son of 7 time world champion michael schumacher will make his f one day before haas 30 years after his father 1st drove in this series. all right that is all useful for now i have more for you later folly joe thank you very much for that we'll see you later of course

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