in the west bank and gaza. has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations israel's program has outpaced even the richest countries. just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and how far they've been left behind. a curfew in brazil to curb soaring coronavirus infections but thousands still join the protests against the latest restrictions. hello again i'm come on santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. thousands turn out in london police under pressure over their handling of a vigil for a woman killed as she walked home also

a show of unity where women's rights activists march outside a strained his parliament calling for an end to sexual abuse and violence and dozens of antique demonstrators are killed in me and as they're going to declares martial more in parts of yangon. brazil 1st of all where thousands of supporters of the president john paulson are have joined protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening their lock downs as hospitals are stretched to capacity but the president has repeatedly opposed the lockdown saying they aren't necessary and are only hurting the economy or the details now from daniel. police with axes an assault rifle was raided this venue in sao paolo and found about $600.00 party goes most without masts most a repentant. 45 we pay taxes and we know the risks we make it

sick or infect our family that we need to do something in life. the police said the venue had no windows and all the doors were closed elsewhere and they also uncovered a clandestine casino where among the revelers was international brazilian football . the country's collapsing hospitals all over crowded and people are still playing and gathering at the forbidden event with more than 11000000 people infected and 277000 deaths hospitals in brazil are struggling to cope 12000 people died in the past week alone and the united states has been hit hard. we saw a family being destroyed not long ago father mother grandfather grandmother everyone suffered in the family so it's very sad the state government with a population of 44000000 has imposed new emergency measures including

a nighttime curfew a ban on sporting events and the closure of all non-essential businesses that to last a minimum of 15 days. the protesters many of them supporters of president. took to the streets to oppose the nature's. way of protesting against the dictatorial attitude of the governor has locked down into our jobs our health and to the people of. the more the operation to vaccinate brazil's 211000000 people has been slow to get going one who has is a 75 year old former president popularly known as lula. i hope this vaccine gives the result that i dream of that the brazilian people dream of because all they want is to be vaccinated against this monster called coronavirus the president needs to stop being so ignorant. while some fight the

pandemic of this brazenly defy it the only certainty is that brazil's coronavirus casualties continue to rise that al-jazeera where cyrus and protesters in jordan are defying coronavirus restrictions on a show of anger over the deaths of several patients the 7 people died in our city after the hospital just ran out of oxygen all of those who died had been receiving treatment for covert 19 the government promised to investigate several officials of the hospital been detained and the health minister stepped aside saying he took quote full moral responsibility. still with corona virus news the netherlands and ireland have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine because of concerns about blood clots in the region in italy is also joined countries such as denmark and norway in halting the rollout of those jobs often john how. arlen's decision to call a temporary halt to the use of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine could have far

reaching consequences the country's immunization orthe already pointed to a safety alert raised this week by the norwegian medicines agency after 4 health care workers suffered serious blood clotting events within 14 days of receiving the astra zeneca jab denmark and iceland have raised similar concerns with the ripple effect extending to bulger area and as far afield as thailand the irish move was described as precautionary we will continue to monitor the situation and if we can be satisfied that these events are coincidental and not caused by this vaccine we will reassess the situation the u.k. based astra zeneca has defended its vaccine saying that safety data collected with 17000000 doses administered so far shows no evidence of increased risk of palmeri embolisms or thrombosis pending further investigation the european medicines agency says the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks and the world health

organization says it's rollout should continue it really doesn't mean that it is potentially unsafe it has been tested widely there have been no reported problems beyond what you would normally expect with a vaccine with any you at sea and really the occurrence of these. cox is no greater in the vaccinated population ran it is in the unvaccinated. so why why regulators in these countries are taking no chances and beyond being extremely cautious. is not really clear inevitably now concerns will linger the oxford astra zeneca vaccine has been beset by problems including political disputes and delivery delays now add safety concerns it's important to note that no one is alleging a. and. trust

. the over. now thousands of people joined a protest in london calling for an end to violence against women there is anger also at the police handling of saturday's vigil for sarah ever add a 33 year old woman who was killed as she walked alone earlier this month and supporters from the. i i anger outside police headquarters in london a day after a vigil ended in seems that shocked many people here in the u.k. demonstrators gathered mixing demands for an end to male violence against women with claims that the police are part of the problem at saturday's vigil the focus was clearly on the we've been victims of male violence here the focus has shifted with denunciations of police brutality hundreds had come to the south london vigil near where sarah ever odd went missing initially police kept their distance but the

decision to move in on the crowds and the use of force to arrest women created outrage i. agree pretty patel asked the metropolitan police force for a full report the department said there were unanswered questions after she became a chief closer to dick and london's mayor city column for the opposition labor party says he's unsatisfied with her account insisting the met didn't honor its assurances the vigil would be policed sensitively but despite calls from some for cressida dick to resign she standing firm and strongly defending what happened we had. a big crowd that gathered lots of speeches. quite rightly as far as i can see felt this is new and unlawful. which poses a considerable risk to people's health. and. it really invidious position for most

us to find. labor's now set to vote against a new policing bill in the coming days this week in parliament we start policing bell street. pages $170.00 something to all of this and almost nothing almost nothing if you can believe it on violence against women and girls the gaping hole in this bill is one would be voting against it on a complete missed opportunity by the government civil rights groups have also criticised the legislation saying it gives police too many powers to ban demonstrations if they'll cause disruption more protests are planned near parliament on monday as the pressure on the capital's police post and the politicians it says to increases to al-jazeera. and right now there are a large protest underway across australia demanding an end to violence against women one of the largest is happening outside parliament house encounter a demonstrators are expected to present politicians with 2 petitions calling for action this is after allegations of sexual assault in the parliament his neck of

the gauges at the protests in cambra so it's a sort of link i guess to what we saw in london but here in australia the specific issue is what's happening inside their actual holes of power. oh absolutely allegations of rights have dominated australian politics for wakes now and really the australian public have spoken out huge crowds have turned up around the country calling for an end to violence against women it was sparked by shocking allegations that a forma. form of political stuff for impala meant house was right allegedly by colleagues inside that fence minister's office and also the attorney general christian porter is charlie's highest floor officer is also facing historical allegations all right and it's really resonated with the wider community who is speaking out about their own stories of harassment and sexual assaults but we'll speak with magic now from these shelley national university to break down some of

these issues thank you for joining us why do you believe so many people are turning out to these protests and what are they calling for i mean i think it's. isn't it if the government can't even hold its own representatives to account and protect his own stuff what chance a normal woman and almost wives have in society who's there for them because we've seen the me too movement in the u.s. the u.k. use well do you believe that this is a a 2nd wave of the me too movement that we're seeing in a strangely at this issue doesn't seem to be going away more and more people are speaking out about issues of sexual assault and voluntas i think there's a lot of internalized guilt and shame for survivors but society that we live we're living in but survivors will always be willing to protect their own and other commit the other community and other people you know to not themselves and that's why in this environment where people feel like they can be heard and there is a place for them to speak there is that movement so strongly as attorney general is facing historic right peleg ations from 30 years ago he categorically denies those

allegations and police have closed the case why do you believe they should be and in independent investigation still if the police have ruled out any case against him well from my understanding new south wales police can't investigate a close case where there's no survivor to use a life to continue that complaint there's no justice left direct route and there's no trust the government or the governor so the trust they have to go down that route. to give their words any meaning and as an australian how does it feel that we have so many stories right now continued stories in parliament house that it is a toxic sexist culture i think it's incredibly disappointing that the people at the top who are elected to represent and to listen to women are not doing that again do we have. thank you so much for speaking with us there are so many stories and people speaking out about their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse the government says this fall it's against women is an issue that is

a priority for this year and has also set up an independent investigation into the culture of parliament many people here in this protest don't believe that goes far enough but will have to say what comes of the us. encounter a thank you. mian. is due back in court in the coming hours facing at least 4 charges including the illegal use of walkie talkie radios and infringing coronavirus protocols as follows one of the bloodiest days of demonstrations against the military coup security forces killed at least 38 protesters on sunday this report from tony chang. defiant protesters again marched through the streets of mandalay on sunday in strong voice and in large numbers they were clearly bound by the violence of the day before that's when the security services shot dead at least 6 people in a crackdown in myanmar 2nd city and injured many more but with the death toll

rising a call for revolution from the former vice president now leading a civilian administration in hiding. this is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment when the dawn is close this is the time for us citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments speaking of a new federal democracy the message was clearly aimed at bringing diverse ethnic groups together to overcome the army and their coup. when forming a resistance unity plays a vital role despite our differences in the past this is the time we must grip our hands together to end the dictatorship for good. these diverse ethnic groups are scattered across myanmar's borderlands divided they don't represent a significant threat to the military who've been fighting them for decades united they could be a considerable obstacle. but there's long been distrust between these groups and

the n l d the national league for democracy bringing them together would be no small task. in peaceful defiance protesters break the curfew to honor the dead in candlelit vigil is across the country you never heard them say look at me and now we come out on the street to show that the are against military dictatorship by breaking the kofi order imposed by day one top leave you continue fighting that is the military continues with its brutal tactics on the streets calls for a revolution that's not so peaceful and may gain increasing support tony ching al jazeera will update the weather in a moment and then 10 years after a peaceful uprising in syria turned into civil war is remains a distant dream to so many. and how some musicians in new york are playing it safe during the pandemic.

it's time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored play qatar airways. probably the skies are clearing nicely across japan at the moment we've had some very heavy rain here recently and we are looking at surprising weather as you go on through the next couple days as this area of low pressure just pulls out of the way most of the area of high pressure squeezing things for the east with so we'll see more in the way of sunshine and warm sunshine as well tokyo getting up every pleasant 20 celsius there is some right in the forecast this central areas try to seeing some wet weather up towards the korean peninsula $21.00 celsius there in shanghai on monday as the cloud and the rains set saying that makes its way further east with cooler talks in behind 50 degrees than full shanghai at least will be bright 22 celsius there for tokyo as the winds continue to just drive in from the

south westerly direction sheltered by the mountains that should really be quite pleasant little more pleasant there across the korean peninsula into northern parts of china as we go on through choose day at the present weather well this is a pleasant weather to into a good part of india china there are some showers longer spells of right to northern parts of the philippines in particular usual scattering of showers across southeast asia malaysia seems maybe showers heavy showers too into indonesia but not too many showers in the forecast for india over the next couple of days wealth of warm sunshine all the way up to the final. sponsored paul qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default media namely images that each day let it get to these days and just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step

outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this coverage the listening posts on a. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories thousands of supporters of brazil's president jibril scenario have joined protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions more than 1100 people though have died from covert 19 in just the past 24 hours brazil's deadliest week since the pandemic began island in the netherlands meanwhile have joined a number of countries in halting the use of the astra zeneca vaccine over blood clot concerns the drug firm says it has reviewed data and says there is no

increased risk in large protests underway across australia demanding an end to violence against women one of the largest rallies right outside parliament house in canberra. well syria is entering a 2nd decade of its relentless conflict that has devastated the country's still no political settlement and while the cease fire is largely holding many fear further military assaults so hard on looks back now what began as a peaceful uprising descended into war. this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the

town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces. during forever. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the capital of the revolution became a battleground. the regime forced us to take up arms and turned the uprising into a war it was no longer possible to face guns without screens. there was a siege on the rebel stronghold after months of heavy fighting months later the opposition agreed to leave the area. was among them he says they had

little choice they were trapped without basic supplies running low on ammunition and abandoned by the world. 2 years later and after a 4 year stalemate the opposition was forced to abandon aleppo which weakened them politically. and i felt broken when i got on the bus i still think batters but the siege was unbearable people were dying either by bombs or hunger. this is among the millions of internally displaced syrians who live in the opposition controlled north unable and unwilling to live under syrian president bashar assad's rule but he says he fears a ceasefire agreed last year will not hold. already hundreds of thousands have been killed millions have been displaced inside and outside the country and there has been no accountability. serious conflict is entering its 2nd decade with the majority of its citizens poor and with little hope. we have been forced

to give up on our dreams the international community has failed the syrian people. there is no reconciliation there is no peace 10 years of war has divided a country and its people standing for their beirut. britain's foreign secretary says it is unacceptable that iran is pursuing a 2nd case against gary radcliffe she is the british iranian woman who's been detained in iran since 2016 and is now appeared in court on a new charge this time propaganda against the system as an unfinished her previous 5 year sentence for a separate conviction only last week here is her husband richard rank with we're told is the treatment against the name is tantamount to torture. this has been a 5 year ordeal where she's had one for charge country end of it and we never knew one that has carried a huge toll on her we last week submitted to the british government you know how

medical pointing out that her treatment is tantamount to torture and yeah i i do worry for her the longer this ordeal continues how long it'll take to put the pieces back together so i think that last name is being held over a british. government dispute over money she's a hostage in albany and i would like the government to make it clear that that is an acceptable. beginning and they should also be make it absolutely clear that you cannot treat an innocent person. is outright a different things they could do turn to distant had sponsors taking. and we'll see which ones the military courts the most recent request we had was for them to tantrum what happened today that they declined to company her and we will see when a fan is the concept you can very strong it is evident in his statements today

condemning the court appearance but we'll see what happens in the coming days and i think there's been a reluctance on the part of most western governments to do what to call it hostage taking to acknowledge that states can do it in the top states but certainly iran practice it more and more and certainly a reluctance to work to challenge the practice so the british government from students will prefer to talk about consular cases and treat nothing like she's a regular case with british and that's got into trouble overseas and need some help so i think there is an interim estate and there is a need to look at what are the reasons why iran is taking us just in and addressed those and then also look at the distance and devising the practice of the moment it's a reason effective tactic we're in the thirty's and that's what's grown. the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted and destroyed a drone launched by yemen's who tees it was headed towards the saudi city of homs machette this is less than 2 weeks after the saudi led coalition said it shot down half a dozen explosive drones fired towards the kingdom. people have voted in the 2nd

round of legislative elections in central african republic it's been pretty smooth a far cry from december's 1st round which was marred by fighting between the government and rebel groups and support for matter schapelle. the last time voters lined up to cast their ballots in the central african republic armed groups were threatening to march on the capital to try and disrupt the vote. a 2nd round of voting happened on sunday under heavy security with a 3rd of seats in the national assembly up for grabs. the feeling that no there is there would you have to come in large numbers to vote our country has suffered a lot we need people to help us move the decree nisi to do that even though there's insecurity in the country ok i have to vote i must focus and that is essential work for a citizen 2 thirds of registered voters were unable to participate in december's polls due to violence this time many stayed away for another reason voter apathy you know

people start models more unfortunately unlike on december the 27th there is no real enthusiasm but generally speaking this is what happens when people don't necessarily have an electoral culture when people vote the 1st time they don't see the point of voting a 2nd time. after president faustine our chance $21.00 reelection in december rebel groups put the capital under a blockade and cut off food supplies un peacekeepers russian mercenaries and rwandan troops stepped in to support the government crucial supply lines have been reopened with neighboring cameroon 200000 people were forced from their homes in between the 2 rounds of voting the u.n. says the rebels are backed by former president francois boys easy to claim there were voter irregularities the last time around 20 party is expected to hold on to power in the national assembly despite efforts to disrupt the vote and are schapelle al-jazeera. spanish police say they've taken down the largest drug gang

in the country's capital some 600 kilograms of cocaine was seized in madrid police also found cash 20 luxury cars and an arsenal of weapons the leader of the network liaised with other gangs in spain as well as colombia morocco and northern europe just 3 days before the netherlands goes to the polls and there is tension over the government's tough coronavirus lockdown measures in the hague police used batons and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters accusing the demonstrators of breaking social distancing rules at least 20 people have been detained early version begins on monday for people in high risk groups. and the concerts and other performances are largely forbidden in the united states these days because of the pandemic undeterred musicians in new york and found new and safer ways to play for their live audiences kristen salumi went to look. violinist

charles. and pianist peter doogan. have played both carnegie hall and the kennedy center. but these days if you're lucky you'll find them playing an empty storefront on a random street corner on manhattan's upper west side. the musicians aren't exactly roughing it steinway donated the grand piano. and they're getting a decent salary thanks to a local philanthropist who came up with the idea this is not our typical performance experience by a long shot but it's one of the 1st shows that we've been able to do for an actual live audience and. we're very grateful that we can do it here for people that might not go to a concert hall or an arena and just hear different kinds of music that they might not have like before. still these are

precarious times for performers according to the local chapter of the american federation of musicians 95 percent of their 7000 local members are out of work we have never experienced anything like this a certainly art of careers have pretty much disappeared except for on line for more important things like that but it's just not the same feeling and of course there's not as much work to go around concert halls and performance spaces like the iconic lincoln center were among the 1st places to close in the pandemic and they're likely to be the last ones to reopen not only depriving musicians of their livelihoods but also new york of its life blood. 60 shows with 100 performers have been scheduled organizers can't say where or when for fear of trying to lodge a crowd. word is starting to get around this neighborhood. for the arts just gives me this energy that makes new york more of the way i think you're going

to be that close and be able to see the performers interact with each other was really fascinating and usually can afford seats that are. a bit like a musical scavenger hunt at a time and a neighborhood where such a performance is the ultimate prize. christian salumi al-jazeera new york. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines thousands of supporters of brazil's president john paulson are are protesting against coronavirus restrictions this is despite brazil's deadliest week since the pandemic began more than 1100 people dying of covert 19 in just the past 24 hours those numbers though they may have little effect on both scenarios supporters don't know why men are.