surviving a massacre on al-jazeera. and . a growing list of countries suspend use of the astra zeneca vaccine despite assurances from health experts that it's a. letter from doha everyone i'm come on son summary of this is the world news from al jazeera. protesters in rebel held areas of syria marked a decade of civil war half a 1000000 people killed and millions more displaced. anger

on the streets of london protests against a new law that would give police more power to crack down on demonstrations and this is also nominations see diversity high on the agenda for the world's biggest film awards. well over in portugal france germany spain all joining a growing list of countries which are stopping the use of astra zeneca is corona virus vaccine so i think concerns about a few cases of blood clots among people have been given the jabs but the world health organization and the e.u.'s drug regulators say the data doesn't suggest a direct link between the 2 and so there is no cause for alarm when it came as a report from berlin. this is a vaccine that divides opinion in some countries it's a large part of the strategy to combat coat it in several others it's been linked to blood clots in some patients and is now suspended from use across europe

a succession of governments has called for more research to be carried out that this is your a.t.p.'s on. the decision which has been taken in conformity with our european policy is to suspend as a precaution vaccinations with the astra zeneca vaccine in the hope that we can resume quickly if the make gives a green light. in germany 2 senior ministers have acted to stop its use again as a precautionary measure meaning massive vaccination centers such as this one here at berlin's old tempelhof airport are now closed the many doses of astra zeneca vaccine within its walls are now in storage pending a decision by the european medicines agency later this week the contrast to this uncertainty in the u.k. is stark there the use of astra zeneca has been greatest and for the prime minister there are no such doubts. we have one of the toughest and most experienced regulators in the world they see no reason at all to discontinue the back to

nation program forever and they are for any of the vaccines that we're currently using either a vaccine that we're currently using they believe that they are effective highly effective in driving down not just hospitalization but but also serious disease and the mortality is the nub of the issue is about the way astra zeneca interacts with a human body according to the e m a from around 5000000 doses administered to date there are reports of a few dozen patients developing blood clots with some individuals having died although as yet no link between the vaccine and their deaths has been proved for the world health organization and the say the benefits of continuing to use astra zeneca as product far outweigh the potential risks but around many european capitals there is now fresh doubt what is certain is that suspending the use of

astra zeneca will slow their vaccination programs dominic cane al-jazeera perlin and the time curfews being enforced in manila for 2 weeks to combat a rise in covert 1000 infections some areas of the philippines capital and other cities have gone into lockdown of tougher curfews in place total number of cases nationwide is now above 620000 the 2nd highest in southeast asia jordan meanwhile recording its highest number of daily infections since the beginning of the pandemic only 9 and a half 1000 cases and 82 deaths were reported on monday jordan's health minister resigned over the weekend after 7 coded 1000 patients died in hospital due to an oxygen shortage. and facebook is rolling out new measures to combat misinformation about covert 19 and to encourage vaccinations it's launching a tool in the united states to show people where and when they can make an

appointment to get the vaccines lol so label posts about covert 19 with funds from the world health organization facebook's faced criticism for allowing false claims to spread during the pandemic here is simon clock associate professor of cellular microbiology use as misinformation about the astra zeneca jab could be mitigated if regulators were clear about their concerns. across social media and in particular facebook is where a lot of people get their news from these days so i think while we have the possibility. of fake news with regards to the vaccine appearing on platforms like facebook it's incumbent upon the the owners of that platform to take steps to to warn people that what they might be reading isn't necessarily correct we hear. they think that the chance of increased blood clotting after vaccination. blood clots happen in people normally and really the numbers that we have at the moment as far

as we know suggest they're no more common in the vaccinated population and they are in the un vaccinated population if regulators are seeing something unusual a lot of concern they really do need to be a bit more forward a bit more honest about what it is that the the problem that they've they've come up with is they feel bad about asking questions it's ok to ask questions and it's for people like me and and medics and nurses to take splayed why the thing is safe millions of people of had this this vaccine and there is no evidence yet at all for any side effects that are that severe that there is a problem sure some people get this a sore arm after infection that's fairly normal with vaccines but most serious complications there's no evidence they occur any more frequently than they do in

the unvaccinated population. on to other news and thousands of protesters have turned out across several rebel controlled parts of syria marking 10 years since the start of the civil war it is a conflict that's called for on the world's worst humanitarian crises with more than half of syria's population displaced and. our own being here is to topple the regime and to overthrow its militias we also i'm to unite all souls to keep syria unified and united i'm sure the regime will be toppled and after 10 years we are still ongoing and we haven't stopped if it's all the free people of syria with differently toppled the regime. as long as we have the will and as long as people from everywhere here the regime will be toppled sooner or later we are here today to convey a message to the entire world our message is that there is no power but the power of the law and the power of the syrian. well in that decade of civil war syria has

been divided with control over different territories so in between the governments the armed opposition groups have got i still turkey russia the united states as well have a look at the map actually the government now has control over most of the country the potion in red or the i saw fighters still run the desert towards the east the kurdish majority s.t.'s forces the syrian democratic forces control the 2nd largest territory in yellow with support from the united states which also backs rebels in the small area on the border of jordan and iraq most opposition fighters were transported to aleppo and it was part of the cease fire deal opposition group. now controls a small area there and then you've got the turkey syria border turkish troops are taking control in the areas in green where they support opposition fighters from the free syrian army. the u.n. special envoy for syria says the tragedy of the war will go down as quote one of the darkest chapters in recent history here patterson was briefing the un security

council on the 10th anniversary of the conflict expressing profound regret that the un has been unable to broker peace and diplomatic editor james bays looks back on a decade of failed diplomacy the b.b.c. meeting of the security council is called to order for 10 years the security council has held this monthly meeting the u.n. though is not just an observer to the war in syria it's been a key part of the tragedy the council remains deeply divided on the issue diplomacy is stalled and despite the mounting war crimes over 10 years no one can be held accountable after russia and china use their vetoes to block refer to the international criminal court has the un and in particular the security council failed the people of syria it is clear that if a war lasts 10 years. the international security governance system that

we have is not effected and this is something that should be a source of reflection about everybody involved i put the same question to the un special envoy pedersen who's been holding talks on a new constitution for the country talks that have made no progress whatsoever in almost a year and a half has the u.n. and in particular the security council failed the people of syria. yes i could be very direct. to you i think if you look at the time the years. the syrian people lived through it's no go. through community and the security council the international system has failed syria mr patterson believes that a new format may be needed for international diplomacy on syria there's already a starter process involving turkey russia and iran but he told me that the u.s.

needs to be among the countries at the table to decide the next steps for syria. out of the united nations now u.k. politicians are debating a proposed law that would give police more power to crackdown on protests activists say it's an assault on freedom of expression offices in london and more ready facing criticism over the handling of a vigil for a 33 year old woman was last seen alive as she walked home alone and was later killed in a hall with the support of. the right to peaceful protest to demonstrate one's views to be heard. potentially under threat in proposed legislation containing a range of new powers for the police overall the bill has many elements of it which are quite a thorough tyrion they defer to senior police officers on judgments as to whether something can be considered criminal and that particularly sits in the part of the

bill which deals with protests so if protests are considered to be causing serious annoyance or disruptive or causing a disturbance it can be up to senior police officers to decide that the protest is then not allowed to continue to go ahead. here's why it matters seems on the weekend of women being manhandled by police officers while attending a vigil in memory of a young woman murdered allegedly by a police officer the police say the vigil was unlawful and a pandemic restrictions and the head of the metropolit. enforced president has resisted calls for her to resign civil liberties groups are calling for a rethink of the planned policing bill. as this bill might be held up as containing measures to address violence against women and girls in reality it lays out measures which underline our right to hold power to account that we can see how important is to be able to hold power to account and to be able to scrutinize and contain the use of state power in the context of the weekends in sorrow and in

anger women gathered 1st at clapham common in london where 33 year old sarah everett disappeared on march the 3rd and then outside police headquarters and parliament with cries of kill the bill they formed an emotive backdrop to parliament's debate opposition parties have echoed campaigners concerns that the policing bill is deeply a balanced apart from unwarranted curbs on protests for instance it does too little to protect women while it does increase criminal sanctions for defacing statues and memorials they'll be longer jail terms they say for vandalism than for rape he says because let me turn to this weekend's events this government has in fighting crime and keeping the public safe but in the interests of providing greater assurance and ensuring public confidence i have asked her majesty's inspectorate of constructors to conduct a full independent lessons learned review. the government says it's taking

a wide range of steps necessary to keep people safe despite some libertarian concerns among its own m.p.'s a large parliamentary majority will likely ensure the bill is passed joe the whole al-jazeera london. an update on the wild weather next and then international pressure grows on me and miles minutes returned after a violent crackdown on protests. the naser 40 the nomination is confirmed dead hollande is confirmed as america's 1st native american woman to lead a cabinet position. how i once again welcome to look at the international forecast for say the big snow storms moving off the rockies rolling across the plains into the u.s.

still the same area of low pressure causing some rather active weather and this is a very active cold front had some tornadoes on that as it moves across texas as it drives its way across the southeastern corner we could still see more severe storms rolling on over the next couple days pushing over towards the mid atlantic states for the northeast and be dry new york on the cool side 5 celsius here dry 2 into eastern parts of canada again on the cool side want to see wintry flowers spilling outs of ontario manitoba down across the northern plains back into the rockies but for much of the west coast of the u.s. and the day for western parts of canada for the time being it is fine and dry but rain will come into b.c. as we go on through the course of wednesday by wednesday more big downpours coming in across the central and southern plains possibility of the snow as well but those heavy showers for the deep south could cause some localized flooding said something to keep an eye on a good deal quatermain while across the caribbean a chance of one or 2 shallows just around the eastern audience for

a time for the great trying to dislodge the 5 and dry with a few shot was there for the west. bank assessments the world is on a. i cast a strong that model samia is that a fair assessment you can be catastrophic. to twice valuable backseat informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day school headlines inside story. who's.

with al jazeera these are the top story this pain from germany and italy all joining a growing number of countries to suspend the use of astra zeneca as coronavirus faxing they are citing concerns about a few cases of blood clots reported among those who've got jobs. the un special envoy for syria has expressed profound regret that the un has been unable to broker peace to end the civil war comparison was briefing the security council on the 10th anniversary of the syria conflict. and protesters in london and rallied again demanding better protection for women and violence there's anger particular over the way officers handled saturday's vigil for 33 year old woman last seen alive as she walked on alone and was later killed. well astra zeneca continues to back the vaccine saying there is no evidence of an increased risk of illness or injury the

company says about 17000000 people in the e.u. and the u.k. have received the vaccine the world health organization said it's an excellent vaccine and no causal relationship has been established and while the e.u. is meds and regulators says there is currently no indication that the vaccination is cause these conditions vaccines benefits continue to wait its risks let's get some thoughts from dr ali phantom regular contributor to us at al-jazeera he's a vax and all just a professor at the university of michigan he's in ann arbor for us nice to see you again dr. 17000000 doses and i think it's only a little over a dozen maybe up to 20 cases of blood clots. not to downplay the importance specially for those people affected but it's a very very small number exactly i think that there is a there is an issue here of you know we have if i were observing any side effects

or anything that could have a chance to be caused by the vaccine it's a normal that and the standard of behave think procedure there that we would be e.m.e.a. or the f.d.a. will call for an investigation and therefore are going through the whole process now with the host so many 1000000 people who got it in the field in the clinical trial we did not see any of these side effects but the field is the one that the then the clinical trial who just control in the field you need to look at all these cases and see whether or not there is some relationship or line that connect all these cases together and i think that what is going on right now is kind of creating a mass of thought for vaccines in general because no matter what you are going to say people will interpret this as this as if the goal with vaccine is causing all

these trouble i think that there was a rush here may be too much and then the you need to back and wait and in this in the meanwhile the danger and this or people have been increased because you're talking about millions of of people that could have been protected and now with this with the holding this they're not going to get there any sort of it's just thinking the abundance of caution i can understand that to a point but it's actually possibly creating a 2nd problem here of people not getting vaccinated. exactly you have you're talking about and there still is in a case measure provider of vaccines and therefore with or holding the distribution of the vaccine and administration of the vaccine you are talking about millions of people that will not get their back seen and those people will be exposed to it or that there is and do their risk of the virus and the infection is way passes

the observations in a few cases most of probably in many cases these issues are not that related but will wait and see the rush to lucian and to stop the vaccination programs in all these countries it's probably sad to hear that so who's the most important voice at the moment and maybe i just said it who. the the the voice that needs to be listened to the most obviously astra zeneca itself is going to say al vaccine is safe. people need to be listening to. i think you should listen to the me the f.d.a. and also to the w it sure thing there are saw many are warning experts in the w h o and these people they have the good of the people and the good of the our public in the end their center of interest and therefore i think that the when they say that

this is a 2 in early to conclude or to do much of a measure of caution i think that we should they believe them and should listen to them the only the major problem that i have right myself is that if people start talking about go with 19 vaccines and love the clotting that will. make people hyssop did it more in going out and looking for the vaccine and they see the vaccine and that's exposed the larger areas larger public for for this kind of rest which is at this point of time it's my it's a very small list and need to be and they'll develop it dr lee phantom i always enjoy talking to you thank you for your time. but the united nations secretary general has condemned the escalating military crackdown in may in march and tonic interests called on the international community to help stop the killing

funerals have been held after at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday the worst day of violence since the military overthrew the government back in february scott hartnell reports. the deadliest area on the most violent day of the anti coupe protests on sunday was inflate and industrial suburb of yangon on. unarmed protesters were killed with live ammunition. some of the protesters there targeted factories financed by china many protesters say the country is supporting the coup global times a chinese state run newspaper said factories were attacked and set on fire by so-called instigators and causing 30 $7000000.00 in damage it prompted the strongest statement yet from china calling the situation very severe and urging myanmar's generals to stop all acts of violence punish the perpetrators and protect the chinese people and companies its large influential neighbor to the north china is by far the largest trading partner with me and maher and is the biggest supplier

of arms and military equipment to the tatmadaw me and mars' army. after sunday's violent crackdown and vandalism the judge to announce that at least 6 areas in yangon are now under martial law. in smaller groups than on sunday protesters came out again on the streets of mandalay on monday marching against the giant and supporting their democratically elected leaders ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi was to have another court hearing on the charges against her including one added last week accusing her of accepting illegal payments but the hearing was pushed back to go on the sun was a jaunt to the new food on the spot. cannot be dismissed could not be conducted. today because we have got no internet in the country for the whole country at least 6 weeks on the

protesters resolve has remained constant. but according to some they've had to increase their willingness to sacrifice that they could have found you know the meaning of the tattoo is freedom from fear they threatened us with weapons but our revolution won't win if we have fear so we must get rid of this kind of fear to prevail in our revolution the term revolution now increasingly being used by those out on the streets protesting. but it's now also being used by civilian parallel government saying revolution is needed to overturn the coup scott hurdler al-jazeera the u.s. senate has confirmed congresswoman debbie holland as secretary of the interior she is the 1st native american to lead the agency which is responsible for all national parks and public lands on and will also oversee the u.s. government's relationship with more than $500.00 recognized tribal nations. on

capitol hill for us hi heidi. a little bit of history being made then on capitol hill how did it go down. that's right kemal and there were 3 republicans who crossed party lines to join democrats in voting for the confirmation of hollande now she is the 1st native american cabinet secretary in u.s. history and on a personal level this is history coming full circle for hollande she is a member of the tribe of new mexico she says that her family dates back 35 generations living on that land and like so many other native peoples in the u.s. for centuries her family had suffered at the oppression and the mismanagement of the broken promises from the very federal agency the agency of the interior that hollande will now lead as part of biden's cabinet so certainly

a very meaningful moment for her personally also for the 2000000 native americans who call this country home and as the secretary of the interior she will oversee the bureau of indian affairs which is responsible for managing the welfare of those native peoples and she will have a challenge that she's lived through and that she will confront she knows that the poverty rate for instance of native americans is more than double that of the general u.s. population a lot of time a lot of progress to make up for and we heard chuck schumer the top democrat in the senate summarizing the historic nature of holland's confirmation saying that this is a reset moment for the government and for native american communities a reset in this relationship to become one moving toward trust. castro in washington. funny once an outsider netflix but installment i think the academy

awards softer a year of lockdowns the streaming service and got 35 oscar nominations across 16 of its productions a record number of women and people of color as well have been nominated for rob reynolds. in a year that saw theaters shuttered and movie fans marooned in front of their t.v. sets the netflix drama manc about an alcoholic screenwriters foray into 1930 s. hollywood won the biggest number of academy award nominations with 10 including for best picture david fincher was nominated for best director and gary oldman for best actor other best picture nods went to no man's land minori judas in the black messiah promising young woman the father sound of metal and the trial of the chicago 7 these defendants had a plan and a plan was to incite

a right to women directors were nominated a 1st in the 93 years of oscars chloe zhao for a no man's land and emerald fennel for promising young woman what happens in life under i'm usually circumstances given what happened right why i chopped out i'm not the only one didn't believe it all a record number of 76 nominations went to women film professionals you're doing also for the 1st time an asian american actor was tipped for best actor steven un was nominated for me nare the story of a korean american family trying to make a go of farming in the rural south other best actor nominations went to anthony hopkins for the father. riz ahmed for sound of metal and a posthumous nomination for chadwick boseman in my raney's black bottom because those events deaths from cancer last year at the age of just 43 show. often satin

has many fans. in the cut about the kind of god god god god is the best actress category frances mcdormand received her 6th us her nomination for nomad land and viola davis got her 4th nomination for mar a nice black bottom the other actresses nominated are carey mulligan for promising young woman but s. occur before pieces of a woman and andra day for the united states versus billie holiday. many say no no no cons no money no neck the oscars award ceremonies will be held mostly virtually on april 25th robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. this is al-jazeera these are the headlines spain france germany and a city of all joined a growing.