all over with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports room on big appear to be the place that you start but not a place for you and al-jazeera has teams on the ground but climate change is changing all of that right to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news. in their 1st foreign trip the u.s. secretary of state and defense means in japan part of an effort to confront china's growing influence across asia. but again i'm kemal santamaria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera a growing list of countries suspend use of the astra zeneca vaccine despite assurances from health experts that it is safe. brazil's 4th health minister all of

this pandemic facing a huge task has rights of covert 19 small. purchases in rebel held areas of syria market decade civil war hol for 1000000 people killed in small displaced. so the u.s. the secretaries of state and defense are on their 1st overseas trip since joe biden took office it is a trip that will take them from seoul to new delhi the 1st stop japan and in the coming hours antony blinken. and lloyd austin will hold several meetings with high level officials in tokyo coronavirus and demick rise of china climate change wall in the issues that are likely to be discussed at these pictures live from tokyo as anthony blinken begins his trip. meanwhile america's top officials so while they

were in japan a powerful figure from north korea has issued a warning this is come from kim your junk who is the sister of the leader kim jong un she warned the u.s. administration to refrain from doing anything quote unseemly if it wants to sleep in peace in the coming for he is. she also said joint military drills with south korea were a barrier to renew diplomacy so let's talk to rob mcbride in seoul about that one before we look at japan i mean. just the timing is no coincidence of that statement and it shows what a big. gap there is to bridge. absolutely that will be definitely high on the agenda when the secretary's come here to south korea but the concern for the u.s. state department is that despite overtures from them the north koreans have remained conspicuously silent just about the possibility of any kinds of dialogue

with the by the ministration they've said that over a period of months now they have been reaching out but so far have not had a response from north korea and there's been a lot of speculation about just what the north koreans thinking may well be it could point to the kind of dire situation that north korea is facing domestically at the moment because of course we've had more than a year of the country being cut off from the outside world by the effects of kobe had 19 that coming on top of the ongoing international sanctions the impact of storms last year on agriculture causing food shortages so kim jong un is a man who has an awful lot on his plate at the moment we have been seeing in north korean media more visits field visits as they are known giving direction encouraging his people to redouble their efforts and also the firings of senior officials held responsible for some of the crises impacting north korea without any specific suggestions from the united states diplomacy is quite easy for the north

koreans to ignore at the moment there is of course also the possibility that north korea is waiting to see just what specific suggestions what policy they will adopt towards north korea after of course the to mulch u.s. last 4 years of the trump administration well on that note rob what is the sort of state of of u.s. south korean relations these days as you say after those 4 years. that will be a big concern for people here in south korea when the secretary there come here on the one hand obviously the south korea and japan are very important allies of the united states a very important as a buttress against china but also obviously in presenting a united front to north korea the concern here though for south korea is that they want to keep going this policy of engagement with north korea it was a policy that was very much begun jewelry in the heady days of the winter olympics

some 3 years ago now by moon j.n. of south korea they want to try to breathe new life into that process both into korean relations and with the possibility at some point of trying to get both north korea and the united states back to the negotiating table it seems they have gone out of their way the south koreans to try to curry favor with the united states having an agreement on the funding of u.s. forces who are stationed here in south korea that's something that was held up during the trumpet ministration all is a way of trying to get agreement from the united states that they can help to restart some of the dialogue but it remains to be seen if that is going to take place that will transpire when this u.s. visit comes rolling into town tomorrow wednesday here in south korea but for the moment the focus does remain on tokyo and the relationship with china kay thank you

for all of that that's right mcbride in seoul now to tokyo fadi sandomir reporting for us there fadi tell us about what's expected on this trip. or this is a very important. putting much importance on it that support is the 1st. of the foreign and defense ministers. going out of the country after the call that. the put upon this is. the important bit is symbolic it shows the strong alliance between the 2 countries in a statement by the foreign ministry before the arrival of the ministers this is exactly what they mentioned that this is a show of alliance with between the 2 countries and also they want to through this meeting talk about still meeting they want to send the ok so we've lost our connection unfortunately with there in tokyo. but we're going

to carry on with this the u.s. and japan of course sharing a number of common challenges in the asia pacific region top of the list as we've been hearing china abidin ministration has made it clear it wants to work with its allies in the region to make beijing accountable for alleged human rights abuses in jang and tibet as well as its crackdown in hong kong and growing aggression against taiwan is also the south china sea a major potential flashpoint which china's has its competing claims that several other countries blink in will also be looking to repair trade ties after those 4 turbulent years under former president trump and there's also the fate as you mentioned north korea and its nuclear program after the failure of the high profile summits during the trump administration very pleased to welcome tina al-jazeera an associate professor of politics that sophie university in tokyo tonight thanks for your time as i listed all of that should jang tibet hong kong taiwan all these

issues which the united states and other allies would want to try to confront a little bit i mean this is a huge list of things. how how how much can a country like japan really help. well i think it's important to the viking that ministration after the erratic fall years of the trumpet ministrations a signal to allies in the beach and that means they by the administration sees this as a concerted containment of china pushing back against its assertiveness in the region and in particular its behavior these of the human rights but i think from the japan perspective it's much more focused on the issues around the center island cyrus and here and other concerns that perhaps a little bit closer to home so in terms of the priority list i think it might be some differences actually playing. washington ok tell us a little bit more about those more focused ones issues that you were mentioning. i

think when you talk with japan's agenda and probably also from washington are the concerns around the center for island so we've seen in china almost daily in the thinking incursions into a japanese territorial waters around the ira quite recently china also issued a new law that said that it forces could be useful in the disputed waters in wolves as claimed by china so there's a potential there for this to really escalate tensions in the region but also for them the accidental conflict between china and perhaps the japanese coast guard so this new law is a real concern to tokyo and actions and one of the things we may see following the meeting days perhaps a joint statement from both countries about this new law or perhaps even naming china. raising tensions around the center while you know there's also concern about cyber security recently one of the japanese higher tech companies that's trying to

develop a vaccine for the krona virus experienced a cyber attack which most people think came from china there in cyber attacks against india recently so again some thinking about ways that allies can board make plans and defend against and syntax by hina is very high on the agenda and as it correspondent was just mentioning you north korea is this a constant concern for allies in the lead in the fight ministration is currently undergoing a review of its will create policy and we don't know what it is going to be yet i think it is likely to take a similar approach that the obama administration that it will. do incrementally live world leaders will slowing down the program by giving small room all new reductions and some sanction all right but so he wants to start. the line it wants to see sort of denuclearization being the priority i think it's korea that lead us

. he concluded well there is not giving up that religion will. not hurt the league player is a sham and not something that he really. let us very long. so it's not a rupture i just wanted to get one more quick question in to you at the very least anyone dealing with the united states on this 1st big trip must be thinking well at least we've got someone we can talk to someone who is a little more predictable and someone than an administration who we can probably trust a bit more. yes and i think you know one of the reasons that the u.s. has decided to make its 1st overseas trip of this china to japan and south korea is to sort of signal to our lives that they are planning to work more consistently with partners also that they want to have a more consistent and calculated approach to iran china and other issues in the region i think in japan they want to a few things that was appreciated about donald trump of that he did take this a quite strong line on china but it was very erratic and more assertive policy as

some of these executive orders came along with him tweeting positive things about president xi so you think we're all over them up so i think there is an appreciation in the fight and seems to have a much more focused strategy a lot of this law so focuses on trying to sort of partner with other countries in the region on pushing back against china's tech dominance so trying. the u.s. japan and other countries are semiconductors produced in china trying to production in other places japan and india other partners elite and so there are sort of a very strategic approach and i think we're beginning to see what the grounds of how vital is thinking about bringing together our allies in the region this is also about promoting economic growth call the u.s. and other partners as well in the text fields but also in the bios classes that's what a joined up for french which i think other countries. will sign up to about from 2nd university in tokyo great to talk to you thank you thank you.

on the coronavirus news in portugal france germany and spain they have joined a growing list of countries which will stop using astra zeneca coronavirus bank saying they sign concerns about some cases of blood clots among people who've been given the job part but the world health organization and the e.u. is drug regulators so the data doesn't suggest a direct link and there is no cause for alarm don it came as a report from dylan this is a vaccine that divides opinion in some countries it's a large part of the strategy to combat code that 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 the 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 of vaccines that we're currently using they believe that they are

effective highly effective in driving down not just hospitalisation but but also serious disease and immortality 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 e m a c 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 berland. well as a growing number of countries hold their astra zeneca vaccine roll out thailand's

prime minister's become one of the 1st people there to be given the shot as a brief delay in. getting the vaccine after thailand paused its rollout on friday local health officials have since cleared the astra zeneca shot for use in thailand and in a 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 or have tougher curfews in place the total number of cases nationwide has now surpassed 6 120000 the 2nd highest in southeast asia. we'll check the world weather in a moment and then. the nays are 40 the nomination is confirmed dead hollande confirmed as america's 1st native american to lead a cabinet position a new generation of potential politicians hoping to shake up the dutch election.

it's time for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways how i would say simply pretty poor weather into northern parts of china recently you see this area clouds moving over towards the korean peninsula tucked in behind that what an area of low pressure with the winds coming in from a northwesterly direction it has driven it's really nasty dust storm sandstorm across northern areas of the country then say spilling out of the gobi desert to cross the northwest of china yellow warnings quite aptly in force here as those strong winds have pushed that dust and sand across the northeastern corner of tries to go on through the next couple of days things quieten down in terms of the winds we could do with some rain to help clear the air that's not going to come for the time being just wanted to showers just to the west of beijing wetter weather into central parts of china easing out of the east china sea rolling across japan and

wet weather moves through cools off a little bit freshens up behind in tokyo to run 19 celsius 16 celsius in so 15 celsius in beijing there we go with a chance of one of 2 wintry flowers there over towards beijing not really making too much progress the precious maymont across southeast asia the heaviest of which look likely to be across the philippines northern parts of borneo more big downpours there for a good part of indonesia with flooding for java. and qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threat. demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of sedation and the state line becomes the default media namely images that leak don't let it get to these guys and just how do you create a new system makes it harder for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news this coverage

the listening posts on a. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are on their 1st overseas visit since joe biden took office 1st stop japan with a coronavirus pandemic and the rise of china among a range of issues to be discussed spain france germany italy have joined a growing number of countries that have suspended use of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine citing concerns about cases of blood clotting which been reported among those who have received the jab. well the u.n. special envoy for syria said 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 expressed profound regret that the un has been unable to broker peace diplomatic editor james by his looks back on a decade of felt diplomacy. the b.d.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 or 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 award last 10

years the international security governance system that we have is not effective 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 a very very. good you i think if you look at the 10 years. of the syrian people who know how to live through this no go through community and the security council the international system. mr patterson believes that the new format may be needed for international diplomacy on syria there's already

a start up 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 0 at the united nations u.n. secretary general is also condemned the escalating military crackdown in me and ma and tonio called on the international community to help stop the killing the more funerals have been held after at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday the worst day of violence since the military overthrew the elected government in february activists say security forces killed another 20 people on monday now brazil's health minister has been replaced again as the corona virus outbreak hits record levels. will be the 4th person in charge since the pandemic began and replaces a military general who took the job back in may brazil's most populous state has introduced emergency restrictions to curb the rise in cases infection and death

rates have been climbing rapidly in sao paulo the state's health care system is on the brink of collapse or up close in mexico city covering events across latin america for us today hi man well take us through what more you know about brazil as we say the 4th health minister during this pandemic. i mean what a job with those extraordinary numbers in brazil. he is the president of the national cardiology association in brazil he has been named as you mentioned come all the 4th health minister that result has now seen since the start of the pandemic. will be as you mentioned taking over at a very very dire time for brazil there does not appear however to be any indication that this reshuffling of health ministers at this stage of the pandemic is going to lead to any sort of meaningful change to the overall strategy and implementation of

covert $1000.00 pandemic relief for the federal government in brazil and we should note that the country is edging closer to a death toll of 280000 it's the worst outbreak in latin america it's the 2nd highest death toll in the world and when we're talking about new cases new cases are starting to outpace even the united states so brazilians really are continuing to live what is arguably some of the darkest days of the pandemic in brazil so if social media is in any indication. brazil's president at this point in the in the outbreak be moving toward it his 4th health minister is not really inspiring a lot of confidence among brazilians about the overall strategy now will be replacing the outgoing health minister and a lot of the us where you know as you mentioned he's an active duty army general who was hired specifically but because of his expertise in logistics but who is leaving his post as health minister amid widespread controversy specifically

because of his handling of the vaccine rollout which is largely stalled in brazil now. one of one of the things that we do know about trade bill sonata is that he places a great deal of value. on loyalty from his cabinet members and we have already heard from the incoming minister saying that brazil's president is a great man as a great brazilian so we're not likely to see. a great deal of variance when it comes to the larger strategy against the pandemic and more of the same coming is an ad man will drop below thank you for that report in the united states the senate has confirmed congresswoman debbie holland the secretary of the interior the 1st native american to lead a cabinet agency in history and will oversee the government's relationship with more than $500.00 recognized tribal nations concert reports from capitol hill. 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. resend trees 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 it's 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 'd 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. a record number of young people are running in parliamentary elections in the netherlands a 10th of the candidates for wednesday's vote are under 30 and the youngest just 16 years old step bason followed her on the campaign trail. they are 1617 and 19 years old and campaigning for a seat in the dutch parliament christina middleton napal represents the young party

or young and along with. their the youngest candidates running in this week's parliamentary elections all the time i was working for you only an idea and now it's now i can see where i am where i am right now you're on the official list. as the number 2 here these are the 16 year old grew up in a foster home and decided to run so she could fight for more protection for young people everyone in the 2nd chamber is talking about the younger feedforward not with them so that's what i decided to that's when i decided to join young so are they will they will have to talk to me and to my colleagues. climate change is one of the main reasons young people and 2 in politics thousands have sounded an alarm all over the nataline's to stop global warming among them young politicians we've seen data to bear to see black lives matter all over the world but there has to be

a group of people that says we love that activism and we're going to translate it into parliament 1000 year old bibi really is number 6 on the list of fault a rapidly growing party would bases all over europe and a large number of young candidates as a group that's going to pay for the crisis that we're facing so the economic crisis after the corona won and especially the climate crisis we're going to pay the bill so we should be the ones making the decisions well the election campaign has been dominated by traditional parties mostly focusing on the mastic issues this is seen as a new force to be reckoned with a new generation more interested in politics and with international views and about . oh they want change and change that will eventually happen says political analyst holder a cracker well the average voter in the netherlands is over 50 years old the influence of younger generations is in africa bill he says the differences in foetal behavior have never been as large internationally as they are today since world war 2 most

of all the young generation folks much more often and for a radically progressive parties like green parties we see that almost every country and we see all also in almost every country that the traditional center parties like the social democrats and the christian democrats perform really poorly among this youngest age group the polls show that newcomer of old may win 20 seats in parliament this is not enough for a seat for the party is already seen as a surprise of these elections young will be lucky enough to get one seat but their campaign is paying off until today. before we met them i didn't think about it so i don't know yet but it made me think yeah yeah if elected christian i'm in the list not yet allowed to work as a member of parliament as she's under age her seat would go to the next candidate on the list visiting the parliament building for the 1st time she can't wait for the day her career in politics get started step fasten al-jazeera the hague.