burgeoning nationalist. be officially requested. of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. that's machine on al-jazeera. a major diplomatic mission for joe biden's new administration but already the americans arrive in asia is agitating north korea. and jordan is out as iran live from doha also coming up a 4th new health minister for brazil as it struggles to contain coronavirus even with curfews in place and its biggest city. the thai prime minister takes a job for the team he gets a dose of the controversial. we're going to pay the bill so we should be the ones

making the decision they're making noises on coronavirus on climate change we meet the young dutch with a passion for politics. not 2 of the most powerful politicians in the u.s. have started their 1st foray into key asian nations and already there's a wary eye being kept on north korea secretary of state anthony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin are now in high level meetings in japan and his meeting with the country's foreign minister blinken underlined the common bonds between both palace. i want to hear you believe. you need a strong leader harry. reid and richard burr the world . while the u.s.

defense secretary underscored the importance of the security relationship with japan. our alliance for disarm resolute and resilient in the face of our share of challenges and without question the u.s. to paranoia of course. in addressing today and tomorrow challengers as we work together to our home for free and open and of course. well ahead of their arrival the sister of north korea's leader kim jong sounded a warning to the new joe biden administration should get to refrain from doing anything unseemly if it wants to sleep in peace in the coming 4 years and she says joint military drills with south korea are a barrier to when you depend the say well we have 2 correspondents across development over north korea's nuclear program but already sending out a warning to the americans. that's right these are quite significant words coming out of north korea is seen as pretty much the 1st official response

from north korea since the biden ministration came into being and it's certainly not really friends words of friendship to kim jong calling on the administration not to cause as she puts it a stink in this part of the world but it has to be said that in comparison to previous words coming out of north korea it is fairly tame stuff this is obviously timed to coincide with this visit to this part of the world but it's also very much aimed at military drills that have resumed under the biden of ministration between u.s. and south korean forces there very much scaled down but still it's the kind of thing that normally angers north korea but in the past north korea has sometimes responded with live fire exercises of its own or even the odd miss our lord so these words by comparison are fairly measure then it does look as though the north koreans seem to be biding their time waiting to see what a policy by the ministration puts in place towards it north korea and we know from the state department to the various overtures to start talks have been met by

silence it does seem as though the north koreans are waiting to see what concrete steps or offers the americans come up with what about the south koreans rob what will they be wanting from this new joe biden administration particularly when it comes to north korea. that's right this visit continues tomorrow wednesday through thursday with lincoln and austin coming to a soul on the face of it we are likely to see a unified alliance this is an alliance that goes back decades they will want to show that but of course behind closed doors there are some tensions in particular south korea is very keen to try to breathe new life back into this dialogue between itself and north korea and then maybe at some point trying to restart talks as it has in the past facilitate a negotiations between north korea and the u.s. but in order for it to do that it really has to have the approval from the senior

partner in this alliance and there's very little indication that the u.s. are likely to give their approval especially if it involves any kind of relaxation of the sanctions against north korea and b. this of the by the ministration or not they like the trumpet ministration the obama administration before that etc still held to this policy of maximum pressure through sanctions or right to live for us there in the south korean capital seoul rob thank you let's cross cross over to katrina news she joins us live from beijing katrina so the americans are selling this as a chance to strengthen asian alliances to counter china was the view from beijing that. well there's a variety of views here in china and most of you in this as unfriendly to china at best and hostile at worst morris' people see this as the u.s. century trying to shore up its allegiances in order to gang up on china and the reason that this is seen this way in beijing is because the blood and

administration has said plainly and repeatedly that it considers china a strategic threat to the u.s. so the way beijing sees it this is not about maintaining regional stability instead they see this as the u.s. simply trying to contain china and shore up its own interests in the region but of course there are reasons for concern in terms of china's behavior it is true that china has made increasingly regular incursions into the territory of the disputed islands known by the japanese and d.l. you islands by the chinese we've also seen that earlier this year china changed its coast guard law to allow weapons on coast guard vehicles it also accelerated the increase of its military budget this year to 6.8 percent up from 6 percent last year and generally there's been increased activity around the south china sea and at as we speak we do have military pond that naval exercises so china throwing its weight around in the south china sea the east china sea and the yellow sea at the moment now of course in china's eyes and they say that beijing says that it's done

nothing wrong that this is its territory that it's protecting the that it's only responding to increased u.s. activity in the region and we have seen certainly last year when president donald trump former u.s. president on top was in power increase so-called freedom of navigation exercises in the south china sea region but another reason that they do is watching this trip closely is of course that beijing has its own officials saying blinken and dig sullivan in alaska on thursday and they're getting a sense of whether the u.s. will use these allegiances with japan and south korea as some sort of bargaining chip during this meeting on thursday but of course china wants to find common ground but we still have to see. whether these disagreements including over the south china sea. and also human rights concerns that the u.s. has ensured about treatment regas whether this is going to overshadow the talks or whether anything can really be achieved or right to katrina you live for us there

in beijing katrina thank you. now the u.n. secretary general has condemned the escalating military crackdown in me and my tears called on the international community to help stop the killings meanwhile funerals have been held for at least 50 protesters who were killed on sunday the worst day of violence since the military coup in february activists say security forces killed another 20 people on monday. brazil's health minister has been replaced again as the corona virus outbreak hits record levels marginal cut organ will be the 4th person in charge of the pandemic began and replaces a military general who took the job in may brazil's most populous state has introduced emergency restrictions to curb rising cases infection and death rates have been climbing rapidly in sao paolo the state's health care system is on the brink of collapse let's take a look at who's been in charge of humming the pandemic over the past year outgoing

health minister eduardo paes well it took over last may brazil's top court is now investigating him for alleged neglect that contributed to the collapse of the health system in a missouri state his predecessor nelson resigned after less than a month the differences with president bolton are 0 regarding the use of antimalarial drugs as treatments for code 19 and before that luis mann debtor was fired by the president over his support for physical distancing measures for money rappler is in mexico city he says brazil's vaccination rollout has barely got off the ground. arguably this is the reason why we're seeing the outgoing health minister being booted out of brazil ironically prior to the pandemic had a tremendous track record when it came to vaccination programs currently the program has stalled only about 1.4 percent of the population is fully vaccinated brazil is in the process of securing new vaccines more vaccines we know the pfizer we know about the chinese and russian vaccines and do deals there but just like is

the case with many other cases of the world shortages persist so the expectation is that this is a dire situation that can only get worse japan's prime minister has been given his 1st dose of the fine as a covert $1000.00 vaccine you're sure he is the 1st government official to publicly receive the shot instead of a meeting with u.s. president joe biden next month dozens of government officials are due to be vaccinated before heading to the u.s. . a growing number of countries oppose the use of the astra zeneca vaccine this citing concerns about a few cases of blood clots among people who've been given the job one of them was thailand which is now cleared for use the prime minister became one of the 1st people there to be given the shots he wants to build confidence in the vaccine thailand will become a regional manufacturer in june and its reserve the 1st 61000000 doses for its population but portugal france germany and spain that will stop using the astra zeneca vaccine for now following the reports of clotting both the world health

organization and the e.u.'s drug regulators say the data doesn't suggest a direct link between the 2 and there's no cause for alarm when it came reports 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 of the fact 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 kane al-jazeera perlin. time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back. a decade of devastation but syria's rebels remain defiant. and the coronavirus pandemic has heightened concerns about cyber security we learn more from the exhibition in qatar more on that status.

how they're swarming up nicely once again across the middle east have lost the dust and sand that we saw over the course of the weekend glossy clear skies lots of hazy sunshine let's push further north where the weather action is we've seen some big winds are rolling in across the eastern side of the mediterranean driving some showers there for cyprus towards the levant wintry mix there into central and eastern parts of turkey as we go on through choose day just pushing a little further east which as we go on into wednesday to the south of that there we go we warming up southerly winds picking temperatures up here in doha to around 30 degrees celsius so some more pleasant spring was coming through lousy dry then as one would expect and it's largely dry too across the whole of africa although we also want to see showers just coming into west central areas of somalia as we go on through chiz day chance of wanted to showers just cropping up into southern parts of ethiopia where the weather will be across the democratic republic of the congo

easing across into the gulf of guinea more heavy rain coming in here from time to time and we got some heavy rain so you into central parts of south africa some wetter weather just pushing for you here nothing a little further east was joining up with some wet weather we have across northern parts of namibia into angola and heavy showers to the medic aska. wants. c.c. to alice. now posted to a movie. follows the journeys of 3 women teaches daily struggles with isolation and battles with physical hardship in sacrificing their family lives for the education of future generations women in the way on al-jazeera.

talk about a program out of our top stories here at this hour u.s. secretary of state under me blinken sector of the fence lloyd austin are holding high level meetings in japan at their rival north korea warned the u.s. administration to quote not do anything unseemly. the u.n. secretary general has called on the international community to help stop the military crackdown in me in law funerals have been held for at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday the bloodiest day yet since the coup in separate. and brazil is getting its 4th health minister since the start of the under make law sort of girl that will take over as infection and death rates climb rapidly in the world's

2nd worst affected country. thousands of protesters have turned out across several rebel controlled parts of syria they're marking 10 years since the start of the civil war the confidence calls on the world's worst humanitarian crisis. our aim being here is to topple the regime and to overthrow its militia it's we are so i'm to unite our selves to keep syria unified and united i'm sure the regime will be toppled and after 10 years we're still ongoing and we haven't stopped if it's of all the free people of syria with differently toppled the regime. no measure no must. as long as we have the will and as long as people from everywhere are here the regime will be toppled sooner or later and 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 7. the u.n. special envoy for syria says the war is one of the darkest chapters in recent history our diplomatic editor james bays has met the b.b.c.

meeting of the security council it's 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 used 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. he's 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 un and in particular the security council failed the people of syria . yes i could be a very direct and honest i think if you look at the apparent years now the syrian people now live through it's not our national 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 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 jamie outers era at the united nations. libya's interim unity government has been

sworn in in a u.n. backed effort to bring stability and of elections in december but with an estimated $20000.00 foreign fighters in the country security will be a major task for the government while the train has more from the capital tripoli. after years of divisions libya's new unity government is formed in the eastern city of to brooke 35 ministers including the country's 1st female foreign minister were sworn into office. the ceremony was attended by members of parliament the new presidential council as well as several investors and broadcast on most t.v. channels here on what many are calling his story. their main goal to leave the country until nationwide elections are held in december and. now is the time to live instead to give each other and forget the past. after years of divisions infighting and after many months of negotiations we're now able to announce

a new government that unifies all libyans. the new prime minister abdul hamid to be uber has promised to improve government services and unify state institutions but that won't be easy but the hardest challenge facing this government will be forcing foreign fighters you know pile-o. large parts of this country out they constitute a major obstacle to the government and to elections so it must be a priority we do not want a foreign presence in libya and this is a popular demand we as well he is a local journalist in tripoli and says people want action we hope that this government will not be like their predecessors and help the average citizen for 10 years libyans have heard empty promises if that's made it hard for them to believe politicians in order for the government to gain popular support they should focus on domestic issues that touch citizens like providing electricity in basic services

before looking to international and political issues while the government has many challenges for many here in tripoli it's covert 19 that needs to be addressed 1st. the government needs to focus on the health sector make getting covert 19 vaccines a priority once we get it under control we can begin to look at other issues. after being sworn into office. a new executive authority trying to tripoli. the outgoing prime minister. will hand over power on tuesday in libya's 1st peaceful transition since 2012 and with the beginning of a difficult road for the national unity government now trainer al-jazeera. nigerian officials say a gunman abducted 3 teachers from a primary school in the northwestern state of could do not know children were taken it comes just 4 days after 39 college students were abducted by armed men on the outskirts of katrina city. ugandan opposition leader but the wind has been arrested

one leading a protest in kampala. weiner is calling on authorities to free hundreds of his supporters they were arrested before during and after january's presidential election which one last a long time leader you were in a 71 disputes the results. of . such that. you don't respect their lives with your word what you really. want to respect their right to life of the ground. but u.s. senate has confirmed congresswoman debbie holland as secretary of interior she's the 1st native american to lead a cabinet agency in history all and will oversee the government's relationship with more than 500 recognized tribal nations. jailed kremlin critic alexina valley says

he's being held in what he calls a concentration camp in russia's vladimir region and a message shared on his verified instagram account not only says he's in a high security part of the camp 100 kilometers outside moscow he says he's doing well but he's under constant surveillance about he was jailed for parole violations charges his supporters say politically motivated. now they want change and they want it now the dutch go to the polls in just over 24 hours with a record number of candidates under the age of 30 the youngest is just 16 and their passion for wanting to get into parliament is being driven by coronavirus and climate change. the new generation. 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. they are the youngest candidates running in this week's parliamentary elections all the time i was working for the idea 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 a younger few people would not live with them so that's what i decided to that's when i decided to join young so 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 nat'l and to stop global warming among them young politicians we've seen to bear where you 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 and 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 decision 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. with a new generation more interested in politics and with international views and above all 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 age differences in foetal behavior have never been as large internationally as they are today since world war 2 most of all the younger generation folks much more often for radically progressive parties like green parties we see that almost every country. also in

almost every country that's 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. businesses around the world have sent staff home to work during the corona virus pandemic and that's creating a vast cyber security challenge amid violence visited an exhibition in qatar to

look at the latest protection. as usual it's the heavy military gear that 1st catches the eye. of some of carriers machine guns semiautomatic rifles pistols and ammunition but there are more here that's far less visible but just as crucial. one of this year's major themes is cyber security and how to protect people and intellectual property billions of people who work from their own homes instead of the office. a small test and the latest technology aimed at outwitting cyber criminals is on display fiber security is a real challenge for the way i mean people call pennies are facing more and more challenges and actually we see with the pandemic situation that companies but also hospitals have a right to raise i've been i've been attacked so their word and cattle as well need to be prepared and equipped to fight against cyber crime this could be the largest

official international event to be organized in the house since the beginning of the anti coheed 19 prevention measures in march last year. has managed to keep the infection rates reasonably low and organizing this event might be an indication of a commitment to words restoring normalcy. only it seems unlikely that thinks will ever be the same again says this cyber security expert the cyber security is more important than ever before and it's simply because we are not working in the same way as we used to where now actually the governments the companies even the people are much more isolated than ever before mr lowell says his company's already laid out a futuristic blueprint for 6 g. the next generation of internet connectivity he believes that fast connections. coupled with transparency and the liability could neutralize many of the digital threats facing businesses and individuals you know world changed beyond recognition

by the pandemic some advice i've just. fallen news of course on our website there it is on your screen there dress al-jazeera dot com. for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera 2 of the most powerful politicians in the u.s. have started their 1st for a into key asian nations and already aware realized being kept on north korea sector of state anthony blinken and secretary of defense lloyd austin are now in high level meetings in japan and meeting japan's foreign minister blinken underlined the common bonds between the 2 powers.