this was the cause of my arrest revealing be illegal dealings of the surveillance industry here in france if. you're. these are the nuclear weapons of the 21st century al-jazeera investigation. the european union's medicine regulator says the benefits of oxford astra zeneca vaccine outweighs the risks there's no indication it caused reported blood clots. to put out this is all just there a line from da also coming up. man miles ruling military charges the deposed government's international representative with treason. britain's new foreign

policy review regards china as a main challenge and seeks to increase the cap on its nuclear warheads by 40 percent at. netherlands goes to the polls in the 1st major electoral test for coronavirus policies in the euro. the european medicines agency says it's firmly convinced the benefits of the astra zeneca shot outweigh the risks the agency commissioned an investigation into a few reports of blood clots and people who got the vaccine a number of countries have temporarily suspended they use of the products in your view should conclude on thursday the agency says there's no indication the vaccine is linked to blood clotting john mccain is live for us from berlin what more can you tell us. the central question for the european medicines agency is one that's been posed to it by many governments across the e.u.

and it's one that's being posed indeed by many millions of people waiting for a vaccination during the course of this pandemic is the astra zeneca vaccine safe is the evidence that that some people say it can be responsible for blood clots is that evidence compelling enough to change the approach that the e m a has brought to this fact seen and it's a question that the person in charge of the e m a m a cook addressed fully in the course of a news conference that she gave and this is this is how she addressed the issue there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not lifted as known ours are expected side effects with this vaccine in clinical trials both the vaccinated people the people who are thief the 1st thiebaud have shown small some very small numbers of

plot about months the number of thromboembolism bends overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than seen in the camera population. in other words 3rd isn't a link between the astra zeneca vaccine and a raised incidence of blood clots but of course that's preliminary what ima cook was saying is that the final outcome of an evaluation will come on thursday very much is riding on what that final evaluation that final steer to e.u. governments will be many e.u. governments have the astra zeneca vaccine as a central part of their policy of combating covert and while they are making arrangements as stopgaps while they have the vaccine the astra zeneca vaccine stockpiled on their shelves that's fine for a few days the central question for them will be if the steer is against using

astra zeneca what will those countries do going forward given that very many of them have said that they want to have the vast majority of their populations vaccinated during this calendar year that's why all eyes will be on amsterdam on thursday when that steer that evaluation will come right thank you for that update dominic came there live for us and then the european union says it will soon receive more than 200000000 doses of the pfizer covered 19 vaccine that amount is $10000000.00 more than what was initially planned for the 2nd quarter the european commission says an agreement was reached to bring 4 doses meant to be delivered later this year the e.u. ends to vaccinate at least 255000000 people by the end of the summer. in miles miter has challenged the deposed government's u.n. envoy with trees that talk to salsa as he's known fed me and mom on the day of the coup last month he's accused of encouraging the civil disobedience campaign and

calling for international sanctions scott hartnell is in bangkok and explains the military's decision to charge the south. they're trying to to squash the protest movement the civil disobedience disobedience movement on the streets across myanmar but they're also trying to squash any voices outside of myanmar and dr is outside and he's appeared numerous news programs and news networks to get the word out of what's happening in the call for international assistance so this is their way just as way to try to silence him but he's out of the country so for them to try to enact this this this charge against him is going to be very difficult but despite that continuing on the streets of myanmar today we did see again it turned a bit deadly on tuesday we saw at least one death this is according to local media one death in yangon and then 2 deaths in a city outside of mandalay to the west which is in the central part of the country what's interesting though when you look at what's been happening in yang gone word

is difficult to get out because the joint to has shut down most of the data networks mobile data networks so it's very difficult to get information out but what we do know is that flashpoint area from sunday where there were arson there were arson against factories in a certain district of the city that's were turned very deadly after that today we know in tuesday that a lot of people were trying to leave the area there are thousands in some cases people are saying tens of thousands of people are trying to exit that's because martial law has been imposed on that district as well as 5 other so people were trying to come out. the u.k. is scrapping plans to cap it number of nuclear warheads at $180.00 and says it will move to stop more than $260.00 it's part of a major review of the country's foreign policy after a break that their view calls russia the biggest threat to the u.k. they also know it's china's growing power and says cooperation with beijing will be viable. the 1st i come of the integrated review was the government's decision to

invest an extra $24000000000.00 pounds in defense allowing the wholesale modernization of our armed forces and taking forward the rule. of our nuclear deterrent. to has more from london this is all about brand britain reassessing itself after leaving the european union and also according to the authors of the review living up to some of the most significant challenges that britain faces in the coming decades it knows all too well that geopolitically power is shifting away from the old world order to the new and that means that britain has to also shift its foreign policy gaze away from europe east to the indo-pacific region china is described as being the biggest systemic threat to the united kingdom russia the biggest active threat and is precisely the response to that active threat why the

british government is now saying that it will potentially increase its new killer arsenal it's not saying that it will definitely do that but it is saying that it will potentially lift the cap meaning that it could increase the number warheads it has up to 260 and all of this is about same thing signals not only to russia but to other rogue players that may well threaten the u.k. in the years to come on top of that announcement also plans to build a new antiterrorism center to counter the possibility of chemical and biological attacks the plan is also potentially to look towards building a new space command within a matter of months but let's not forget this country is still reeling after the impact of covert 191 wonders whether or not this is just smoke or mirrors just part of a wish list or whether or not the u.k. is really up to the task. the u.s. secretaries of state and defense have used their 1st overseas trip to reaffirm

washington's commitment to its east asian allies ethnic blinken and lloyd austin have been holding meetings in japan they say washington is prepared to push back against beijing's growing influence in the region a bride has more from salt. this high level visit is confirmation that the stage is important in the world view of the new u.s. administration president joe biden and the mission took particular an aim at the human rights record of me and in china in burma the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election and is brutally repressing peaceful protesters and trying to use coercion and aggression to systematically erode autonomy in hong kong undercut democracy in taiwan abuse human rights in changing and tibet japan has been looking for support against china's territorial claims to islands which tokyo administers and it got it with this pledge to respond to china's attempts to control the seas

that surround it and addressing aggressive importunate behaviors from china especially in the south and east china sea. i know japan shares our concerns we're trying to be stabilizing our actions japan also got an assurance from the u.s. that it remains committed to the complete denuclearization of its neighbor north korea but more fundamentally this visit is a chance to reset relations after a fall tumultuous years under the previous administration of donald trump so we think we're all over them so i think there is an appreciation of a much more focused strategy in principle the u.s. is going to be under the by the illustration much more concerned about how the u.s. speaks with its allies on wednesday this mission continues to south korea where dealing with north korea will dominate the agenda with concerns about the lack of

any response from pyongyang to repeated u.s. attempts at dialogue of course the policy is always our goal our goal is to reduce the risk of escalation but today we have not received any response time to coincide with this diplomatic mission and with the resumption of joint military exercises between u.s. and south korean forces is a stinging attack from the north korean leader's influential sister kim yo jong telling the americans not to cause a stink in this part of the world a warning of how relations could slip back into the acrimonious saber rattling of the past rob mcbride al jazeera so. still ahead on al-jazeera protesters and yemen's port city of and in storm government offices angry about the loss and economic situation. and a desperate search against the clock for mexican families looking for their missing

loved ones. it's time for the perfect. storm suit point qatar airways. because some quotes weather coming into japan over the next couple of days are seeing some rice the snow moving through a little bit of snow still continuing there into a cottage just pegged in with this weather system which is running across the far north of the country follow this line of disturbed weather here the stationary front think of it as a rope of cloud and right and it's dragging its way across a similar area so central parts of china will continue to see some rather wet weather as we go through the next couple of days perhaps more welcomed by the rain which will make its way into beijing that should help to clear the air following on from a recent sandstorm 14 celsius as that system makes its way through on wednesday by thursday cola around 11 degrees at that stage when starting to fall light winds to

into the korean peninsula and into japan pleasant sunshine here 18 celsius in tokyo and some presence on china to the southern parts of china it's not a shot of showers meanwhile across southeast asia as per usual some lively showers just bumbling away across the philippines but later indonesia again sings and not too many showers in the child you might just catch one of 2 shouts just around southern parts of thailand chance of a shower to in just flank over the next day or so it's raised the snow for the fun of the pakistan and india. sponsored by a qatar airways. in malaysia schooling is a luxury for children of writing a muslim refugees. and every child deserves an opportunity for faith and creativity the arms them with the skills to overcome any hurdle and seize the threat to his schools existence as

a test of his faith. caution school of hard hard to the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. your job is there a reminder of our top stories this hour the european medicines agency says it's firmly convinced the benefits of the astra zeneca shot outweigh the risks the agency commissioned an investigation into a few reports of blood clots and people have gotten the vaccine. mian miles military has charged the deposed government's international representatives with treason dr sasson as he's known is accused of encouraging the civil disobedience

campaign and calling for international sanctions. the u.k. is scrapping plans to cap its number of nuclear warheads at 180 and says it will move to stockpile no more than 260 it's part of a major review of the country's foreign policy after brics this. it's been years in the making and now the latest step in bringing together a united libyan government has happened the prime minister handed over power to the un backed administration and the 1st peaceful transition of power since 2012 this move is meant to help bring stability ahead of elections and december security is likely to pose a major challenge for the new government with an estimated 20000 foreign fighters still in the country. pilot training has more from the capital tripoli. libya witnesses 1st peaceful transition of power today since 20122011 the libyan people rose up against wal-mart gadaffi in a revolution calling for freedom and democracy now that hasn't really panned out as

well as people hoped of the years of political divisions and violence have really had a devastating impact on the people here so seeing today seeing the outgoing prime minister pius the russian handover of power to this new government this new interim government the government of national unity today really excited people we can see that people libyans feel now that there is a glimmer of hope that their country can become can and can become a democratic and civilian state but the the road ahead for the government of national unity is not going to be easy they're going to be tasked with forcing over 20000 foreign fighters out of the country they're also going to be tasked with unifying state institutions the military is currently divided between forces in western libya and the forces loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar so lots of challenges ahead of this country ahead of this new government and they're only going to be leading this country for 9 months elections are nationwide elections

are set to take place in this in december this year but the the myth of the feeling here among most libyans is one of hope and one of one of hope and one of excitement to see a peaceful transition of power and and that this government may help in bettering or improving basic services for its citizens. for a 2nd day bank employees in india on strike the union estimates 1000000 employees protested against the government's plan to privatize a few banks and an insurance company this once again i'm appalled. i have. and helpless bank employees walked off their jobs and onto the streets of india to protest for a 2nd day. they say saving public banks serves the interests of indian citizens by protecting what they call social banking people savings and

keeping charges low. these are preserved policies are against the country when used to strike for an increase in wages or stopping a bank manager but this is the 1st strike that the bank employees are doing to save the country union members are asking for the public's support even as the strike disrupts some essential services including check cashing and processing of remittances would depend figures that worked up my goodness i needed money as i had to go to the market and buy something i can get money from facing problems one needs money is not everything can be we can carter transferred. there is anger after it was announced last month that 2 public banks and one insurance company would be privatized to generate millions of dollars in revenue the codeine $900.00 pandemic has drained government coffers around the world local media report in the last 4 years the government has merged 14 public banks and

privatized one negotiations between the unions and the government have not led to an agreement more protests are planned this week the unions say their strike could continue indefinitely unless the government alters course natasha to name just 0. gunmen in northern nigeria have abducted 3 teachers from a primary school in could do mistakes the students managed to escape during the rate it's the latest in a string of attacks on schools in northern nigeria on friday 39 college students were abducted by armed men on the outskirts of katrina city amid interest is outside one of the schools where a kidnapping happened last week. the issue of kidnapping for ransom in nigeria and banditry has been there for quite some time now and the the fact of the matter is the security personnel overstretched underfunded and they craved and of course not

able to deal with the situation the crimes that we are seeing in northern nigeria is fueled by so many things poverty one under development 2nd and of course the issue of negotiating with criminals now we are in a state where the governor has taken a tougher stance on kidnappers and banditry he said no negotiations with them and in fact he's calling for death penalty against anybody falling. in this in this now if you look at the military aspect of it the military has been deployed to deal with several situations in nigeria from kidnappings in northwestern nigeria to book when i'm in the northeast and then you have crisis in that you stand part of the country where you have the probie a procession its movement and several other criminal activities that been going on so the security services has been almost strange and they've been casualties of war over time and these have not been replaced the the nigerian government has not fully funded the security system we just heard from the national security adviser complaining that some of the equipment ordered for the military and security forces

have not even the right and the fighting with all the criminals been supply for years ago and these been all sort of graffiti replenishment and one other key aspect of it of course is the issue of intelligence gathering which of course has not been invested in so much. protest as of an l.s.t. from the heat presidential palace and yemen's port city of aden earlier sources told al-jazeera officials from the u.s. backed government fled the palace as hundreds of demonstrators hold their way through the man gate they stormed the palace without resistance from forces loyal to the southern transitional council is growing anger about the government's policies and the terrorizing economic situation. they say. ahead coalition says it has evacuated $160.00 african migrants from yemen's rebel held capital sana'a the transfer of migrants was carried out under the supervision of the united nations and yemen's internationally recognized government comes after human rights watch

said who the rebels caused a fire at a migrant camp and fauna earlier this month they killed dozens of people his monthly briefing to the united nations special envoy to yemen martin griffiths alerted of a deterioration of conflicts are returning to this council yet again. reports the deterioration of the village in yemen. this time last year. i was rather the finances of america got merged into the. producer villianous imputing an estimated 1000000 internally displaced persons wrist fighting forces on both sides of suffered heavy losses in the us this bonus asserted by the more allies you shocking report as our show we all grew. increasingly getting drawn into the war over. future. opinion polls suggest the

center right party of dutch prime minister marketer is on course to win wednesday's elections by a landslide that's despite a scandal involving child care benefits of force his entire cabinet to resign in january step pass and has more from santa. as the netherlands prepares to go to the polls this week hundreds of people have been queuing for food handout it shows a growing divide in society after a decade of leadership by the center right government of market. the ever smiling prime minister went to the palace in january to hand in the resignation of his cabinet on a bicycle and says i when you're old i grew up in poverty with lots of dept because the tax office accused us of fraud then we became poor. 11 year old is part of a campaign launched before the elections to raise awareness about the one in 13 dutch children living in poverty a mother was one of $26000.00 families who were wrongly accused by tax authorities

of child care benefits fraud now social says she was forced to pay back nearly $120000.00 and lost her job her house and her marriage she suffered from 2 strokes and is learning to walk again report concluded that most of the accused families perfect himself racial profiling of that we were confronted with that collectors on a daily basis they often came with police we lived in fear we look to door shut the curtains and we're too embarrassed to go outside. prime minister mark whitaker was confronted by one of the victims during a recent gallup buys the bait. i'm a little responsible for this because he is the one in charge he keeps saying it is awful but i don't feel he means it i said he and the other victims don't understand why you chose to run again i explained to her that at the same time and i had to ask myself the question what did it mean for my rerunning again to become leader of

my party and i'm hopefully the focus would give me just again i should have also means very many things which have been very successful sort of the people in their lives have lost trust in politics because how do you gain the trust back. by working very hard or you are good to hear although to natalie and has been struggling through the cope 19 pandemic. people in times of crisis are going to vote for the leader they know marker to seen as a crisis manager but also a leader tainted by serious scandals a recent survey shows that even without a covert than that make poverty rates will increase by 30 percent or more people will depend on food handouts and one of the world's richest nations so even though market is still popular some are wondering how long he can rely on his survival skills most people in this queue are longing for a change in leadership they hope may come true sooner than they might expect some political observers predict a prime minister if elected again may have to step down after all

a parliamentary inquiry into the childcare benefits scandal is scheduled for 2 years from now that fast and al-jazeera. russia plans to block twitter in one month if the social media platform doesn't remove banned content last week the country's communications watchdog announced it had slowed down the website speed russian authorities are also suing 5 social media companies for posts about opposition protests critics say it's an attempt to silence them. and the last 15 years of struggle between rival gangs in mexico and the government the number of disappeared and mass graves has racked up the state of mr kant was where the conflict began has been consumed with violence ever since there's been no large scale search for the missing in the state until now it's on home and has this report. there's bullet holes in the door but this house might hold more secrets within we've come to the 1st big hunt for the disappeared in the state of michoacan

southwest mexico suspects in a police investigation revealed a number of places where they've hit of bodies. and this is the 1st stop to try and find that someone might be under the floor. the cement in there is newer than outside and it sounds hollow that's what people do when it bury some one underneath and put down concrete to hide it. there's a brotherhood among the family searching for the nearly 80000 disappeared across mexico erik's traveled more than 2000 kilometers to help the locals there goes up but it's here i've got a son who disappeared into you want to and i feel the same pain as these families so i've come to join their cause. because many of the teams of goings or even authorities the tools their relatives used to find the basic this is the way that you search for the disappeared right across mexico push this through out into the ground and then pull out how she's doing there and then sniff it and if there's

a smell of decay that means that a body has been found. from you know what you're going to why do you sort of sort of rudimentary search for the you know the name of the needle but we haven't got the money for technology there's a lot of poor families here that have used up everything we have trying to find our relatives i and a lot of people come here to search without earning anything the government just stopped the funds to support us. it's a common complaint from the family's little government help the years they've had to do all of this on their own. to lena is learning how for the 1st time she's a local go searching for a brother who was kidnapped a year ago the pandemic and fear stopped looking till now but we're not him is that he was finally someone is helping us and i'm hopeful that we'll find him in all of the others in a way i'm excited in another set because we're not going to find

a life. she's resigned to that she just wants his body and this is probably the only shot that she'll get to find it. this area's red hot the highly skilled new generation cotto and that viagra going to fighting over it lead the wants of victims found for 2 weeks only the government's providing security to help families look just at the end of the day now and you can see the number of trucks here of the national guard that have come to accompany the families now they're all pulling out basically the families would never be able to look in this without this security because it is so full of criminals. this is just a slim window of time for them to try and end years of torture and finally lay their loved ones to rest. john homan how does it are this in to get it all in mexico. a significant step now in the countdown to the postponed elim think games in tokyo organizers have confirmed the torch relay will go ahead and 9 days before

then they have to make a final decision on whether to allow foreign fans into japan for the games which is due to begin in july. so you would be watching the torch relay along the streets yes please do that but when you do that please ensure that you have physical distance with everybody else we want to ensure safety while you're enjoying the olympic torch relay. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the european medicines agency says it's firmly convinced the benefits of the astra zeneca shot outweigh the risks the agency commissioned an investigation into a few reports of blood clots and people have gotten the vaccine. there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not listed.