so no matter how you take. al-jazeera read the news and current affairs that matter to. counter 0. the european union's medicine regulator says the benefits of oxford astra zeneca backseat outweighs the risks and there's no indication a court reporter bloodlines. either can be held this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up made miles ruling military charges the deposed government international representative with trees that. were since new foreign policy review regards china as

a main challenge in things to increase the cap on its nuclear warheads by 40 percent. the netherlands goes to the polls in the 1st major electoral test for coronavirus policies in europe. the european medicines agency says it's firmly convinced the benefits of the astra zeneca shot outweigh the risks edges he commissioned investigation into a few reports of blood clots of people who have gotten the vaccine a number of countries have temporarily suspended their use of the product the ear of you should conclude on thursday that the agency says there's no indication the vaccine is linked to blood clotting john mccain is live for us from berlin dominic what more can you tell us. the central question the e.-m. is being posed revolves around the efficacy but also the safety of this vaccine

from astra zeneca specifically is it the cause of the incidence of blood clots that have been reported by several different european countries which cause so much concern in those european countries that the health ministry said women must suspend the use of the vaccine remember at the same time there are other european countries who are still administering it and who say they have every faith in its efficacy and its safety and they are pleased that it allows them to carry on vaccinating at a great speed earlier the spokesperson for the e m a m a cook in amsterdam addressed this issue this is what she had to say there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not listed as known ours or expected side effects with this vaccine in clinical trials both the vaccinated people the people who are thieves the 1st thiebaud have shown small or some very small numbers of plot talked

about months the number of thromboembolism bends overall in the box and aged people seems not to be higher than dots seen in the camera population. in essence that means that no link between the vaccine and the blood clots that have occurred at least not a link which the e.m.e.a. believes is fish and to suspend the use of the vaccine but that wasn't a final steer in so far as the programs around the e.u. are concerned that will come on thursday after a meeting in amsterdam at g.m.a. headquarters and remember a great deal of people are watching very closely because not just the governments but the citizens who want to have a vaccination yes there are other vaccinations available modernity and the pfizer biotech vaccine but already given the temporary suspension in place several parts

of germany at least have had to shut down some of the vaccination centers where the the astra zeneca vaccine is sitting on the shelves waiting to be used but not able to be used given the suspension which is why all eyes will be on a headquarters on thursday in amsterdam to see what that agency has to say about the safety of this vaccination from a permanent perspective john mccain in the lead thank you. the european union says it will soon receive more than 200000000 doses of the fire is a covert 19 vaccine that amount is 10000000 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. aims to vaccinate at least $255000000.00 people by the end of the summer the drug company with turner has begun testing its covert vaccine in young children including babies as young as 6 months old the study will assess the safety and

efficacy of the jab in children under 12 years old researchers will have to determine whether to use smaller doses than in adults about $6750.00 participants from the u.s. and canada are expected to take part in the trial will be followed for 12 months. meanwhile its military has charged the deposed government's u.n. envoy with trees that dr sasaki as he's known fled me and are on the day of the cole last month dozens of politicians have been targeted by the military and hundreds of activists have been arrested protesters are remaining defiant in the face of increasing violence thousands turned out on tuesday days after the deadliest weekend since protests began 57 people were killed. well joining us now live via skype in an undisclosed location due to security of course is dr sassa as we said the envoy representing me and miles parliament to the u.n. thank you for your time my 1st question what's your reaction to this charge of

treason. to do. with the high treason but the military junta if these dreams in the. people of myanmar given for their freedom for democracy and for justice. this illegal or illicit the mary-jane may have been committing crimes against humanity and translate this genocide at the glances for the last 7 years against dick cheney karim more than cheering in 87 they have cured hundreds of kids was to. then their mother armed civilians. to the 7th summer evolution. where beaten and slaughter in 2017 there was ethnic cleansing is against. people. who

story burners does it has to be blood shoots and suffering across our country by those these are means that to protect our people these are the same generals who should be charged of high treason who charged me today on high treason what does this mean for you though i mean can you ever go back now are you worried perhaps for your friends or for your family who are still in the country will these high treason charge carry that sentence means that. if i go back there of course do everything i can sue. for been killed and my family my brothers my sisters of cause they really every day they live on across the nations under streets these are the militants and there are others who should be put in jail who are now charging high treason we have heard some

horrific stories stories of torture obviously of many people disappearing since you fled martial law has been imposed the military and the police opening fire on protest is how much longer can this continue how much longer where or perhaps should protest is be willing to risk their lives. they're an order of the people of myanmar will be forced to defend percent of the international community do not do any action this again is say military generals who have been committed the crime against humanity what. everybody know and of so it has to be a store so we are calling it is not another community to quickly before it's too late because the bloodshed will continue the bloody violence will continue unless

it's international community take strong action again this is. because media against humanity as you mentioned earlier there have been many times where several times throughout history crackdowns on uprisings what are your hopes for this movement towle do you hope that this will be different. we have to leave we're down these killers where if the these attackers these are the people who should be protecting the people of myanmar from any kind of the reason these are the people who should be protecting look into these are the people who should be protecting the people of myanmar regardless of race card shows that it does alter the cities and the religious bar is are now the people who declared the war by the people of myanmar based on the

rangers based on as the race is so now and they have the clear the war on the race the war the rangers the war and they see this they have been. for many many decades is the time for the war to stop it now is enough other people of myanmar have to defend themselves if it's too late there will be more blood. that we more care out there will be blow of all out civil war how do you feel when you look at images of parents burying their children and we have seen these images come out at the death toll where herring now approaching 150 i mean it's not the order of things is it parents burying their children or how do you feel when you look at images like that of of your country.

no one have to see it at all if you could have prevented it but it is too late for that to prevent and that's why we say again and again we need power for stronger or uncoordinated sanction against this minute only seems economy clearly diplomatic early and politically and we need stronger voices from washington d.c. learns the brass of bad genes and daddy and our our brothers sisters we need the stronger power for unify misses to dishonor us in my life i have witnessed that poncho forced labor or intimidation. cleaners of my people but disables military generals who today have accused me of high treason these rigs and there are y. our arms who us do killing civilians on the street across the me after

i have seen all those atrocities every day it became my food it became a no it's. a noble it's unbelievable it's unspeakable or so it has to stop it has to stop by any means i want to ask you about the day of the coup february 1st when you woke up what happened how do you manage to get out of me and. i was there in door with our presidents vice president and state counselor to our society. to form the government and i was there to take senior role and the junior government. we wake up in the morning 2 of february we found arms of their. daily business and they're all the signal was that

all we saw around us was guns this weapons heavy equipment there ready to kill them to suit so i was told by the top advisor to flee the country as soon as possible so that i can speak. for the people who cannot speak for themselves and their fleets and it takes me 3 days and 3 names 1st when taxi by the back of motorbike but the back of truck nowhere now into lately is safe or is not saved your is do very quickly go to swish it just quickly before we go have you heard or spoken to since that day. no one is allowed to contact her is we don't know where they kept or. yesterday was that they when it's you we appear on the gods but we doubt any lawyers and they

said there was no electricity so did postpone the court appearance again yes the. minute that in the laws of war prepare wanted to mavs and smart they are ready to destroy not just already are. to destroy democracy to destroy freedom to steal the chance to see from us and we were not allow to happen and justice will prevail democracy will prevail until we brought this generals into just these we are not going to take the rest all right thank you so much for your time for joining us here on our desire adopt a few that you can very months. still ahead on al-jazeera a defining moment in libya's conflict with the 1st peaceful transition of power since 2012. and a desperate search against the clock for mexican families struggling for their

missing loved ones. however we got a little bit of a mixed bag in our weather across the middle east over the next couple days it's warm sunshine lovely weather across southern parts of the rate of 30 celsius in doha could have $36.00 in riyadh so that warm starting to set same with southerly winds look further north a small winter here because some snow coming in across the turkish mountains some rain raffling in suicide for us pushing towards the levant and that's all making its way little further eastwards as we go on through thursday i think for much of syria the good parts of iraq it should be fodder dry but just around the northern fringes you might catch a shower wrote see what it says showers wintry in nature there just around the caucasus chance of some wintry showers over towards afghanistan as well meanwhile

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offices an aide to separate baby un security council has been famous to discuss the complex special envoy is warning the war is fully on dire humanitarian consequences . the u.k. is reversing plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons the cap on the number of warheads will increase by no more than 260 instead of being reduced to 180 it's part of a major review of the country's foreign policy after brics it their view calls russia the biggest threat to the u.k. it also notes china's growing power and says cooperation with beijing will be vital the 1st outcome of the integrated review was the government's decision to invest extra 24000000000 pounds in defense allowing the wholesale modernization of our armed forces and taking food the renewal of our nuclear deterrent

they vaca has the details from london. this is all about brand britain reassessing itself after leaving the european union and also according to the office 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 the 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 impacts 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 time. opinion polls suggest the center right party of dutch prime minister mark is on course to win wednesday's elections by a landslide as despite a scandal involving child care benefits forced his entire cabinet to resign in january steadfast and has more from zaandam. as the madams 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 of. 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 not 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 graphic terms of racial profiling 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 know 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 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 hopefully the focus would give me just again i said to also have also means many things which have been very successful lasting sort of the people in their lives have lost trust in politics because of how do you gain the trust back. by working very hard. oh you are good to hear although did not mince has been struggling through the coping 19 pandemic bolt indicate that 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 the prime minister if elected again may have to step down after all a parliamentary inquiry into the child care benefits candle is scheduled for 2 years from now that fast and al-jazeera stand down. it's been years in the making and now the latest step and bringing together united libyan government has taken place the prime minister handed over power to the un backed administration the 1st peaceful transition of power since 2012 the move is meant to help bring stability

ahead of elections in december security is likely to pose a major challenge for the new government with an estimated 20000 foreign fighters still in the country trying to has more from the capital tripoli. libya witnessed its 1st peaceful transition of power today since 2012 in 2011 woodring people rose up against war margaret duffy in a revolution calling for freedom and democracy now that hasn't really panned out as well as people hoped the years of political divisions and violence really had a devastating impact on the people here so seeing today seeing the outgoing prime minister. 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 real now that there is a. glimmer of hope that their country can become can 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 $20000.00 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 to 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 and bettering or improving basic services for its citizens. and the last 15 years of struggle between rival gangs in mexico that the government the number of disappeared mass

graves has racked up the state of michelle khan was where the conflict began and it's 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 marry someone underneath them put down concrete to hide it. and you know 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 you know 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 gangs 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 walk 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 though the years they've had

to do all of this of 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 stop to look into it 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 sad because we're not going to find a life. she's resigned to the she just wants his body and this is probably the only shot that she'll get to find. this aries red hot the highly skilled new generation cotto and that viagra going to fighting over it lead the wards of victims found for 2 weeks only the government's providing security to help families look just at the end of the day no 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 or this in to get it all in mexico . is really archaeologists have found fragments of a rare biblical scroll in caves near the dead sea the text was found along with other artifacts including coins and the 6000 year old mummy of a child israel's antiquities authority says the discovery happened during efforts to protect the caves from looting chain of caves have been a source of some other important as dark findings of the dead sea scrolls and some of the oldest known copies of biblical books. britain's 99 year old prince philip has left hospital after 4 weeks of treatment the husband of monarch queen elizabeth the 2nd was seen leaving the private facility in central london

a few hours ago the price had been recovering from a successful prince rather had been recovering from a successful heart procedure and an infection talking about as it confirmed his discharge. results there 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 said its investigation into a few reports of blood clots and people have gotten the vaccine is ongoing there is no indication that oxidation has course these conditions they have not come up in the clinic photo.