as for the east in the highlands. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places mistakes and just there are pretty invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. to. brazil reports a record number of covered 19 deaths while chile struggles to contain the outbreak even with one of the world's fastest vaccination campaigns. from doha and i'm kemal santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera european union drug regulators find no evidence the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots but safety concerns are slowing the e.u.'s vaccination drive.

process to storm the presidential palace and even as the u.n. envoy to yemen warns the conflict only getting worse. like a war zone thousands of families flee parts of me in ma to escape the martial law imposed by the shooter. church going to listen. to tease to nutrition recent reports which. scarred but free after a traumatic escape from kidnappers in nigeria but many families are still waiting for their missing children. so there is growing alarm over the increasing number of corona virus cases in chile despite the country having one of the world's leading back scene rollouts about 5000000 people have now had at least the 1st jab cases though are rising by an

average of 5000 a day latin america editor and human reports from santiago. a severe health crisis in the latin american country one mike lee should have expected when chilean is dying from cold 19 every 15 minutes and critical care units are overflowing. doctors. runs the i.c.u. at the clinic. and takes us to see for ourselves that every bit is occupied even though the number of critical period units nearly doubled this week. people over 70 most of whom have already been vaccinated have almost disappeared from our emergency rooms now we have younger patients but some gravely ill. chile 2nd wave is turning out to be far more aggressive than the 1st even though more than 33 percent of the population has received one or both jabs these people are among the 10s of thousands of chileans one killing at this hour for their corona virus

vaccine and while chile is a world leader in terms of the percentage of the population that has already been inoculated health officials warn it will not make much difference at least not for some time. in order for herd immunity to be effective 80 percent of chileans must be fully vaccinated and that won't happen for another 3 months. now judy is to make the vaccine available to everyone free of charge and to convince you all that it's a fictive and saif. back at the hospital doctors and nurses concede they're exhausted 30 percent of staff are medical leave from illness or stress and they're more difficult to replace than a bed or respirator. we caught our breath between the 1st and 2nd wave but the patient load never dropped enough to really let us recover so here we are practically living here. with d.s.

had none this hasn't been able to travel home for nearly a year so. it's very stressful the patients are in a critical condition there's no time to rest because the number of patients multiply faster than we do but we do all we can. to be in suffering from pandemic burnout have clearly let down their guard doctor who got a d. is one of many who questions the government's overall pandemic strategy. the strategy was not a surprise. a pandemic but to contain it is a delicate balance in which flexibility and easing restrictions allegedly thousands of patients despite the inoculation a bitter lesson for a country that thought it was out of the woods and a wake up call for others who were counting on vaccines to be the magic cure you see in human al-jazeera. now brazil and after days of surging coronavirus deaths last week there's been another record number of fatalities in a single day on tuesday brazil reporting $2841.00 deaths in 24 hours

at the same time as the government's 4th health minister since the start of the pandemic prepares to take office he says he will support the approach of president jaya both so narrow has been opposed to lock down. in france the prime minister says the country's enter the 3rd wave of the pandemic the 7 day average of new infections now above 25000 for the 1st time since late november putting in added strain on hospitals president among your micron's hoping a vaccination drive will ease the pressure and prevent another lock down but the pace of vaccinations in france is slowing along with other european countries who have chosen to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine over safety concerns the european medicines agency thought says it is firmly convinced the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks 18 countries have now temporarily suspended their use of the vaccine because of reports of blood clots in recipients the w.h.o. and the e.u.

health regulators are investigating any potential link between the 2. 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 arse or expected side effects with this vaccine in clinical trials both the vaccinated people the people who are thieves the people who have shown small some very small numbers of plot talked about months the number of thromboembolism bends overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than the seen in the camera population meanwhile madonna has begun testing its covert parenting vaccine on children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years it was part of a study to assess the safety and efficacy of inoculation children against the disease nearly $7000.00 children are taking part in the research in collaboration with the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases donor's already

conducting a separate study testing the vaccine in children between the ages of $12.18 so let's talk more to one of our regular contributors to down to 0 talk to some giants and annika who is associate professor of infectious diseases a strain in national university on skype from canberra hello dr how do you. think you know you're well thanks good to have you with us let's dispel any myths 1st of all children might be at lower risk but they can still very much get the disease and they can still very much. transfer to other people company. that's right so while the disease has been discussed in a major manner with regard to adults children can still transmit children still can get sick be hospitalized and die from coated and in fact you would start to shows that more children have died from coated than from flu and if

a child is hospitalized because of it even though that the risk of that is much lower than adult the chance of going to intensive care from us star is similar to that of an adult so we do have to think about children when we think about immunization ok so then this is good news that madonna's going this far in fact it was already looking i think at 12 to 18 year olds i mean we're talking almost adults at that point there. again do we get into sort of game time it's game change it territory if this works on kids well look i think this is very important data the issue is that this rollout has been a very quick in a good way to start on a reckless way to be very quick but of course it meant that groups like pregnant women and children had to be tested as you normally wouldn't during phase 3 trials you sort of introduce that later on once you're happy with not pregnant adults having safe and if acacias responses to the vaccine so i think it is important that

children get done that and we can see that this is being tested with other greg seems to mid earlier fires that. are using the vaccine in older children in the trial setting astra zeneca and started doing it in children aged 6 and a bar and side of ankle soon if they haven't already started testing the vaccine in kids over the age of 3. so very good sounding news isn't it that the the priority though would still be with adults right even though as we've said and we've dispelled the rumor about kids not being able to get covert 19 would the priority still very much go without notes. all of the priority still is with adults of course with the rollout because we don't have all the doctor on kids yet it will still be rolled out to adults so you have well over 300000000 adults worldwide receive the vaccine as part of the global rollout that is created and many

countries such as australia where i am the final phase of their rollout well rollout involves children so we'll be right to the end that children get vaccinated so they're important but not a priority ok dr sunday sennight always a pleasure good to talk to you thank you come on let's move on to yemen where protesters of storm the presidential palace in the southern city of aden angry about poor living conditions and on paid salaries witnesses told al-jazeera that officials from the un backed government fled as hundreds of demonstrators forced their way in security guards loyal to the u.a.e. backed some transitional council were stationed there wouldn't try to stop the protesters they have since left the palace elsewhere 3 bombs exploded next to a convoy carrying food to one of yemen's largest camps for displaced people this is in the locals in the province in eastern yemen say their homemade devices damaged one of the $26.00 trucks loaded with aid no injuries reported and no claim of

responsibility. it is in the money but self where the u.n. special envoy says the situation's taken a dramatic turn for the worse fighting between the who thieves and government forces in the oil rich city has forced more than a 1000000 people from their homes and martin griffiths says famine is now adding to the crisis as well the un's trying to raise nearly $4000000000.00 to feed millions of yemenis as a diplomatic editor james base reports this was a very grim assessment of the situation in yemen the u.n. special envoy telling the security council that it seems the war is back in full force this is how martin griffiths began his speech i'm returning to this council you actually. report the deterioration of the population. this time to. us rather than as a morrow got nurse engineers produce

a villianous imputing illustrated 1000000 internally displaced persons. fighting forces on both sides of suffered heavy losses in this unnecessary. allies to shocking report as i'm sure we all do. increasingly getting drawn. to the problems of the future. he says he's particularly concerned by the who thiis ongoing offensive on marriage by the cross border air attacks the who the drone the missile strikes on saudi arabia and the saudi air raids on sanaa and by the fact the war is spreading again to places like who data and ties of course one of the effects of this is humanitarian disaster the u.n. is warning of famine in yemen they tried to raise money from the international community at the beginning of the month they wanted $3850000000.00 and yet they

only managed to raise $1700000000.00 less than half the money they needed. gunmen on motorcycles have attacked a group of civilians in asia killing at least 58 people they were attacked while returning from a live stock market in bunny bunker near the border with mali the armed group also destroyed destroyed nearby granary. and the government in nigeria's kaduna state says it won't be giving in to ransom demands after 3 teachers were kidnapped from a primary school this is just the latest in a string of abductions from schools in northern nigeria and friday for example 39 college students were taken by armed men in the same state and idris reports now from cardona. except for security personnel and if you start at the college for forestry research in mind. it's largely empty and quiet. the usual bustle on campus is gone no classes no field work.

the hostels 100 used and i want to lock and key as 39 students remain in the hands of their captors. and i did e.g. alexander 2 friends who escaped the attack is still haunted by what they saw change to myself. to now to teach to continue to show myself really hot which for me he fights. with trying to escape. and the process of. i hate it when do that got me enjoy around here. big guys big one of the students i was the one trying to rescue. those leaving i told him i can leave you here 5 days after the attack the personal effects of the missing students are still being recovered there what they were taken security.

guns were used to open up this gaping hole is a breach in point from where the students were extracted now behind this wall is a force that stretches for us. students thought to be still held by their captors. neighbors and relatives still come to confront the sandy family as they try to come to terms of the kidnap of their 2 daughters from their school. the mother still shaken by the incident is against the use of force to rescue them. davis was on their. well i give the children. my hope is gone. so we have. to fight. the family says the absence of the 2 girls is bearable for everyone. stuck it is one thing for you to move. more life into.

their life. with 3 kidnappings and forty's the government here says it will not give in to kidnapper's demand for runs. based on principle very careful evaluation of the consequences of their state. even given their money. that we. decided to avoid completely what some parents of missing students want to hear at the moment but the government negotiating with the hostage takers will only create a bigger problem. a weather update is next and then families digging for their missing loved ones as large scale searches finally begin in mexico's michalak and states.

it's time for the perfect. sponsored plan 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. depicting with this weather system which is running across the far north of the country follow this line of disturbed weather here the stationary front i think it is a rope of cloud and right and it's just reading 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 our recent sandstorm 14 celsius is that system makes its way through on wednesday by thursday cola around 11 degrees at that stage when starting to for light light winds to into the korean peninsula and into japan pleasant sunshine

here 18 celsius in tokyo it's presence on china to the southern parts of china is sunshine and showers meanwhile across southeast asia as per usual some lively showers just bumbling away across the philippines but later indonesia again seeing some lives not too many showers in the child or you might just catch one of 2 shouts just around southern parts of thailand chance of a shower to went to sri lanka over the next day or so it's raised the snow for the fun of the pakistan and india. sponsored paul qatar airways. when afghan filmmaker has sound fuzzily catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling their multi-year saga on their phones. midnight traveling an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other and witness on al-jazeera.

her. these are the top stories on al-jazeera brazil recorded more than $2800.00 covert 19 deaths and 24 hours a record for a single day it comes as the government's 4th health minister since the start of the pandemic prepares to take office european medicines agency says there's no indication the astra zeneca banks in causes blood clots in it is firmly convinced the benefits outweigh the risks 18 countries have suspended their use of the jab after reports of clots in a small number of patients and protesters in yemen now agree about poor living conditions in unpaid salaries of stormed the presidential palace in the city of

aden meanwhile the un special envoy to yemen warned of famine and a dramatic deterioration in the conflict there. to me and maher in the un says 149 people have now been killed since last month's coup while a political prisoner group actually puts the number of 193 martial law has been imposed in many areas but protesters are defying restrictions and gathering on the streets barricades were built and set on fire. in the largest city yangon but thousands of people have fled parts of the city where the military took firm control after 5 chinese factories were set on fire of the we can't or than 30 people were killed in response to that alone arrests and detentions have continued throughout the country with more than 2084 people remaining arbitrarily detained at least 37 journalists have been arrested of whom 19 remain in arbitrary detention

at least 5 deaths in custody have occurred in recent weeks and at least 2 victims bodies have shown signs of severe physical abuse indicating that they were tortured we are deeply disturbed that the crackdown continues to intensify and we again call on the military to stop killing and detaining protest. now the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are shoring up alliances in asia as part of their 1st foreign trip since taking office. in the blink of an lloyd austin joined forces with their japanese counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia in the coming hours they had to south korea where it is the north's nuclear ambitions which would likely be the key issue the head of the trip pyongyang warned to the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region so let's preview this with ron mcbride who's in seoul for us i rub. it is it really just the north korean situation which will

dominate everything. it will be very high on the agenda as blinken and austin arrive wednesday they have one on one talks with their counterparts here in seoul going through to a joint meeting and then a communique thursday during which of course north korea is likely to feature very prominently we know that this is the biden administration formulating its strategy when it comes to dealing with north korea this mission is very much a part of that we are likely to see some kind of return to this policy of strategic patience of basically just trying to constrain north korea the south koreans want to see a far more proactive position when it comes to dealing with north korea the president here moon jay and he has just over a year left in office now you recall that was largely at his instigation 3 years ago that we saw this incredible period of summit a diplomacy getting us away from talk of fire and fury so moon would definitely

like to see in his remaining year in office a return to that high level meetings and dialogue possibly a resumption of talks between the u.s. and north korea but in order to do that of course north koreans would expect some kind of movement on sanctions which requires the permission of the united states and there's no indication so far despite this being a change of administration that there will be 80 change in the u.s. position when it comes to giving any kind of relief on sanctions and what else rob what i mean. take your pick of all the regional issues there i'm guessing china will probably be pretty high as it was in japan. absolutely china has turned out to be a very important part of this trip both the united states and japan of calling out china by name for its assertiveness in the asia pacific region in its territorial claims and so on they are very important members of this squad group of 4 indo-pacific democracies which are loosely aligned as

a way of trying to counter china's ambitions in the region the united states would very much like south korea as an ally to be part of this a kind of a quad plus but when it comes to china south korea's position is far more complicated they have far more reliance on trade they realize china's influence in constraining north korea they don't want to upset that relationship so when it comes to calling out china south korea are often at the back of the pack when a call comes to the human rights record in cian jang and hong kong for example they're far more reluctant to criticize china so while the united states would want to talk more about china south korea would like this to be just about north korea thank you very much more from rob mcbride later in the day as that trip continues in seoul now a u.s. intelligence report says both russia and iran directed efforts to manipulate the 2020 presidential election it's been released by the office of the director of

national intelligence and shows agencies believe moscow was trying to help donald trump in his 2nd term while teheran push for a biden victory the report also found cuba venezuela and lebanon's hezbollah are gauged in smaller scale campaigns to influence the vote the 1st female u.s. vice president has made history by giving her 1st speech at the united nations come to heresy is the address at the annual meeting on the status of women to champion their role in democracy but as christensen only reports the setbacks caused by the pandemic still cast a shadow over the events. the 65th conference on the status of women may have lacked the pomp and circumstance of years past not to mention the number of female participants but it had something previous conference's did not the 1st ever female vice president of the united states it is an honor to address this is steamed commission so having a 1st v. be lady in the u.s.

you know it's just amazing the most demography country or word it's amazing is just such a strong miss it for every woman everywhere promoting women's leadership was the theme of the gears event but women like comma harris germany's angela merkel and new zealand's just send the arden remain the exceptions on the world stage around the globe and women serve as the head of state or head of government in just some 22 countries and even here at the united nations where women now make up more than 40 percent of the professional staff a female secretary general has yet to be elected and covered 19 has been a setback for women lockdowns have led to increases in domestic violence women leaving the workforce and disruptions to family planning services particularly in developing countries the united nations estimates 12000000 women lost access to

contraception resulting in 1400000 unplanned pregnancies the status of democracy also depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women. not only because the exclusion of women in decision making is a marker of a flawed democracy but because the participation of women strengthens democracy and that's true everywhere the new u.s. administration has promised to carry the flag for women at the un restoring funding for women sexual and reproductive health which was cut by the trumpet ministration sexual and reproductive health are so important in the in the part of the word where more and more my kind of mortality is. giving this gathering despite recent setbacks for women something to celebrate kristen salumi al-jazeera the united nations. tens of thousands of people have disappeared during a 15 year struggle between rival gangs in mexico and the government but until now

there's been no large scale search for the missing in the state where it all began on the home and reports from there michu i can state. 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 the someone might be under the floor and. the cement in there is newer than outside and it sounds hollow that's what people do when they bury someone 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 they're going

to somebody i've got a son who disappeared in tijuana 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 bully's been found. some you know you are going to well why do you sort of so great and then treat 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 you are 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 a. 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.