you name what you did for images that lead to the letter to these guys and just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. brazil reports a record number of coded 19 deaths while chile struggles to contain the outbreak even with one of the world's fastest vaccination campaigns. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up like a war zone thousands of families from parts of me and ma to a state marshal nor imposed by the gentle. chants going to listen. to

nothing to teach you can only sing to you. which for me scarred but free after a traumatic escape from kid not as in nigeria but many families are still waiting for their missing children. since i was when you wrote i grew up in poverty will not get the plight of the poor how the child task on bill could affect the outcome of the dutch election. is a success story when it comes to getting people vaccinated against coronavirus about a 3rd of its population more than 5000000 people have had their 1st job but it's still in a code 9000 crisis that doesn't look like ending anytime soon latin america at its embassy in yemen reports now from santiago. a severe health crisis in the latin american country one might be least had expected when chilean is dying from. 19

every 15 minutes and critical care units are overflowing the doctor said they runs the i.c.u. at the clinic and takes us to see for ourselves that every bed is occupied even though the number of critical care units nearly doubled this week. people over 17 most of whom have already been vaccinated have almost disappeared from our emergency rooms now we have younger patients but some gravely ill. chile's 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 sight. that the hospital doctors and nurses concede they're exhausted 30 percent of staff are a 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 drops 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 dr gravity is one of many questions the

government's overall pandemic strategy lately. the strategy was not to suppress the pandemic but to contain it a delicate balance in which flexibility and easing restrictions that led to the thousands of patients despite the inoculation a bitter lesson for a country that thought it was out of the woods and a wakeup call for others who are counting on vaccines to be the magic cure you see in human al-jazeera. well it's also getting worse by the day in brazil it's reported another record number of fake tallaght is in a single day $2841.00 deaths in 24 hours it comes as the government's 4th health minister since the start of the pandemic prepares to take office he says he'll support the approach of president john bolton r o who's been opposed to strict lock downs and in france the prime minister says the country has entered a 3rd wave of the pandemic the 7 day average of new infections has risen above

25000 for the 1st time since late november it's putting an added strain on the hospital's president emanuel micron's hoping a bax nation drive will ease the pressure and prevent another lock down for health officials are pushing back against fears about one of the coronavirus vaccines as lead to suspension and 18 countries the european medicines agency says there's no indication the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots and it's firmly convinced its benefits outweigh any risks 17000000 people in the u.k. and europe alone at the job and fewer than 40 of them have shown signs of blood clots scientists warn the concerns could cause people to distrust vaccines. 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 events with this vaccine in clinical trials both the vaccinated people on the people who are thief the people who have shown small some very small numbers of plot talked

about months the number of throw and balika bends overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than the scene in the camera population. but once people are vaccinated they could need a passport to prove it the european commission is expected to propose a certificate on wednesday that would let fully integrated people move about freely within the block a digital green pos would provide proof that a person has had jobs the european medicines agency has approved only for vaccines saw signs of biotech astra zeneca modernity and johnson and johnson iceland was the 1st european country to issue that seem possible to its citizens and to recognize immunity certificates from other countries and china is rolling out a similar program for international travel one easily accessible through the messaging we chat beijing is also planning to make it easier for foreigners who've had the chinese made vaccine to enter the country or done this kid is from the

national association of airline passengers he says there needs to be a realistic approach to vaccines that if it's. one aspect that's not being looked at is that ok if you're going to have a vaccine passport and if you're going to be requiring passengers to be vaccinated against go with one of the approved back scenes what about the hundreds of other diseases that are out there. you could have the average passenger saying you know becoming more of what a pin cushion where you got to have a vaccine against this that you know something else something else you know maybe a dozen different diseases you might have to have a vaccine against some of which you may never heard of. maybe that's going to have to be the way things go but certainly i'm not looking at the looking forward to having to have a dozen different vaccines on my vaccine passport you know we're going to travel you know say from one state to the other in the united states or from one country events developed country in the united states to say the far east like japan or

perhaps to england or or even in the middle east if you've got people on an airliner who are separated by at least one seat. from the person from the next person were separated by at least an a row the chances of spreading that virus are going to be correspondingly reduced that's why we do not like the idea of the airlines saying ok it's back to normal you've got a socially distance in the terminal that we're going to pack you as tightly together within the plane as we can in order to make the money make our money no i think it's best if the airlines follow the same policies and procedures that we're forcing on other businesses and limit the number of people on the planes to 50 percent government on motorcycles attacked a group of civilians in the jack killing at least 58 people they were attacked while returning from a live stock market in bunny near the border with mommy the on group also destroyed nearby granary is 3 days of national mourning been declared for the victims. the

government in nigeria's state says it won't be giving in to ransom demands after 3 teachers were kidnapped from the primary school is the latest in a string of abductions from schools in northern nigeria on friday 39 college students were taken by armed men in the same state. reports now from catalina. except for security personnel and if you start at the forest research in mind though. it's largely empty and quiet. they usually bustle on campus is gone no classes no field work. the hostels where hundreds used to leave 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 trying to control myself. to tease to keep the note to myself.

which for me. we trying to escape. and the process of. i hit a window that got me enjoy our own here. big guys big one of the students i was the one trying to rescue. those leaving. 5 days after the attack the personal effects of the missing students are still being recovered that we want they were taken. security sources say 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 kilometers. 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 with 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. they'll have to give the children. and my hope is gone so we have. to fight. the family says the absence of the 2 girls is a bearable for everyone. stuck it is wanted for you to move does choose a normal life when you know their life you cannot see them. with 3 kidnappings and forty's the government here says it will not give in to kidnapper's demand for runs. and was based on principle very careful and logical evaluation of the consequences of their state negotiating with non-state actors or

even giving them money. that we could win instead decided to avoid completely what some parents of missing students want to hear at the moment but the government insists negotiating with hostage takers will only create a bigger problem. al-jazeera. time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back why the resignation of the un's top humanitarian worker has put a spotlight on who gets the top job. and it's not an election year but joe biden is going on a tour a swing states we'll tell you why stay with us. ally once again saying the heavy snow making its way away from the rockies through the

great plains easing over towards the eastern seaboard some heavy rain coming back in behind initially will see some wet weather down towards the southeastern corner this next system drags its way back across our consorts through alabama mississippi seeing some heavy downpours and west of weather easing over towards parts of georgia we will see some snow coming back in behind here for a time and then quite a spell of weather coming back in across the rockies towards the west coast but as we go on into were thursday that rain will gather some heavy downpours and storms coming through possibility of severe storms maybe the old tornado wrapped in that is the wetter weather grass he moves up towards the mid atlantic states up towards new york gradually fading across into new england a good part of kind of the fight in drought is a move out of the way it is in western parts of canada seeing some snow coming into base a through the pacific northwest of the u.s. we're looking at a fair bit of wet weather with get a fair bit of snow too over the cascades pushing towards the through the rockies here and that rain comes down to northern parts of california not too much right in

the forecast meanwhile across the caribbean it's lucky fine and dry you might just catch one of 2 showers for the east in the highlands. make a change. change your life for the parts of the country challenge the access to truth if you want to create something you push to break it continue to remold overturn the status quo and fight injustice found out all month the team rather than. the book is filled. with most personal documentaries like photo perception on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour there's growing alarm of the increasing number of coronavirus cases in chile despite one of the world's leading vaccine walnuts 5000000 people have had their 1st job but cases are rising by not the 5000 a day. and brazil has recorded more than 280900 deaths in 24 hours a record for a single day comes as the government's 4th health minister since the start of the condemning prepares to take office. and the government in nigeria's could do in a state says it won't be giving in to run some demands after 3 teachers were kidnapped from the promise school is the latest in a string of abductions for schools in northern nigeria. that was a crisis and minimal gets worse it's becoming difficult to be sure how many people have been killed join the military crackdown the u.n. puts it at 149 in just over 6 weeks at

a political prisoner group and says the tone is higher $193.00 martial nor has been imposed in many areas but protesters are defying restrictions on gathering on the streets. 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 it's only a we heard from a protester in young guns who we're not naming for his own safety he told us what he's been seeing including night time shootings soldiers are militarist they were

should people because they can buy a symbol of that so they were i think the last couple of days the worst was. a lot of frankly just there and the people living there are really 4 mostly internally displaced people and they're not. that there was the most brutal crackdown. so more than 50 people died. not a single again and more than 300 people come in to be used machine guns snipers. there were dead bodies all along. we will keep on children very it's like. if you have been getting more violent more and more violent protests goes on so we are well aware that we are putting our lives on the

knife the search is on for the next leader of the united nations vast humanitarian operations around the world the current u.n. relief chief mark lowcock plans to step down as soon as his successor is chosen while candidates from all member states can be considered the 5 permanent security council members tend to have the upper hand our diplomatic editor james bays has more on the un's humanitarian chief. has been generally praised by insiders for his hard work and his ability to make the case for some of the most disadvantaged people on earth they consequences in humanitarian terms would be catastrophic. his decision to resign vo puts the spotlight on how some top jobs at the u.n. are awarded miss the local is british security situation has been his predecessor was british it's absolutely horrific his predecessor was british we will have to

adapt to the situation and her predecessor it was british to negotiate it's the same with other jobs the current and last for heads of the peacekeeping department rule french the head of the u.n. political affairs office rosemarie de carlo is an american so were the 2 people who did the job before her. critics say the china and russia also have more than their fair share of senior positions the system clearly favors the 5 permanent members of the u.n. security council not only do they have a veto on issues of peace and security they seem to have some of the top jobs reserved for them david beasley is the head of the world food program he's from the u.s. as has been every holder of his job for nearly 30 years do you not think it should is time now for the best qualified candidates regardless of their nationality to get the job i think the u.n. has them as a magic crawl through all this cash before christ and it's really important that we

put the best of the best in these leadership positions no matter where they from around the world that no other major donors have a significant portion that they've sure that but at the same time i would like to think that every decision we're making terms of leadership is based on the most qualified and obviously those who put a lot of money that might in yes the profile but it definitely the final decision needs to be based on merit. when it comes to mr lowe coke's successor the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists will make a decision in the coming weeks it is perhaps worth noting that this year mr terrace is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in charge of the u.n. and that any of the 5 permanent members of the security council also have the power to block his reappointment james by al-jazeera the united nations

now the u.s. secretary of state and defense have just arrived in south korea they're in asia on their 1st foreign trip since the biden administration took office they started in japan where anthony blinken and lloyd austin joined forces with their japanese counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be a key issue once once they land in seoul the head of the trip young young warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region where rob mcbride joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so blinken and lloyd austin have just landed in south korea we just saw the pictures there they continue to shore up alliances across the region so what is south korea hoping to get from the americans. this leg of the mission in south korea is likely to be dominated of course by north korea blinken and austin will be having talks with their south korean counterparts in seoul wednesday going through tomorrow into a joint session and then

a communique in which north korea is likely to feature obviously very prominently and then press conferences afterwards all of this trip of course is likely to help that by administration formulate its strategy towards north korea we know that that's what they are doing at the moment and waiting to see what kind of policy they come up with it is likely to be some kind of return to this old policy of strategic patience basically united states and its allies trying to constrain north korea as far as the south koreans are concerned they would like to see something far more proactive a possibly breathing life back into high level dialogue between north and south maybe that then leads to a resumption of talks between north korea and the united states the current president here moving jay and he has just over a year to run in time in office he is of course the person who instigated 3 years ago this remarkable period of summits diplomacy to get us away from the talk of

fire and fury he would very much like it is year left in office to try to get a resumption of that to try to get high level talks again with the north koreans but the north koreans are only going to want to talk it seems as if they're if somebody brings to the table some kind of relief from sanctions and in order for that to happen of course there has to be the consent of the united states we have not seen any indication so far that the united states are likely to agree to that this administration it may well be a change of administrations but the united states seems to be sticking as the trumpet ministration the a bomb or administration before them to this. policy of ultimate pressure through sanctions so it seems as though there is not likely to be any kind of relief from that the united states ward as they have done in japan and also like to see a possibly strong words against china but as far as the south koreans are concerned

that is problematic their relations with china are far more complicated they rely upon china far more on trade so we are not likely to see strong words at least from south korea against china or right or wrong mcbride live in the south korean capital seoul rob thank you u.s. president joe biden has hit the road to promote his 1.9 trillion dollars covert relief bill promising more support was a big part of his election campaign but not everyone is clear on what they're now entitled to as our white house correspondent kimberly halkett reports from delaware county. like so many u.s. towns the covert pandemic has brought businesses in delaware county pennsylvania economic uncertainty and even collapse a lot of all small businesses are interdependent of each other so as one business sales we all feel that michael gibbons has been running a small automotive repair shop in delaware county that employs 7 people last year

the government stimulus helped keep his business running. but he's less certain about president joe biden's promise of new age and what it means for him there's a lot of questions that americans need answers to you look at some of these big stimulus bills and there's a lot of what you'd call pork in them that's exactly why biden visited this floor in business in delaware county to highlight the benefits of his 1.9 trillion dollar american rescue plan that last week he signed into law more than what the plan includes $1400.00 checks for individuals and help for small businesses bided staking his presidency on his relief package to stop america's jobs crisis it's also intended to repair local government finances and address issues of poverty and inequality. and people are getting a check for. why it's the biggest enhanced one of america's social safety

net in decades being rolled out like a nation at war in addition to biden vice president comma harris her husband doug m. hoffa and 1st lady dr jill biden are crisscrossing the united states to promote the rescue plans benefits it's a big gamble the by the administration is hoping to create an explosion of economic activity without triggering inflation on main streets just like this one all across the united states but business owners like michael gibbs. ins are skeptical of the plan and whether all that money will go to those that really need it and there's a lot of americans out there that for whatever reason have a general mistrust of government and so yes joe biden has a lot of work in front of them to kind of bridge those gaps and get this country back on line national polls show the american rescue plan is popular but biden's not taking it for granted his administration knows it needs to deliver relief to

america's main street quickly in order for it to be a success. can really help get al-jazeera delaware county pennsylvania now the polls out here to open in the netherlands in about 3 hours time in the 1st major election in europe since the start of the coronavirus pandemic opinion polls suggest the center right party of the dutch prime minister will win by a landslide that's despite his entire cabinet resigning 2 months ago step back and has more now from. as the madness 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 who 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 that sasha 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 to curtains and were too embarrassed to go outside. prime minister was confronted by one of the victims during a recent gallup buys the bait. i will read responsible for this because he is the one in charge he keeps saying it is awful but i don't

feel he means it. and the other victims don't understand why you chose to run again i explained to her that at the same time i had to ask myself the question what did it mean for my rerunning again to become a party and them hopefully this would give me. many things which have been very successful out of the people in their lives have lost trust in politics because how do you gain the trust back. by working very much. or you buy goods of year old boden audience has been struggling through to cope 19 pandemic. people in times of crisis are going to vote for the leader they know market seen as a crisis manager but also a leader tainted by serious scandals a recent survey shows that even without a covert than damage 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 mark

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 france and al-jazeera sandown. top stories here on al-jazeera there's growing alarm of an increasing number of coronavirus faces in chile despite one of the world's leading that scene rolled out 5000000 people have had their 1st job but a rise monarch bridge of 5000 a day a lot of america editor reports from santiago. certainly the vaccination campaign has been on.