you know some aspects of our history and bases of interfet types of prejudice coming soon on al-jazeera. holding the phone to account as we examine the us its role in the war on al-jazeera. the european union is proposing a covert 19 digital green pass to ease travel restrictions within the block. of alamo haiti and this is al jazeera life from doha also coming up tens of thousands of vaccines arrive in the occupied west bank and gaza strip to speed up the lacking all 8. and elections are underway in the netherlands opinion polls show

prime minister marc rich's party could be on track to win. and life under martial law those going fear in myanmar china calls for the military to control the anti coup movements. the european union has proposed a coronavirus passport to help ease travel restrictions in the blog the digital green pass would provide proof travelers by the been vaccinated have recovered from the virus or have had a recent negative test the proposals include an option to a life people from outside the e.u. to enter if they have been vaccinated for the world health organizations warns against such schemes sizing unknown surrounds vaccine efficiency against infection . the certificate will make sure that the results are what shows the data and says

the minimum set of data are mutually recognized in every member state and 30 with this digital certificate we aim to help member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted man dominic kane as amber len he says the proposed coronavirus certificates is politically important to your readers. this whole plan controversial as it may be is one of the routes out of the pandemic that the european union situations believe is perhaps the right one which is to reassure people who've had the vaccine they will be able to move freely and those who fall into the other categories whether they've had the the virus recently have a high level and antibodies in their system therefore a degree of immunity or whether they've got negative p.c. are tests that the e.u. believes the institutions at least that this is the way out for many many countries

because that's because there are about it there are many e.u. countries who depend to a large extent on tourism so an influx of tourists who are able to show a digital green pass to show that they are not a threat from a covert perspective is something that those countries really want also remember that the e.u. has fundamental principles are based on freedom of movement something that from a political perspective is very much desirable over there are potentially teething problems with this the fact that the w.h.o. has indicated it doesn't believe this is necessarily the best way to go about fighting covert that that obviously doesn't help the e.u.'s position and insofar as this is concerned and there are those who make a different argument which is that there is a degree of personal sensitive information that goes into each person's entry persons digital passport digital green pass that perhaps is something that needs to

be borne in mind. another setback for the astra zeneca vaccine a new study shows it's less effective at protecting against the south african variants the early trial of who in 2000 participants found the jab is less than 60 percent effective at preventing mild to moderate infection but wiser data shows it can still help prevent severe illness and death from covert 19 even for high risk individuals the world health organization supports its use in all countries including those with new variants well south africa cancelled as well as of the astra zeneca shot back in february or after concerns about its effectiveness they've opted instead for the johnson and johnson single shot. will shove a muddy has been leading vaccine trials of novak's and astra zeneca in south africa he says the vaccine still has a vital role to play in preventing illness. it does spell the basic but and

that is it protects against a disease and it produces the best of people dying from carbon 19 including possibly rid the p. 1351 pm recently again that this was identified in south africa is circulating unfortunately we're just next in doesn't do it and the same will apply for many other 1st generation covered 1000 seems you said it's i'm likely to detect in a saying at the same never again and smiled at moderate and catch due to be 1351 ph and that there couldn't just be violence so many of the 1st generation covered $1000.00 that seems to have clearly been designed around just the right as a construct to shouldn't come too much as a surprise for us at c.n.n. and probably perhaps not so far that it seems that those were not to the same editor to get smart infection but for all of these covered $1000.00 vaccines expect them to perform reasonably well against it unfortunately despite the fact of the shows that were in fact in times of extreme confidence at the same time i think we

need to be caught at any time somewhat the way patients are now covered one thing that seems and particularly countries such as the coverage of that is sort of you guys are are dominating getting too hard unity with the 1st generation of code 1000 it seems in settings such as in south africa use and i'm realistic option in the near future so we really need to recalibrate our expectations or discovered one thing that seems and the focus really needs to be centered architecting savitt protecting people in developing so it isn't dying palestinian health officials say 60000 doses of coronavirus vaccines are on their way to the occupied west bank and gaza strip thank you frank she finds her own dusters anika being delivered that is part of a donor program organized by the cult how far can i say shouldn't be to eat for him has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the issue of vaccinations has been

a tough issue here in the palestinian territory because many people here do not trust the palestinian authority they've been saying that after the palestinian authority has received 12000 jobs in the past few months they have given some of them to officials and their families so there is a lot of when it comes to the transparency and integrity of rolling out those effects of nations and it's going to be a true test for the palestinian authority many officials and health officials have been telling us that the health system is overwhelmed we've been to one of the hospitals being covered 19 patients waiting and calling doors they wanted to get a room in some of these hotels some were even looking in other cities in the occupied west bank but they couldn't find a place so these $60000.00 jobs are going to be imported to relieve the overwhelmed house system let's not let's not forget that $24000.00 of those jobs are from us and the health minister has said that they're going to be putting them

in storage just until they get some sort of clearance and and it because there has been concerns about the side effects that they may cause in light of the general situation the lack of vaccinations. growing numbers of people infected with the bars the palestinian authority has. been resorting to lockdowns closures here and there and they're hoping that some of these vaccines are going to help alleviate the health system that is deteriorating. pregnant women vaccinated against school with 19 could pass along protection to their babies that's according to a new study conducted in israel research in february find antibodies were detected in all 20 women who were given both doses of the finest vaccine and their newborns trial will further assess how long the antibodies will last in the babies the study has yet to be peer refutes. yes homeland security secretary of the 100 my arcas

is facing a panel on capitol hill on the recent influx of migrants at the us mexico border it comes as president joe biden's administration struggles to a common state's the growing number of children crossing the border alone u.s. customs officials say they and kinds of 29000 people in february by nearly a 3rd on the previous month were president biden says his message to migrants is don't come here as a surge in the last 2 years and 19 and 20 there was a surge as well this one might be worse no it could be but here's the deal we're sending back people for 1st of all the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they're coming because you know i'm a nice guy and i want their strangeness yeah well here's the deal they're not do you have to say quite clearly don't come yes i can say quite clearly don't come and

what we're in the process of getting set up don't leave your town or city or community well alan fischer is following things for us on capitol hill allan what has me orcus been saying. well he's meant to cover a whole range of issues dealing with homeland security including the cyber threat domestic terrorism of course immigration but it's the situation at the border that is becoming at the most politicized insanity the one that is demanding most of his time and republicans are suggesting that because joe biden in this administration in the very adly days of the biden ministration overturned many of the trump immigration laws that has led to what they describe as a crisis in the border with many unaccompanied children showing up wanting to get into the country knew you remember that there was executive orders and also a few other measures taken by joe biden which stopped the building of the border wall which removed that remain in mexico program which meant asylum seekers had to remain in mexico while their cases were being had also blogged as many people

coming across the border because of the covert crisis know that the democrats are saying look the whole problem with what's going on the border was built by donald trump and the fact that he essentially dismantled the immigration system over the last 4 years alexander majorca is not going to say that that is a crisis the he said he doesn't want to get caught up in the winds and instead he's concentrating on easing the problem he pointed to the fact that the number of people have been turned away from the border there is new open borders despite what the republicans are saying but he admits the numbers are high when it comes to unaccompanied children and he said that that is perhaps going to be the highest figure for about 20 years and one other interesting point to make he said that on the question of domestic terrorism while many people are focused on the idea of external threats here in the united states he's aware of the problem there he called it actually the most lethal and persistent threat in the united states and he's diverting resources to that so while the border is taking up

a lot of time the very few questions being asked of it something he described as a persistent threat which is domestic terrorism here in the united states and elena's. they're a single cause for the influx at the border. but one republican congressman said and the cartels are aware that joe biden is going to be a lot more lax on immigration and so he said there are $2000000.00 people ready to move across the border but no one seems to know where he got that figure from he says he's got it from sources sadly the homeland security secretary was asked about that figure and he said he had not seen that number any we're told but as always in these situations there are a number of reasons why people come across the border there's instability in their own country they feel that the call with threat is much greater then there's more chance of getting better achievement here in the united states at there is economic questions from people coming across the border that are family reasons from coming across the border the republicans are saying essentially the democrats have said

open the doors come on in joe biden's going to give path to citizenship and so that is why so many people are coming across the puerto the democrats say look it's a much more complicated question and that what we are seeing though is how politicized this issue is and how this is going to be a continuing political issue all the way to the midterms and perhaps did i see it even the presidential election in 4 years time ok alan fischer that live from capitol hill thank you allan. still to come on al-jazeera we speak to one woman in the republic of congo sensor activist husband was abducted by government agents and she hasn't seen him since. some attacks from china north korea the u.s. secretaries of state and defense send a symbolic message this is to some. it's

time for the perfect. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again the weather set fair across japan and the cherry blossoms starting to come out nicely now it's going to stay fine and dry for the most part over the next day i would say well so weather will be a little further south and west was so shocked by this band of cloud this stationary weather front juicing rain across central parts of china to run over towards shanghai as we go on into with the state passed a fine a dry 18 celsius not too bad but have an 18 in seoul as well cools off a little as we go on into a friday for turkey but it warms up a touch in so i'm going to say some rain sleet and snow moving towards beijing hopefully that will help to clean the air here after a recent sandstorm heavy showers continue across central parts of china down towards a south is largely fine and dry not dry weather stretches down across much of in the china philippines not too bad over the next day or 2 but familiar malaysia and

also into indonesia you can expect to see the usual seasonal showers coming in from time to time want to see showers making the way towards flying through as we go on through thursday before much of south asia south there last 5 and settle there will be a few showers some of the wintry in nature around the foothills of the himalayas little westerly disturbance started to push his way out of afghanistan into northern parts of pakistan and india. sponsible qatar airways again a good thought out more in my chain is very much our culture has been very harmful to the economy and the lives of many people on challenging traditional attitudes how narrowing the gender gap is helping women in whom the card was keep poverty. level we're trying to break these barriers of machismo by giving women access to resources meet the women leading the way. women make change on al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera quite right on the top stories for you this hour european union has proposed a coronavirus passport to help ease travel restrictions within the block the digital green certificate would provide proof travelers why the been vaccinated recovered from the virus or have a recent negative test palestinian health officials say $63000.00 doses of corona virus vaccine are on their way to the occupied west bank and gaza strip they include shots manufactured by pfizer and astra zeneca provided by the un school fax program and the u.s.

homeland security secretary is facing a panel on capitol hill on the recent influx of migrants out the us mexico border president joe biden's administration is struggling to accommodates the number of children crossing the border alone. at least 8 people have been killed someone injured near the u.s. city of atlanta in 3 separate shootings targets in the song are those who say 6 of the women killed were of asian descent a male suspect has been arrested yes vice president come on harris reacted to the shootings calling it tragic the investigation is ongoing we don't yet know we're not yet clear about the motive but i do want to say to our engine american community that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged all people but knowing the increasing level of hate crime against our asian american brothers and sisters we also want to speak out in solidarity with

them and acknowledge that none of us should ever be silent in the face of any form of. well let's go live now to andy gallon here he's following the story for us from miami and the police have been holding a press conference on the shootings at what more have we learned. well actually quite a lot of cording to the investigators here who arrested robert young on chews day following that attack he has been telling investigators that this was not in fact a racially motivated attack it may have been an attack of a sexual nature we also know that he was caught so quickly because his parents saw pictures of him on social media that the police were putting out and also that he was potentially heading towards where i am here in the state of florida to plan attacks on very similar businesses so a lot more detail from that press conference we saw the mayor there and various

police officers including the chief of police but nonetheless this kind of attack in which 6 women of asian descent were killed is not quarreling fears among the asian american community in this country have seen a massive uptick in attacks on them over the past year since the pandemic started one civil rights groups saying over 3 and a half 1000 attacks on asian americans have been taking place and police forces across the country now promising those communities that they will step up their patrols in those areas nonetheless robert aaron young will appear in court on thursday he will be arraigned but at the moment he is saying this was not a racially motivated attack it was an attack of a different nature and the police in fact saying it may have visited those 3 parlors in previous times so the investigators are not ruling out that this may have been a racially motivated attack at this time and certainly his claim that it wasn't won't put the minds of many asian americans at rest you can think out here with all

the latest there from miami andy thank you. polls will close in a few hours time in the netherlands national election opinion polls suggest more present suggest prime minister mark britton the center right party is on track to win by a large margin last despite says entire cabinet resigning after a child care benefits scandal 2 months ago i was here its 1st major vote since the start of the pandemic a real test of the government's policy that sasha proctor is following the votes in the hague. a staggering 37 political parties are competing for 150 parliamentary seats in the dutch general election that has been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic voting has in fact been spread over 3 days to allow for social distancing people have been allowed to vote on bicycles and in calls here in the

northwestern town of all the people are voting in the local library and i think at this moment most important thing it's held the health situation where moderates are the prime minister and center right party leader is hoping for a 4th term in office despite the fact that he resigned along with his government in generally over a child benefits scandal number 2 has voted in the hague he looked relaxed and confident we'll never know what happened so that's a way to focus on well for right leader good villagers are also voted in the hague we all steam if the coronavirus pandemic and overshadowed his anti islam message we are in the middle of a pandemic so most people are for good reasons and i share that concerns about health care they're also concerned about the normal routine life you know not only the economy but also indeed. immigration well whoever wins this election they will have some tough challenges ahead they'll have to try and rapidly form

a coalition and help navigate the country out of the current virus pandemic and into economic recovery. soldiers in republic of congo or voting ahead of sunday's presidential election to help with security on voting day president dennis soon guess so who's been in power for more than 40 years is seeking a 4th term but as malcolm web reports from the capital bras of ill rights activists say anyone critical of the government is seen as a threat. gertrude in congress says she's so worried about her husband alex savannah that she can't sleep is a rights activist here in the congo republic she says he walked out of their home one morning last week and then disappeared neighbors told her men wearing plain clothes took him away she since learned he's been detained by congo's secret service ha. he is an elderly person he is unwell and i'm scared they can

torture him there i don't know the living conditions there he is already on well and that's what worries me the plain clothes men briefly brought back in handcuffs and searched his home says they found this jacket he bought it on a trip to paris and they suggested he was plotting an armed rebellion according to the neighbors when the banach came out of his gate there were men in plain clothes waiting for him parked in a car just here 2 of them tried to bundle him in the back he resisted so then 3 more joined in he was forced into the vehicle and drove off in that direction rise out $330.00 it's common for the government here to arrest and imprison anyone it sees as a threat to its grip on power president denise are suing queso has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he wants to carry on he's running for reelection in sunday's presidential polls rights activists say there's no possibility that the

democratic process. works is a banner. presell says he's documented dozens of cases of killings torture and disappearances he says abana was campaigning for democracy and for the release of political prisoners seeking for. what you have to understand is that we're in a dictatorship the arbitrary arrests the torture the restriction of civil space are typical of a dictatorship will the government take more political prisoners i don't know but the reality is this is a dictatorship. and the last election 5 years ago this man run for president is a former army general he was one of 2 opposition candidates who contested the results they were both accused of plotting to overthrow the government we asked the interior ministry about the activists complaint this activist in. the human rights

activists have always worked have any complaints been submitted on the eve of the presidential election is this all part of the game i cannot tell you anything because at the interior ministry we have never been contacted regarding supposed assaulting of mines by the police gertrude said she knows nothing of sudan as human rights work she just wants her husband to come home malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville congo republic the u.s. defense secretary wants to reinforce america's alliance with south korea in order to tackle what he described as unprecedented challenges posed by china and north korea where it also made the comments party and the u.s. secretary of state visited so it was all part of their tour of asia to firm up times with allies. the u.s. are ok alliance which has been steadfast for a 70 over 70 years remains are in play and it is the lynchpin of peace

security and prosperity for no of the sage in a free and open in the pacific region and across the world. but not by defense so with more. this visit to south korea is seen as a very important way for the u.s. to reset and restore relations with a traditional ally much as it did in japan also to some extent with the hope of repairing relations between japan and south korea which have been frayed in recent times lloyd austin the u.s. defense secretary spoke about the importance of the alliance with south korea at their 1st meeting with his counterpart wednesday saying that it was very important in countering what he called the unprecedented challenges posed by both north korea and china now it's the china part of that which is somewhat problematic here in south korea which has a far more complicated relationship with its mighty neighbor china it is much more

reliant on china in terms of trade it tries to avoid any head on clashes but once again we have this u.s. mission talking in terms of china as a potential adversary so for south korea they have tried to avoid any direct confrontation and in fact the defense minister for south korea in his remarks talking about the importance of the relationship with the u.s. in deterring north korea no mention of china at all what the south koreans and the u.s. can agree on is the cost sharing agreement the cost of hosting u.s. troops in south korea after months and even years of disagreement under the trumpet ministration donald trump demanding that south korea along with other allies pay far more for the hosting of u.s. troops so the fact that they have an agreement which will be signed on this trip is seen as the biden administration in some ways returning to traditional u.s.

values which is being a welcome tear and also traditional ways of dealing with its friends and allies. as more protesters had acts in the streets in myanmar china has for need it's called for the military to take action to protect. it's people and it's companies when the thirsty chinese back factories were torched when young going on sunday scott highclere reports. a mother grieving for her son a scene that is now becoming more frequent across me and my. 17 year old car my ahead a was one of 74 people killed on sunday the worst day of violence in the 6 weeks of protests the medical student was caught in the crackdown by security forces on the outskirts of young gone and we medical doctors initiated the civil disobedience movement from an early time now a life has been sacrificed so i'm sure we as the medical community will not step

back from the fight we will fight until the end and while security forces continue their crackdown the jump to also imposed martial law in 6 nearby townships of young gone. prompting thousands to flee the industrial zone and fly tell ya the location of chinese factories that were torched on sunday home to many migrant workers from across myanmar it's still unclear who started the fires. and our jobs are not ok and we're also not safe now my parents are worried and that's why we decided to leave today the situation is really bad i don't know how it's going to be. it's not just the violence that concerns human rights groups it's also that the military will have complete control of the 6 townships now under martial law including the courts if you're arrested you're going to be slammed into a kangaroo court run by the military for which there is no appeal of any guilty verdict and there's

a possible death sentence or other to coney and punishments like punishment through labor for an undetermined amount of time you know this is a court system run by one of the most abusive militaries in the world as kamiar hayes loved ones say their final goodbyes there's growing concern that the judge to might expand the zones of martial law in its effort to stifle protests scott either out to sea or. this is on to syria and these are the headlines the european union has proposed to coronavirus passports to help ease travel restrictions within the blank the digital green certificate would provide proof travelers by their being vaccinated for comfort from the virus or hands of recent negative tests this significant will make sure that the results are what shows that they don't.