inside the fin alone at college town part one of the coupon investigation people in power on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the globe so much i take it will break the news in current affairs that matter to you. face to face but not seeing eye to eye the biden administration holds its 1st high level talks with china. watching officer ally from a headquarters in doha and also coming up germany and france are among several european nations to resume using astra zeneca as quoted $1000.00 vaccine after regulators concluded its safe. shell

a expands it's locked down to cover half of its population as covert cases spike and hospital capacity is stretched to the limit it's. no relief in sight lebanon's economic crisis gets worse pushing more people into poverty. hello thanks for joining us china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs as the top diplomats of the world's 2 largest economies all talks in alaska the chinese foreign minister wang he also said it's time to repair u.s. china relations which is at an all time low it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 superpowers under president joe biden's administration and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says they will discuss a wide range of human rights issues including taiwan hong kong and the crackdown on weaker muslims engine jang it cures is china of threatening the international order

. hard ministration is committed to leading with diplomacy to advance the interests of the united states and to strengthen the rules based international order that system is not an abstraction it helps countries resolve differences peacefully a coordinate multilateral efforts effectively and participate in global commerce with the assurance that everyone is following the same rules the alternative to a rules based order is a world in which might makes right and winner take all and that would be a far more violent and unstable world for all of us what your. religion over the past several years china's the gym it rights and interests have come under outright suppression plunging china and the us relations into a period of unprecedented difficulty and china urges the us to fully abandon head to monic practices of willfully interfering with china's internal affairs this is

been a longstanding issue and it should be changed it's time for it to change our diplomatic editor james bezan ankara's he says it's unclear whether the latest talks will improve or further strain u.s. china relations. is this a frank exchange of views or is this the beginning of an even worse spat between the u.s. and china that's not clear that'll depend what's going on now behind closed doors but there were very tough words you heard there from the secretary of state of the u.s. criticism of china and criticism of what china describes as its own internal affairs then the chinese side hit back saying there are different forms of democracy the u.s. has a form of democracy china has its own form of democracy they also made the case that the u.s. cannot lecture anyone on human rights they refer to the u.s. policy in recent decades of regime change they said that when china gets criticized

for human rights what about human rights here in the united states where they say african-americans are being slaughtered by the chinese also said you don't welcome guests because of course chinese the chinese delegation is a guest of the u.s. here in alaska by introducing sanctions and that's because the u.s. sanctioned 24 u.s. and hong kong officials in recent days because of the crackdown on democracy in hong kong very hostile words from the 2 sides the chinese spoke for so long that the u.s. are asked to speak for a 2nd time not what we were expecting but maybe this is just clearing the air ahead of these discussions the idea of this meeting is to try and create parameters for a new relationship where china and the u.s. can agree to disagree on some things but can actually work closer together and improve relations overall compared with the period of the trunk of ministration let's bring in katrina now you she's joining us from beijing so how is this meeting

being seen and china. well despite the hostilities china very much wanted to sit down with the u.s. we have to remember that during the much of the end of the trump administration we didn't have any of these high level meetings i was nor been channel of communication so this is something that chinese officials have been wanting for some time and the language that we have been hearing in the lead up to this meeting is that china wants to reset ties it wants to chart a new path under the biden administration but at the same time as we've seen china wants to come from a position of strength it's very determined to be seen as the u.s. is equal and not subordinate and so we've seen this very strong and hostile language as james said when these 2 sides have exchanged the early remarks at the meeting that being said china does want this to be a productive meeting we've had reports that there are some requests that beijing

hopes to make out of this particularly that the biden administration consider rolling back some of the some of the policies that the trump administration put in place in over the past year that includes visa restrictions on chinese students potentially the talking about reopening the consulate in texas and also working together on areas such as climate change and economic recovery there have also been reports that china wants to push for a virtual summit between president biden and president xi jinping as well but at the same time china has made clear again and again as we've heard earlier from those initial comments in alaska that there are some issues that china really has sees no opportunity to compromise those are issues that china considers its issues relating to its sovereignty issues relating to its security what it considers core interest issues and there is concern taiwan shin john and hong kong so it is really difficult to see where that will label both sides will be able to overlook these

disagreements and find common ground as was the goal from beijing ok katrina you thank you so much for that update from beijing. several european countries including germany and france are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations after the continent's top medical regulators said the doses are safe and effective european medicines agency believes the benefits of receiving the job far outweigh the potential risks of blood clots from berlin dominic kane reports. for much of this week this vaccine has been the focus of attention feted by many as a main weapon against coated but feared by others for what they thought might be a dangerous side effect now the e.u.'s medical regulator has given its verdict the committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion this is a safe and effective vaccine its benefits in protecting people from covert 19 with the associated risks of death and hospitalized patients outweigh the possible risks

around 7000000 doses of the vaccine have already been administered across the e.u. with many more lying unused on shelves in vaccination centers the clear effect of the temporary suspension in its use in germany some in the medical profession believe the greater risk lies in not using the astra zeneca product this is. not an easy this is necessary time is running out we have to get the vials and we have all the infrastructure for it behind us we have a huge vaccination center we could vaccinate not just 1300 people in a day but many more if we had to we are ready that was that one problem is the public lack of confidence some in germany feel about astra zeneca as a product some surveys suggest barely more than half the population here would be happy to receive it a stark contrast to the way the vaccine has been received in the u.k. where its uptake has been much greater one medical analyst told me when it comes to

health matters germans don't like to take risks. like we germans are we want no risk and there is not such thing like a no risk maybe you relational things different in this respect and that might be the reason for this. reason. here in the german capital ministers of announced a rapid resumption of astra zeneca vaccination on friday perhaps hoping to counter a growing public belief they've just been acting too slowly during the pandemic confidence in the government is also down with just 6 months to a general election dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. the u.s. says it's finalizing plans to low and millions of doses of it stockpiled astra zeneca vaccines to other countries 2 and a half 1000000 jobs will go to mexico and another one and a half 1000000 will be sent to canada tens of millions of doses of the vaccines are

sitting unused in american warehouses as the jobs have not been authorized for emergency use there the stockpiling has sparked an international outcry in the us president joe biden says vaccinations of the adult population are running ahead of schedule and that nearly 2 thirds of seniors have already received at least one shot and i'm proud to announce that tomorrow 58 days into our administration we will have met my goal of ministry 100000000 shots to our fellow americans 8 weeks ago only 8 percent of seniors those most vulnerable to 90 had received a vaccination today 65 percent of people age 65 or older have received at least one shot and 36 percent are fully vaccinated a rapid surge in corona virus infections is forcing chile to put half of its

population into an indefinite lockdown more than 6000 new cases were recorded in its latest daily report deaths have reached their highest number since june and it's all happening despite a quarter of the population having received at least one dose of the vaccine or life in america editor the same woman has more from santiago. by saturday 98 percent of the population will be under lockdown at least for the weekend although that number half of the country will be under a permanent lockdown that is not just for the weekend but for nobody knows how long weeks months the government could say right now as much as one out of every 3 chileans is already under lockdown that went into effect today but the government realized it wasn't enough and so announced additional confinement measures which as i say will go into effect over the weekend you know people are obviously in this

country suffering from pandemic fatigue this isn't the 1st time that lock downs have been declared the government is trying to appeal to them to be responsible to be patient and just in case they're not to there are thousands of soldiers out on the streets in different counties where these law found have been ordered that are making sure that people go home and are only allowing people with permits to be out on the streets or in their cars and that means that basically you are allowed to leave your house twice in a week to buy groceries or to go to the pharmacy or to a medical appointment in fact the only exception is to go and get to a vaccination. still ahead on al-jazeera the deadly shootings in atlanta have exposed fear in the american community as police struggle to establish the alleged killers notes. we'll look at who's been celebrating some big gains in the dr letson as mark writes begins talks to form a coalition government. it's

time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again know whether i'm a sloshy set for japan make the most of it because we do have some unsettled weather on the way as we go on through the weekend high pressure in the process of getting squeezed out of the way at present central areas of china saying a band of clouds and rain some towards the northeast where we're seeing the change coming through and that's going to just make its way further east which is we go through friday 13 celsius in beijing that'll clear the air we're seeing the recent dust and sand storms blowing out of the gobi desert the korean peninsula fine in try friday a lovely day there in japan but as we go on into saturday that system makes its way across the yellow sea erhart across the korean peninsula snow into north korea into

the fall of the east of china heavy rain there into southern parts of japan that will make its way across q shoot into honshu and that's something to watch out for during the 2nd half of the weekend weather will go downhill follow that cloud and right to central and southern parts of china it does stay just up here but gresham's say some showers pushing down across india china but for friday is generally fine and dry the usual rash of showers through much of southeast asia showers to coming into sri lanka over the next day or so but for much of india much of pakistan is fine dry and sunny. spoke to paul qatar airways. mixing the traditional with the mountain what he knew what to expect ignoring cars divides the only thing which united their force the music great music blaring through the speakers wielding the power of music to turn up the volume on india's social injustices when i saw the performance i was like wow and

shake things out we went on status of the board of status of the us witness causeless collective on al-jazeera. coming down the top stories on al-jazeera this hour china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs as top diplomats of the world's 2 largest economies hold talks in alaska it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 global powers under u.s. president joe biden's administration several european countries including germany and france are resuming astra zeneca vaccinations after the continent's top medical regulators at the doses are safe and effective european medicines agency believes

the benefits of receiving the job far outweigh the potential risks of blood clots. or rapid surging coronavirus infections is forcing chile to put profits population into lockdown more than 6000 new cases were recorded in its latest daily report all deaths have reached their highest number since june. italy's prime minister mario druggy has attended a ceremony in lombardy a region that became europe's covert 1000 hot spot one year ago more than 100000 people have died across the country over the last year and that number looks set to rise as the country pairs for another wave of infections andrew symonds reports. dignity one year off to the chaos and deficit consumed the long body region to be the 1st european country to be hit by covert. italy's prime minister mario draghi having imposed a new lockdown is only too aware of the threat posed by another wave of the virus

for now though he pays homage to 3500 lives lost in this region and nationwide the total dead of more than 100000. and. this is a day for sadness but also full of hope and i want everyone to feel close through the sadness and hope the images emerging from this region exactly a year ago were viewed with disbelief all over the world convoys of military trucks filled with coffins. the sounds. and the silence such emptiness. yet a void filled with daily outbursts of support for medical staff. and looking back to the time his church was filled with coffees this priest reflects the even.

and that's one of the only people really are people similar for the young to visit own become an area where nothing could be done any more was a year ago time stopped. in the hospitals overwhelmed to breaking point a year ago the staff talk of a new confidence medical directors say they have more control despite another wave of infections all our. life changes. that you pay for but coastal communities what you need to think of priority i think found times through. we don't have markets fell 50 m. back really we have more capacity than we think we have. but similar scenes to this will continue with the rollout of vaccines having a long way to go not just here but all over the world andrew simmons al-jazeera.

lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades is pushing people deeper into poverty the minimum wage has now reached less than $15.00 a month. reports from beirut's there's no solution in sight when squabbling politicians failing to form a new government. levanon is crumbling much of the middle class is now poor forced to rely on food handouts from charities the economy's collapse began in late 2019 the local currency lost 90 percent of its value since then 20 percent in recent weeks conditions worse than this politicians refused to work together to form a new government that will implement reforms to stop the financial meltdown i was. i can't support my family any longer i mean a minimum wage $50.00 but due to the economic crisis they slashed my salary and hard look what they did to us going to help us survive what is to come. prices of

essential goods like bread and fuel have been rising in a country that imports almost everything officials warn of further scaling back on subsidies on some food items as the central bank runs low on foreign currency reserves. even before they lift subsidies everything was a ready too expensive the worst is yet to come the situation is getting worse by the day i am an informal work and earn $3.00 a day how can i afford to live. people have returned to the streets as salaries lose purchasing power the minimum wage is now less than $50.00 a month. at home or not as a 3 don't please we are begging you look at us and our situation where starving we are dying even those who have money can't access their savings because of banking controls more than half of the population of 6000000 people are poor. the crisis

has affected the stability come under say there is low morale among so. soldiers and security personnel the salaries are now nearly worthless crime is on the rise electricity cuts last 12 hours a day and if money is not found to enforce your levanon could be plunged into total darkness by the end of the month for more than a year people have been demanding the removal of what they call a corrupt leadership that has governed for decades but politicians won't relinquish power and their ties to iran and saudi arabia in tackles lebanon in a geopolitical struggle. saudi arabia want to assist lebanon financially if hezbollah is represented in the government all while the iranian us struggle continues as well as discussion over syria's fate and has influence in lebanon it appears hezbollah has an interest in the total collapse of the state since it wants to impose a new power sharing agreement it's a battle for power that could take hard to resolve type lebanon and its people

don't have that occurred there beirut. police are trying to work out what motivated a man to shoot 8 women in the u.s. state of georgia on tuesday 6 of them were of asian descent stoking fears the murders were racially motivated the ilads and shooter 21 year old robert aaron young says his actions were driven by sex addiction not race and a gallagher reports outside the gold star in atlanta flowers candles and signs of support following a deadly series of shootings that left 8 dead among them 6 women of asian descent trauma from the attacks on 3 separate policies especially frightening given the race of the majority of the victims it's saddening i mean this this whole past year and a half just with everything that's happened in this country from black lives to all this stuff happening to people it's just very sad and it needs to stop. ok you have a description of him that you think you know. where i cut in newly released phone

calls to police it's clear how terrifying the attacks on choose day were 21 year old robert hourlong has been charged with 8 counts of murder as well as i grieve 8 assault long lives in a quiet community of woodstock georgia about 50 kilometers from atlanta friends say he was devoutly religious but long reportedly told investigators his attack was motivated by a sex addiction not race but can't say that he specifically targeted those individuals. but you know what i will say is that he did frequent as a question keeps coming up that he did frequent those 2 locations and with that element president joe biden has ordered flags across the nation to be lowered to honor the victims on friday he'll be in atlanta on a pre-planned trip will meet asian american community leaders investigators say it's too soon to say what the shooter's motivation was but long could be charged

with a hate crime until last year georgia was one of the few states without hate crime legislation now anyone found to have committed the crime based on gender race or religion faces additional punishments the new laws were passed following the killing of a mod allbery a black man shot and killed by 2 white men it focuses on whether bias played a role in any crime in the state of the defining moment and this is a great day in the history of our stage of state of georgia we will never. tolerate hate in our state. for now investigators say they're not ruling out the role race or gender played in the tragedy that left many in the asian american community. and gallica al-jazeera. california has been bay area has seen an increase in attacks on elderly asian americans in the latest incident this 76 year old woman fought off an unprovoked assault on a street in downtown san francisco her alleged assailant is that woman right there

seen on a stretcher and she's been arrested armed gunmen in mexico have killed at least 13 policeman in what's been described as the worst attack on officers in recent years it happened in china to peck in central mexico on thursday its security minister says the convoy was ambushed by a gang whilst out patrolling. demonstrators including police officers have stormed several police stations in haiti's capital they freed 4 officers who've been arrested over an alleged last month or so reports. a common sight in haiti's capital port au prince. protesters angry at the political economic and health crisis gripping the nation. while roadblocks and other disruptions have been an almost daily occurrence this year the sights of uniformed police joining the demonstrations is more recent 5 months to hide their identities

they stormed several police stations on wednesday setting one of them on fire and releasing full colleagues from police cells they'd been accused of an alleged coup attempt against presidential been and always last month a claim they do know. 'd that the kind of we've been suffering for a long time we took our destiny and we're telling the haitian people that they are free today or never yet that's why we support the release of the police detained we're also here to tell the president he has to admit that he can no longer run this country according to the article $134.00 to his mandate is finished. the police officers belong to a group they formed called fountain 5 a noise that called on the resignation of the national police general they're also demanding the release of the bodies of 5 officers killed in a botched raid on a new terrorist gang a week ago. we're blocking the roads we're dropping our weapons and we're not going

to work at the police stations so we send a clear message to the director of police and the prime minister to go and get the bodies of the killed offices. haiti is the poorest country in the americas gang kidnappings rapes and murders all rule on the rise and unrest has been growing. mistrust because we cannot live in a society works violence is wreaking havoc and they are using this violence as a method against us. critics say the government does not provide the police with enough resources to tackle gang crime the opposition coalition democratic and populist sector is accused present noise of colluding with. a powerful gang alliance formed last year by a former police officer to keep certain areas of the capital under control and i q zation the president annoys some wednesday a state of emergency was declared for one month in some areas of port au prince. well the dutch prime minister mark wrote as and discusses to form

a coalition government after claiming an overwhelming victory in the election stuff also reports a leg. this is how the farmers party made its entrance to the dutch house of parliament it's one of 17 parties elected the largest number since 1980 this shows how the already fragmented political landscape has become even more divided in the campaign we said we will take the rural areas to the hague and like this is the symbol for the rural areas with the hard working farmers all 17 party leaders now have to negotiate to form a new government but with the governing center right party of prime minister marker to clearly winning not many expect the new coalition to be much different than the previous one but of course the main issue of a short table for the next 2 years is how to rebuild the country going forward after. the was and this woman will have

a much bigger same distance from around former u.n. diplomat surprisingly managed to make her pro european party the 2nd largest in parliament well to get older and for novel is dealt what i have always believed in is now confirmed is that dutch people and not extremists but moderate people appreciate positivity they count on their own strength and always respect others all. while god is named as a possible 1st female prime minister in the future analysts say it won't be easy to remove from office. pretty himself jokes about a possible 24th little cabinet out a possible successor will have to chase him out of his office with force he won't leave easily and not a winner from the 1st election held during the pandemic is the far right anti immigration party forum for democracy at $18.00 seats and power. so really complaining against covert 19 lockdown it's. really

a normal. was in english why do you think that every part of the government because none of the leading parties want to go in with well that's what they said before the elections but it's a tradition in western countries that everything the established parties promised before the elections is discarded after the elections 4 years ago it took 225 days to form a new government but in the middle of a global pandemic most agreed that politicians should set aside their differences and form a new government as soon as possible step fastened al-jazeera the hague. well again the headlines on al-jazeera china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs as top diplomats of the world's 2 largest economies hold talks in alaska it's the 1st high level meeting between the 2 superpowers and the u.s. president joe biden said many.