now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthier world. but it's really. the in. the in the in. the in. american and chinese diplomats wrapped up high level talks with the u.s. secretary of state saying the superpowers are fundamentally at odds over a number of issues. alone barbara sorry this is al jazeera live from london also coming up some european countries resume use of the astra zeneca vaccine the french prime minister gets a shot to restore public confidence brazilian president hateable savannah meanwhile

asks the supreme court to reverse a lockdown that measures despite infection numbers and reaching record highs in some us who was son is sworn in as tanzania as the 1st female president after the death of john mcafee. talks between the world's 2 superpowers have now wrapped up and the negotiations have been anything but easy the summit between the u.s. and china had already got off to a fiery start with both sides accusing the other of human rights violations and bending countries to their will the chinese delegation found the talks in alaska candid constructive and helpful that's what they told state media but u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says the 2 sides were fundamentally at odds over a number of topics lincoln says he raised several foreign policy issues including

taiwan hong kong and china's crackdown on weaker muslims our diplomatic editor james bases in anchorage with more on both the legations closing statements. what we saw at the start of this meeting was a very rare public and long exchange of views and very different views they were the meeting though ended with much more moderate comments from both sides who said this was a constructive meeting the u.s. secretary of state and the blinken though made it clear there were still very big differences we certainly know and knew going in that there are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds including our transactions and john with regard to the work to hong kong tibet are increasingly taiwan as well as actions that it's taking in in cyberspace. and. it's no surprise that

when we raise those issues clearly and directly we got a defensive response secretary blinken also made it clear though that there were issues where the 2 countries interests us he put it intersected those included at the climate crisis north korea afghanistan and the iran nuclear deal the chinese spoke to 2 chinese media they said these were candid can structed and helpful meetings but one year who's the state counselor and foreign minister added that you the u.s. should not underestimate china's commitment to defend itself or n.t. . just the day after european regulators said it was safe to use finland has stopped the use of the astra zeneca vaccine it comes after 2 cases of blood clots but

elsewhere prime minister is have been making their way to vaccination clinics trying to show just how safe the jab we've barker has more now from london. out of story. and into people's arms the french prime minister was amongst those receiving the oxford astra zeneca vaccine on friday in an effort to restore national confidence in its use although the french helpful only recommending it for people aged 55 and over. from the beginning i always thought that the vaccine was safe so maybe the people are in a panic but there are always side effects. germany and italy have also restarted their rollout of the oxford vaccine the netherlands and portugal will follow next week so too will spain although certain groups will be excluded so he didn't and denmark said they needed a few more days to decide but germany's health minister will not back seems alone

won't be enough to prevent a 3rd wave of the virus many e.u. countries are extending restrictions or introducing new ones germany says it's currently in talks with russia to secure supplies of its sputnik vaccine pending its approval by the e.u. starting fights. the rise in case numbers may mean that we cannot take care of our opening steps in the weeks to come on the country we may even have to take steps backwards in from 16 regions along with paris to going into a month long lockdown from this evening schools will remain open but non-essential shops will close and travel will be restricted in the french capital more people are in intensive care now than joining the 2nd wave in november new covert variants of force president to manual mccrum to change his strategy to virulent strain 1st found in the u.k. now accounts for 75 percent of french cases also getting his vaccine on friday the british prime minister boris johnson the oxford astra zeneca jab naturally more

than $25000000.00 britons have had at least one dose of a vaccine so far in hospitals doctors surgeries and special vaccine hubs like this one the government says it's on target to give every adult in the country at least one dose by the end of july last despite a $4000000.00 doses short for from a factory in india it is an enviable progress and the european union knows it. with the oxford astra zeneca jump reapproved the e.u. must move quickly to make up for lost time the. london brazil's president is taking several of his country states to court in a bid to overturn lockdown restrictions he says state governors don't have the authority to impose new rules even as infection rates hit record highs more than 90000 new cases were registered on friday along with nearly 3000 deaths president

also not all says he wants people to have freedom but health leaders say the hospital system is collapsing in some areas money. and describes how hospitals are coping with the high level of admissions well what we've been seeing is that the hospitals are getting overcrowded but not just in rio are just not just here or is even better than in a better place than some the thing is it's across the country so it's from the north to the south in the richest states in the poorest states everywhere and not only that in 18 states now they're afraid that they'll run out of sedation medication for intubation in intensive care units and so they're very worried about everything there are no beds they're not enough doctors nurses now there's maybe not enough medicine so that is why also a recent poll showed that 8 out of 10 brazilians believe that the pandemic is out

of control. india meanwhile has recorded almost 40000 new coronavirus cases its largest daily increase in more than 3 months the western state of maharashtra where hospitals are at risk of being overwhelmed was largely behind the spike accounting for 65 percent of new infections after a record to jump fresh restrictions have been imposed there and in other parts of india to try to limit the spread of covert 19 doctors say the rise is because people are not following the rules up a new guinea is closing schools banning mass gatherings and making masks mandatory is part of what the government is calling aggressive interventions after coronavirus infections reached record highs there this week neighboring new zealand and australia have pledged to help here's alexie o'brien. a new temporary hospital ward for papa new guinea's capital port moresby the city seen

a spike in corona virus cases in recent weeks even some health workers warning of what they call a covert tornado heading towards the country's fragile medical facilities there are only 2 public hospitals in the capital one is shut down the other is said to have 70 percent of its staff would call isolating that hospital's chief executive told local media he thought they were prepared until the most recent surge what we are concerned about is just how. the emergency department in the hospital. had to crazy or not ward patients in addition. they managed to get apartments or tokens just for private patients and it is very difficult. that is our actions. the island nation managed to miss the worst of the pandemic last year but hundreds of new cases have been reported in recent weeks it's forced the

government to take action announcing that for next week schools will close mosque where it will be enforced and mess gatherings will be banned. gatherings like this one just last friday a state funeral for former prime minister michael somare a man often called the father of papa new guinea. somehow they expect say they watched these scenes and hora describing it as a super spreader event with potential for disaster the escalating outbreak seen powerful new guinea's neighbors chip in new zealand says it will send more protective equipment to the frontline health workers while a strain is pledging 8000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and calling for the european union to step up as well. it's not right. for the bates countries in europe to deny the supply of vaccines to developing countries who need it desperately want. to do our bit. as we are and and for the product

so i won't be out of pocket but i will be helping a country that is a desperate need of receiving. with only 55000 tastes conducted out of a population of almost 9000000 it's the what the true rates of infection a much higher those on the ground say a rapid response is needed before the outbreak gets out of control and exuberant al-jazeera. the scientists behind the 1st widely used corona virus vaccine have received the germany's highest honor to achieve who founded by own take with her husband the chief executive who. were presented with the order of merit by angola markel the couple told dignitaries that europe must join forces again during a 3rd wave of covert 19 also vowed the company would make sure that everyone who wants a vaccine on the continent can get it by the end of summer by young takes vaccine was approved in the u.k.

for use in the center followed a week later by the united states the mccain sat down with my own take chief executive weaker saw him in berlin to discuss the honor and began with how the vaccine was developed. it was a great risk from the village beginning so we knew that we have the technology and they have to competence to develop a vaccine but we knew only a little about the stylus and we even did not know. where the vaccine will work at all we did not know that i.v. verby in time developing maxine but the felt that that if if someone is able to make a vaccine than then it could be us and it was very clear that we don't have time time to spend because the shot a spec seen development before in the history of medicine was about 5. development time and when you would that 5 years were not we need

a vaccine in it is an honor for our team it is an honor for for science for the scientific community we should not forget that our is based on on the verge of other scientists so if i if i put everything to get out what was important to achieve that then then i would say at least 5000 different scientists amount of earth had contributed that by doing science in the past by solving problems by developing technologies and we benefited that and deford this is a victory of science and it shows that in such a dramatic situation where men can't really neat solutions that science can bring the solutions. tanzania has its 1st female president some years who has son has appealed for the country to unite and move forward after the death of her

predecessor john mcgrath but she's taking over from one of africa's most notorious kovac 1906 who for a long time denied that corona virus was even a problem in the country many are waiting to see if has son will now push for the government to finally open tain vaccines catherine soy has more. who hasn't tanzania's fast female president and a native of the semi autonomous region of zanzibar was solemn as she made her 1st speech as leader she said the circumstances around has swearing in leave little to celebrate. it is time to. show each other love a unity meant an op is a humanity and patriotism and fans are now values president salue who is not new to tanzania's politics but the late president john mccain fully surprised many when he chose her as his running mate in 2015 she remains loyal to him but some in the

country say her leadership style is different where you could appear impulsive and combative she is believed to be more thoughtful and likely to listen to advice many are hopeful she'll continue with model foolish development and social projects and his 0 tolerance for corruption but also change where he fell behind i hope to see more independent. i hope to see us that we have who will go back to the foundations of hope party. because that is predictable and what we need at the moment in tanzania is a predictability. inherits a country that has been on the mend economically analysts say she faces a difficult task of restoring democracy in peoples' rights which the late president was accused of eroding she also needs to gain the confidence of tanzania and many are watching to see if she'll change the strategy of how the government has been handling the coronavirus pandemic last year controversially declared the disease

had been eliminated his government refused to put in place proper protective measures and has rejected a global vaccination rollout for now though the focus is the burial of john mark foley a man who leaves behind a checkered and divisive legacy he'll be buried next thursday in chattel his rural home in northwestern tanzania katherine sawyer are to 0. still to come here on al-jazeera had judge refuses to delay the trial over the killing of george lloyd a black man whose that sparked a summer of racial justice protests and guineas battle to convince people that the ebola vaccine is safe as the country fights. break from spreading.

it has been awful weather wise inland in new south wales overcast and wet for it seems weeks probably isn't and not everybody is not enjoying it the cause of it all is a low pressure off the coast is bringing a big ways now there's a warning out of damage those waves when they reach the coast as a warning out a strong winds with potential damage and of more flooding and you can see why all the way from southern queens and that new south wales coast you have rain on shore wind so if you're not a surfer you're probably not enjoying it's not very warm in sydney but it's still 21 and that rain if anything moves slowly west was and it's victoria during sunday there is showers developing from western australia's really the red center and joining up more for that system in new south wales so rain about himself to say what purse to join the sunshine of course about 36 mark hughes is looking fine most of northern china is looking fine what you can see is a fairly strong wind which has brought dust temporary down as far as she has of the gobi the cold air is kept long way north of beijing the still some snow to come for

valley vos talk and maybe north korea over certain the the far north of japan the most we're talking about rain through japan and sunshine back in most of china but rain so the sex. on counting the coles myer draggy so you can he turn around between the struggling economy. and the oil rich maybe as unified governments uniting the war told east and west including the country's central banks and chile rethinks china's investment counting the cost on al-jazeera. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places in the state. really invest in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. the the on.

the back is a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera high level talks between the u.s. and china have ended after an unusually heated public confrontation secretary of state anthony blinken says the 2 sides were fundamentally at odds over a number of issues the french prime minister has received the astra zeneca vaccine after european regulators the clear it's safe but paris and 16 other regions are going back into a months long lockdown just hours from now. and brazil's president is taking several of his country states to court in a bid to overturn that lock down restrictions that's this bright new case number is hitting a record high of more than 90000 and thursday. u.s.

president joe biden and vice president camel harris are visiting the state of georgia after 8 people were shot dead in atlanta on tuesday they've been offering their control condolences to the asian american community 6 of the victims were women of asian descent adding to existing few years from a surge in racially motivated attacks which started all got worse during the pandemic the white house says the president wants to offer support and hear people's concerns or biden says violence against asian americans as been underreported for too long. tracked. harassed verbal physically or killed. document that is against the hate against asian americans have seen a scar rocketing spike over the last year alone and once it happened never get reported hate and violence often hard in plain sight it's often met with

silence that's been true throughout our history but that has to change because our silence is complicity we cannot be complicit as of biden speaking there were several protests have taken place since the shooting in atlanta and many asian americans are saying they've had enough and also now here they go back your own country go back your own country go back your own country my kids 6 and 4 i start turning up n.p.r. turning off the radio knowing what are you doing old man and i'm terrified i'm scared i don't want anything to happen and in never movement it's just like hey let's just i just want to make it out of you without my kids getting into guys or screaming at me you go back to my own country revving their engine. yet so on today

i follow like a fall lot of support with everyone on it was incredible to be able to see asian people come out in all different peoples from black live matter organizations and followers coming here to support us a lot of the times it's been us supporting them and so it was really beautiful to be able to have an event that advocated for us and to see all different people of color and all different you know again b.l.m. organizations coming here. a u.s. judge has rejected a request to move the trial of the former police officer charged with the murder of george floyd judge peter cahill said that would be no benefit from moving the trial elsewhere because it's already received extreme amounts of publicity that show vns lead lawyer had complained that a payout of $27000000.00 to george floyd's family from the city of minneapolis had to jeopardize the impartiality of the jury john hendren has more now from chicago and he says the judge wants to keep the case of running on time. judge peter cahill

is a no nonsense guy who wants the trial to run on time and in the same place it started in minneapolis so he is denied the defense's request that he delay the trial and move it elsewhere the idea behind that would be that you would have a jury pool that would know less about the case and therefore theoretically be less prejudiced but as the judge said everyone around the globe knows about this case and therefore they're not likely to get a different jury pool by doing that so the case will go on as scheduled he says with opening arguments on march 29th the judge also made one other key decisions saying that the arrest of george floyd in 2019 a separate arrest would be admissible in this case but only in so far as it effects his medical condition the crux of the case is around how george floyd died the prosecution is saying he died because for 8 minutes and 46 seconds officer derrick

show of and knelt on his neck causing him to die and the defense says in fact it was a combination of factors that according to an autopsy he was on fentanyl and methamphetamine he had a heart condition and he had covert 19 in all of those things the defense says contributed to george floyd's death the prosecution is likely to put it in perspective by saying this man died under a police officer's need for the act for a crime allegedly of trying to pass a $20.00 counterfeit bill. at least 9 protesters have been killed in the latest rallies against the military coup in myanmar. crowds faced off with security forces in several cities the military and police have used increasingly violent tactics to suppress the protest movement a local rights group says more than 220 people have been killed since the coup in early february scott heide lawyer has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand

. we saw a bit of a standoff with protesters and police and security forces what had happened is we've been seeing a lot more around the country particular where there are bigger cities the protesters are building these barricades and that's where they kind of usually have a face off with the security forces tear gas is fired and then it escalates usually to live rounds and that's what we saw in this central command mar city of on what happened is that it seems as though while the police were trying to take down the barricades the protesters approached and then that's when this violence took place and at least 8 people there were killed there were some smaller protests again around as well we know at least in one case in the northwest one person was killed when there's a confrontation with security forces as well indonesian president has called for a high level meeting of the os the on this is the block in southeast asia 10 nations to discuss what's been going on in myanmar and when you look at it it's

very interesting they've kind of indonesia has taken a leadership role if you will in the region in trying to get reach some kind of political political solution to what's going on in myanmar but it's a very tall order to tall task because normally see on don't really interfere with each other's internal matters as they say but indonesia is trying to break that tradition one thing needs to be said the nations that neighbor and have a lot of relations close relationship closer than they find it it's going to be a little bit more difficult to have these kind of discussions particularly nations like thailand was a lot of trade and a long border with me and more so that's me interesting to see how those discussions if those high level discussions actually take place and the journalist with the b.b.c. me and my language service is feared missing an online statement says reporter to what i was taken by unidentified men in need and mice capital the u.k. based broadcaster says it's deeply concerned for his safety. in the republic of

congo candidates have been holding final rallies before sunday's presidential election president. who's been in power for most of the past 4 decades is seeking his 4th term the 77 year old faces 6 challengers including a former finance minister and the nade the main opposition party boycotted the election due to ballots over safety and the credibility. health officials in guinea say they're facing a major challenge in their bid to tackle an ebola outbreak many people in remote communities are refusing to get vaccinated because they don't trust the health care system instead as they can now reports they often rely on traditional healers. or traditional healer to really move this cocktail of natural remedies using plant soil and a mysterious liquid is more efficient than

a vaccine made in the lab he says it can fight off even the most contagious and fatal of viruses a bola. truth is real vaccines people have dogs saying it might even hurt them and attract more sickness honestly i'm already backs and aided by traditional medicine after a nurse died of a bull in february the un delivered 36000 a bowl of vaccines to contain an outbreak in guinea's forest region but only $3000.00 doses have been administered so far among those refusing to be vaccinated is shop owner. who says she's more afraid of the vaccine then a bola. i am not going to take the vaccine and while i don't know what's in it why should i trust health workers in 2015 more than 11000 people died and 20000 were infected after the virus spread from guinea's forest region to neighboring liberia and sierra leone at the time health workers wearing protective suits were attacked

kidnapped or even killed out of fear hospitals were seen as a place where people came to die not to heal get is ministry of health says it's now better prepared but overwhelmed we have a covert 19 epidemic now ebola on top of an outbreak of legals and yellow fever and we need help from our partners to contain the outbreak it's in this. institute in neighboring senegal that scientists detected the virus from blood samples of. the nurse that died from a bullet then put it inside this machine the machine and multiplied it and thanks to this genetic sequencing scientists made an extraordinary discovery 5 years after the last outbreak the same a bull a strain has reappeared the virus has not jumped from animals to humans as previously thought by scientists but survivors of the virus are carrying a pole and some are are knowingly spreading it into the rest of the. love we think

. we need to keep a close watch on the bullet survivors with thoughts. because they carry the virus in the body fluids they are to keep population to contain the outbreak the good news here is that we have a vaccine that works by the challenge is not the lack of medicine but the lack of trust in health services and communities where medical providers are too often absent this has now become the main hurdle in bringing and then to the you pull out break in getting dickless hawk al-jazeera. 10 of the top stories on al-jazeera talks between the world's 2 superpowers have now wrapped up in the negotiations have been anything but easy the summit between the u.s. and china had already got off to a fire we start with both sides accusing the other of he.