al-jazeera. that. brazil's president goes to courts to stop regional governments imposing locked out spies a rise in infections. hello i made 3 of the big of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up of the day of violence and. cooper testers continue to defy the military. even the tact play scapegoat and morass a call from president biden to end hate crime against asian america this.

year at how south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to the big stage. brazil's president has asked the supreme court to overturn curfews lockdowns imposed by mass and state governments try a boston or a says that they're acting as dictators at a starving people by forcing them to stay home during the pandemic walk again to care of reports now from rio. the beaches in rio de janeiro seem to be a world apart far from the cove in 1000 pandemic spiralling out of control throughout brazil this couple from neighboring argentina team here despite news that latin america's largest country is facing the worst health care system

collapse in all of its history. in argentina the media keeps hammering that brazil has become the epicenter of the world pandemic that everett his dying that is all doom and gloom but we came anyway and look what we found a paradise. a paradise that will shut its doors on saturday we use mayor has just joined other cities and states imposing restrictions to try and stop infections from spreading killing 15000 in just a week intensive care units across the country we're already running out of beds now hospitals in 18 states say they're running out of medical supplies to their patients given the huge volume of patients we start to suffer from the scarcity of basic materials we're going to have serious problems in the coming days with theaters and neuromuscular blockers and this is happening in all hospitals not just

this one. doctors have been calling out for a nationwide lockdown but president jalal sonando has asked the supreme court to overturn curfews imposed by governors and mayors he says they're violating the constitution and acting as dictators. so they're imposing a state of siege which is unconstitutional they cannot do this without the approval of congress humiliating the population most saying they're saving lives how can they be saving lives if the starving people. back in rio bull so now those words were received with mixed feelings. brazil is one of the you know countries with you know worst number of cases of covert 19 and it's really like preoccupying almost the entire world except our president actually and it's really not. it's not ok i think it is the law is that it was the month is.

if politicians are going to stop us from working they must 1st find the means to guarantee our survival i feed my family by selling hot dogs on the beach if i'm forced to stay at home what will happen to us. the beaches in rio are like an open market place many informal workers make their living here crawling everything food how will. they rent chairs they sell art and they have no ways of making a living if the beaches are closed specially now that they haven't been receiving emergency aid since january. the government has promised a new emergency aid package starting april coronavirus has hit brazilians hard and next week the country is expected to reach another grim milestone when it will have a total of 300000 deaths from covert 19 monica i'll just sirrah rio de janeiro. the u.s.

will send more than 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine to mexico next week the government says they'll be used to give 2nd shots to the elderly it coincided with the closure of mexico's northern and southern borders to non-essential travel leading to speculation that the announcement was related as for that increase in the number of central american migrants reaching the u.s. border through mexico germany as national disease control center is warning coronavirus cases are rising at an exponential rate it says that more contagious strains have wiped out progress made in containing the pandemic last month chancellor angela merkel says the country will have to re-impose some restrictions a new month long lockdown has been imposed on the french capital as intensive care units there near capacity people rushed to leave paris before it became it came into force backing in city trains and jamming roads the long term covers a 3rd of france's population but the government says it won't be as harsh as 2 of

the lock downs imposed last year schools will stay open this time of outdoor exercise is allowed india has marked yet another 3 month record rise in the number of infections as cases surge back towards its peak of last year india media reports more than $40000.00 new cases were confirmed on saturday bringing the total to 11 of the half 1000060 percent of new infections are in the western state of maharashtra forties the say the surge has been fuelled by crowding and people ignoring restrictions. now to a series of developments in myanmar where a place to protest has of been killed overnight in the city of local protests continue across the country despite an increased use of violence by the jointer rights group says that at least 237 people have been killed since elected leader aung san suu kyi was deposed on february 1st. today at least 2400 people have been arrested by the security forces because if there is suspected

participation. in the demonstrations the vast majority of these people are held incommunicado still and we're hearing increasing reports of sexual based on sexual baseball islands against and i think it's really important and is that many of these people. have been killed through gunshots to the head by snipers. for peaceful demonstrations from observers tony chang who's following developments from bangkok. they were out protesting again from the early morning in shan states in chin state up in the north insead going in the low back in yang gone in town way and toccata districts we understand in the last couple of hours there was firing and in the last few minutes it's social media is reporting there are casualties be taken there amongst the protesters so they are clearly still going out in the

streets despite this mounting fatalities more than 200 people have now been killed by the security services since the coup overnight in a city that's famous for being at the center of myanmar's rubi trade 2 men were shot and killed another very badly injured as the army moved against protesters there we understand in many of the major urban centers as well once again the night was filled with explosives from percussive grenades stun stun grenades being shot into houses as these hit squads from the security services moved into residential neighborhoods in some cases with hit with a hit list of people journalists activists form an l.d. members that they've been trying to arrest in other cases i think just to spread more fear amongst people and in mandalay the smalling understand there were

protesters who went out on motorbikes this is a tactic they've been employing in the last couple of weeks particularly as the army has tried to crack down on them makes them more mobile means they can escape faster but in this occasion on 16th and 86 street as the motorbikes tried to escape from the security services they were hit by a car 4 women badly injured so it looks like it's going to be another day of unrest all over the country. 2 more journalists have been detained then a reporter from the b.b.c.'s bunny's language service adds another journalist was taken by a group of men in the capital on friday the pair were covering a court case on the detention of an official from the party that was governing before the military takeover dozens of journalists but arrested since february. the u.s. president has condemned an increase in violence against asians and called on americans to unite against hate show by vice president spoke to meeting asian american

community leaders in atlanta the visit follows a mass shooting in which 8 people were killed including 6 women of asian descent ok but as all the reports now from washington trying to console the nation president joe biden said on friday evening that hate crimes against asian americans needs to stop too many asian americans have been walking up and down the streets and were waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are at stake they've been attacked lay scapegoating harassed they've been virtually assaulted physically its own killed the comments came in a previously planned stop by president biden and vice president camila harris in atlanta where on tuesday 8 people were killed 7 of them women 6 being up asian descent the alleged gunman a 21 year old white man was arrested and charged with the murders investigators

have so far resisted calling the murders a hate crime but on friday vice president harris herself of asian descent as her mother was born in india said racism is alive and well in america ultimately this is about who we are as a nation. this is about how we treat people with dignity and respect. everyone has the right to go to work to go to school to walk down the street and be safe and also the right to be recognized as an american. in new york where there have been more than 10 documented hate crimes against asians in recent months a peace vigil was held calling for an end to the violence. i really hope this is the culmination of the heat impeaching the asian image itself he said clearly that

there will not have to be another vigil in this seemingly never ending speech of hate against even the. well in atlanta biden stopped at the headquarters of the centers for disease control and prevention or c.d.c. to thank the officials there it was meant to be a celebration of sorts as the u.s. has distributed over 100000000 vaccines with the president saying he expects to reach 200000000 in the next couple months president biden and vice president harris planned a political rally on friday night in atlanta but decided to cancel it and instead met with members of the asian american community in the wake of the tragic shootings gabriels andro al-jazeera washington the weather next here on al-jazeera then american and chinese diplomats wrap up a tense round of talks in alaska we'll tell you more on the long dormant volcano

springs to life by stuns capital the area's 1st eruption and maybe 800 years. it's time for the perfect gentle. sponsored plan and ways. the last few days have been grossly disappointing i have to say for we approach we actually have reached the spring equinox it should be feeling warmer but no because the clouds coming down from the north suggests that normally when these got cold the cold is met measured in this is all rain sleet and snow and these cloud and temperatures have dropped now it looks like we got a warm front here so there is warm air caught up in this big circulation temps will rise again eventually but the immediate future we're talking about 4 degrees in berlin and 0 or thereabouts in zurich much colder than it should be but there is

a change as i said as that warmish air comes down you have got 1st of all a lot of snow to come out of it is not after all anywhere from the alps right up to the baltic states in western russia then behind it temps will recover a little bit that is take a case in point belin for example 7 degrees rising to 11 by tuesday that's borlase where it should be but as i said where the cold reaches reza be warm also we have got significant rain to come out of it or snow on the high ground in southern italy certainly did our. patients and this little center here is heavy rain on its way to western greece a spot in the sunday some flooding. sponsored by qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of sedation and the state line becomes the default media mainly due to the images that

that leak into these guys and just how did he create and use this makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening post on a. hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour brazil's president triable sorrow is going to the supreme court to try to overturn several states locked down restrictions he wants shops and businesses to reopen despite a surge in covert by team related to this. place to protest as

a been killed overnight in myanmar city of melbourne protests are continuing despite an increased use of violence by the military jointer rights group says that at least 237 people have been killed. and u.s. president joe biden has condemned an increase in violence against asian americans by the vice president. met with community leaders in the state of georgia following tuesday's mass shooting 6 of the 8 victims were women of asian descent. relations between the u.s. and china remain strained after hours of tense talks that 2 day meeting in alaska and it with both sides saying that it was constructive while significant differences in opinion remains our diplomatic editor james bay is reports now from anchorage the chinese delegation arriving for a 2nd day of these talks the atmosphere you are proving face to face again with their u.s.

counterparts this time the door was quickly closed and reporters were not invited into the room where less than 24 hours earlier the 2 sides had spent over an hour denouncing each other in public. when the talks concluded this time the words were more moderate in tone although the u.s. still make clear the areas where there was the biggest disagreement we. we certainly know knew going in that there are a number of areas where we are fundamentally. transactions in which in john regards what hong kong tibet recently i want as well as actions that it's taken in cyberspace. and. it's no surprise that when we raise those issues really indirectly we got a defensive response there were also though the u.s. said issues where the 2 countries interests intersected including iran north korea

afghanistan and the climate crisis the chinese delegation later gave a statement to chinese media in their hotel presenting a reasonably upbeat assessment these time steady dick dialogue dyadic frank and constructive the biden administration for now has been able to stick to its planned asia policy on a trip to the region the secretary of state and the defense secretary kept to their promises they would construct a strategy after consulting fully with their closest allies and in anchorage as they said they would they talk tough with china on some issues while endeavoring to work with it on others after the explosive starts of this meeting the 2 brief statements at the end show that both sides want to lower the temperature for now but the divisions a deep and they're real and it's far from clear whether there's been any actual improvement in relations between the 2 most powerful countries on earth james pays

out his era anchorage or in those talks one of the issues raised by the u.s. was the 2 canadians detained in china on espionage charges on friday the trial of businesswomen michael spann for ending. without a verdict being announced he and former diplomat michael cole brig or arrested 2 years ago the case is widely seen as retaliation for canada's to tension of huawei executive $11.00 jew at the request of the united states canada was denied access during spambot his trial a decision condemned by prime minister justin trudeau d p d d b news of you know from the beginning we worked with families with our partners and directly with the chinese government to underscore that this arbitrary detention of the 2 michaels is unacceptable i want to thank all the different countries around the world who supported our initiative against this arbitrary detention and i also want to thank all our allies who took a stand even with their bilateral conversations with the chinese government in order to raise their concern with the situation in india's defense minister the us

secretary of defense of agreed to enhance security cooperation between the countries lloyd austin stripped to new delhi follows similar visits to south korea and japan the same as an effort to shore up ties and counter china's growing influence in the pacific region despite today's challenging security environment the partnership between the united states and india the world's 2 largest democracies remains resolve and strong. you know you will see every opportunity to build up our lives made your partnership so how have the 2 countries strengthen ties over the last few years well after decades of tension in 2016 the u.s. and india signed a landmark defense agreements to increase military cooperation last year fighting between india and china over the disputed himalayan border left several soldiers dead on both sides in october the trumpet ministrations signed

a $3000000000.00 deal with india to increase shared military satellites intelligence authority issue though is new delhi's planned purchase of russia's s $400.00 defense system which is sanctionable of the us law. is the fence and security affairs analyst he says the threat posed by china would have been a significant focus of the talks. the elephant in the room whenever india and the united states talk is clearly china and that is likely to have been good right at the top of the agenda especially given that the indian army has been in a face off on the him on the inboard for the 11 months now in kashmir. the indians also cooperate with the united states navy in the south china sea in the pacific area that would also have come up for discussion also the major defense fatness

ship india is a major defense partner of the united states they would have discussed ways of thinking that partnership forward joint exercises joint military exercises i should say. overall you know from the united states point of view this was a signal to all its allies in the region that we are here china continues. as a major security threat and that allies will be consulted and taken into account whereas and when the united states takes any decisions in the area if the u.s. ever gets together a 1000 ships me has spoken of doing including the ships of all its allies the indian navy which is $100.00 ship navy is going to be right up there the top of that group big so there is there has been a lot of cooperation many joint exercises many creating exercises and sort of a building up of interoperability between the indian forces and u.s.

forces in the into pacific so to that extent there is a sort of a role for india. turkey has pulled out of a global treaty on preventing and combating violence against women the agreement was signed in istanbul by more than 45 countries a decade ago it's a pledge by governments to take action on domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation critics in turkey say that it damages family unity encourages divorces and supports the l.g.b. t.v. and. health officials it's above where appealing for help to replenish the country's blood banks. restrictions on people's movement of lead to fewer donating blood. supplies a critically low level. porch. it's the 1st time giving blood she says a father's sudden death made her realize how important this is my dad was

a police officer here part of the zimbabwean police force here and he got shot 6 months ago and unfortunately he didn't survive but i mean that weekend he was in the battle trauma center we had to rush up and down these a place near one of the hospitals that we had to keep rushing to give blood and platelets you know in order for the heart the doctors to do whatever they could and he he lost almost all of the blood in his body before the 1st operation so that's why you see it every time i see like somebody to donate that's going to be my intention like it could potentially save anyone's life. government enforced covert 19 lockdowns and restrictions on movement have led to fewer people donating blood supplies are dropped to critically low levels across the. moment parts for a living from hand to mouth most will have one or 2 days cover because when you talk about strokes we're looking at how much we would sing and for how long we would cover. so on average we are operating with one want to do which is really

very good we want to do all rooting it minimum 5 days if we have to be ideal destruct up in 3 d. for any emergency room earlier this month the government east it's locked down and an overnight curfew it's imposed in january more people are now coming in to give blood but the numbers are still small the public is being encouraged to support the blood drives across the country in a few months it will be when take here in southern africa and health workers are warning of a 3rd wave of coronavirus infections and if the government enforces a now that lock down it will put even more pressure on the banks. other countries around the world are also worried about dwindling blood stocks in zimbabwe health workers approaching eligible donors and using social media to get more people to support the blood donation programs right now every drop counts how to al-jazeera had. a long dormant volcano erupting in southwestern iceland it's situated in the

middle of a peninsula between the capital reykjavik and the international airport no one's been ordered to leave but a no fly zone is in place it's the 1st eruption in this part of the country in almost 800 years allison gratin job is of all colleges she says that the risk to people is very low. there aren't a lot of homes nearby the nearest settlement is about 10 kilometers away and at the moment it's a threat it's not our action it's what's called the fisher so you kind of get a line and. then ting when a lot of comes out of service and there's 2 mothers homes moving away from it there's really been about 50000 at quick since early february so they've been keeping an eye on us the whole time and as magma moves towards the surface it does have to push right at the way and that pushing of rock causes earthquakes and shaking and they were able to get an idea of the location of the magma in and

subsurface as it rose and the exact position wasn't known but the general region has pretty well and if you did disruption will probably remain as he said which means there is a gasket risk and irritant associated with these types of the reactions for people downwind and so they are actively monitoring what iceland is over what's called the mid atlantic ridge so it's a place where tectonic plates are pulling apart and it also happens to have a hotspot so in areas particularly hot portions of the mantle and so magma is. coming product and it tends to erupt as over time again and again and it's geologic time so 800 years for us to is a very long time in syria but it's a wild heart to regional history and it's not a slam it's turned into at least to the planet. south korea is using artificial intelligence to breathe new life into music so popular entertainers forgot that

includes freddie mercury of queen fave who died 30 years ago what mcbride reports. it's a t.v. show that brings together 2 great passions in south korea popular music and technology a computer is told to sing like pop star kim kwan salt who died 25 years ago it then recreates his voice to deliver a song written long after his death. to the amazement of his fans. the same technology produces the distinctive vocal range of the late freddie mercury from queen to sing in korean. stars of the past brought back to life thanks to a i when i watch the reaction from these people. yes this is the we have to go and this is

a future of artificial intelligence the company developing the cutting edge software is not only recreating voices but changing existing ones mary have little to make you younger. and a woman. it's one of the growing number of start up companies located in south korea's equivalent of silicon valley on the outskirts of seoul that sassenach the government wants south korea to be a pioneer in ai as part of its push towards transforming the economy with high tech innovation to korean government is implementing the digital new deal project to transform the country into an advanced economy and humans battling ai is helping fuel the debate on popular t.v. in this show a former golf champion takes on a robotic opponent in another contest or. noun day trader has to beat a computer program trading on the stock market and on another network

a well known news reader meets for the 1st time her computer generated double to show none of us is indispensable or beyond manipulation for south korea all this technology has very serious applications as our lives are transformed by the marvels of artificial intelligence then you know changes whether we like them or not but with bright. so numb south korea. it is good to have you with us hello adrian filling in here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera brazil's president jaya boston r.-o. is going to the supreme court to try to overturn several states lockdown restrictions he wants shops and businesses to reopen despite a surge in covert 19 related deaths

a new month long lockdown has been imposed in the french capital as intensive care units there near capacity people rushed to leave paris before it.