al-jazeera. into. the air and the with. millions of people go back under lockdown as europe battles a 3rd wave of covert infections. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program rio's iconic beaches closed to the public because brazil sobbed as its deadliest week yet. a new tactic for a 1000000 miles military to intimidate the thousands still rallying against february's code. an angry protests in turkey after president i do

on calls out of the istanbul convention to protect women from violence. and our welcome to the program our top story countries across europe are turning to lock down as the continent grapples with a surge in corona virus infections it's all part of an effort to combat says so-called 3rd wave in france 16 regions including paris and now under lockdown for at least 4 weeks that's almost a 3rd of the country's population poland is also entering a 3 week lockdown with students returning to online learning and nonessential shops due to close most of these population went under lockdown on monday with schools closing and restrictions on movement between regions the country's also sat for a nationwide lockdown of east up and with cases in germany now rising at an exponential rate new measures are likely to be. yes there is well in the coming

days tasha butler has our report now from paris. it was clear from the number of people exercising and jogging by the river seine in paris the people who are making the most of being allowed outside the government imposed a 3rd lockdown on the c.c. and 15 regions but this time people aren't required to stay indoors all day. we have to work all week so thankfully we can go outside it's a necessity it helps morale to be able to share some good moments. that we need to adopt again which will be painful in the days to come but we have to get on with it and hope it gets better in other parts of paris a more familiar lockdown site quiet streets closed shops and businesses although schools and essential stores can state and he's on top of liberty to stop shopkeepers and small business owners are at the point of exhaustion after more than a year of yellow vests strikes no 3 lock downs in some regions it's true much. of

the cases of rising in france with almost 40000 new infections a day intensive care units in paris hospitals are full so some patients are being transferred elsewhere the french government says the pods the frogs are battling a 3rd wave they hope that the regional restrictions will help avoid another national knock down by helping to stop the spread of the virus and winning time for more people to be vaccinated. on friday the french prime minister george cast sticks received an astra zeneca jab and attempt to convince the public of its safety off to months of negative publicity and a temporary suspension acces skepticism is high in france but at this immunization center the king's woodlawn. i'm fine with astra zeneca but it's normal that some people worried because of recent events but i think confidence will return in the

coming weeks for some doctors the restrictions aren't tight enough but french president emanuel might call says the economy in people's mental health must also be considered for now the new look down is set to last one month out of the many people suspect he could run much longer recession butler al-jazeera paris elsewhere ukraine is re-impose straight coronavirus measures in its capital kiev is markets shopping malls museums and cinemas have all been closed covered 1000 of actions in ukraine reached their highest level since november on thursday prompting kiev to impose a lockdown on your are just the shots jokes and stories of people who become more frustrated that will be the biggest change it one achieved anything else there won't be a reduction in infections people will continue to infect themselves like before because they will continue to mate in enclosed areas houses apartments and parks. or bosnia has tightened its covered restrictions also as deaths in the capital

reached record numbers all spittle in sarajevo warning they don't have the capacity for the rising number of patients the capital's night curfew has been lengthened to start at 9 pm and all hospitality is now closed for 2 weeks to combat the spike in infections. or protests have been alex cross europe calling for coronavirus restrictions to be lifted in germany there will minus scuffles with police as several 1000 people gathered in the city of cosell to oppose the current measures or to kind of also use to break up the crowd while here in the u.k. anti lock down protesters was seen clashing with police in central london 13 people have been arrested mostly for breaching covert restrictions. and brazil has reported nearly 80000 new cases of the coronavirus and close to 2 and a half 1000 deaths in the last 24 hours restrictions to curb the rapid rise in infections as forced rio de janeiro's iconic cope with on a beach to close the city of 6700000 people has already been under

a tight nighttime curfew now beachgoers have been cleared to enforce social distancing measures the government has been slow to roll out vaccines with some minister policies suspending them due to a lack of supplies let's go to daniel sharma who is live for us in buenos aires and so daniel there has been this clash between what the central government is advocating and then restrictions on the the state and local level how are how are people responding to the physical distancing measures that. well i think what we have maryam is there is a polarized nation of society there are those who are a daring to the regulations the mayor of rio de janeiro eduardo paes not just closing down all the beaches for the weekend he's going to be talking about possible new measures on monday he's also stopped buses coming into the city so they that there are hundreds of tourists heading for the beach and making sure that those beaches are better policed the last time they closed the beaches tens of

thousands of brazilians ignored the measures and packed to the beaches but he is fighting against the national government of president job also nardo who immediately after the mayor of rio imposed these measures president both n.r.o. said go to the beach as many people as possible because you need to soak up the sun the victim indeed that will help you to fight the corporate 19 virus and that's been the situation that brazil has suffered from right since the beginning of the pandemic a president who calls the virus nothing worse than a little flu is now taking legal action against some of these city authorities local authorities who are imposing measures because he wants the economy to flourish in the midst of this virus but not the numbers you mentioned the record numbers brazil has now had something close to 12000000 infected people 292000 deaths 79000 people infected in one day alone the previous day 90000 so the figures

are horrendous and growing and that is something that neighboring countries are fearing here in argentina they put measures in place to restrict the number of flights coming in from brazil urging argentina holidaymakers who remarkably a store going to the brazilian b. is urging them not to do so the neighboring countries are also keeping an eye on the situation there now what about the situation in chile why they seen in new delhi record infection rates in the vaccination rollout is going well. what chile stands out as the country in latin america that has had by all measures a very successful. vaccination roll out there approaching $50000000.00 of the half of the half the population of the $19000000.00 people in the country have been vaccinated and more are going to be vaccinated in the next month or so so they're very proud of the measures they've put into place and he's not

a difficult country is a very difficult country to get which to get to everybody the vast majority live in of the round of the capital santiago but it's there are many inaccessible regions in the far north and the far south difficult to get to but they are getting to these people yet we've got record numbers of people being infected and dying there and the government has brought in measures now's my very strict measures urging people to keep indoors closing down businesses something like 95 percent of the population covered by these restrictions as to why more people are being infected in the midst of this vaccination program we can really only speculate at this stage but it does seem as though once people are vaccinated they don't think the situation the disaster is over they can go about living their lives as normal and perhaps they are still there the still out there and infections are still spreading so that is only speculation at this stage but quite likely so the government is trying to do all method of in fact vaccinating as many people as possible while

urging the vast majority of the population to stay indoors and exercise social distancing measures thank you very much from when his own is done in china. at least 2 more protesters have been killed and me and mars the military continues its brutal crackdown on dissent 7 weeks after the coup mass protests are being met with more and more violence despite read condemnation from the country's neighbors and as attorney general ports the unrest is also starting to have an impact on me and economy. once again protesters head out on to the streets here in town way ward in the center of young gone and once again they're forced back carrying their injured after being met by bra bullets and light rounds. a new tactic from the military bulldozers smashing through rows of cars and intent to simply

to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence has spread so has the destruction these clothing factories in yangon was set on fire last week it's not known by whom . in the last 5 years the garment industry has grown significantly under civilian rule but now many garment workers have joined the protests to full the new economic freedom could be lost he'd make and. it is very stressful i am boring and straight for my own security recently i am fighting a fight we get what we want when we are fighting we have to face being arrested and violence be beaten by it when you talk. to manufacturers it's a disaster sanctions are likely to cut off the factories and their workers source of income. and we've been urging our government to apply pressure. to end the coup

but in tucson a manner that doesn't harm the workers is as we talked about before it's really important to make sure the workers have their livelihoods protected the rights know i would argue. and forced labor on the streets of yangon this mobile phone footage shows civilians being forced to carry sandbags for the police when one falters he's made to crawl on his hands and knees more indignities at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and serve tony chang al jazeera and police in thailand's capital have use water cannon to push back anti-government protesters advancing on the king salmon your residence about 1500 people broke through barriers surrounding bangkok clashing with riot police brought in to protect the area a youth protest movement has grown in thailand since last year demanding the resignation of the government and reforms to the monarchy. and they don't even know what di. we repeatedly issued warnings before escalating our response the police

have detained 5 protesters we heard that the protesters refused fire crackers marbles and also concrete intended to harm the police. well in israel several 1000 people have protested outside premise a benjamin netanyahu his residence for the 39th week in a row latest friday comes 3 days ahead of israel's general election it will be the 4th vote in just 2 years netanyahu is hoping to benefit from the success of israel's vaccination campaign which has been the fastest in the world but demonstrators want him to resign because of charges of bribery fraud and public beach of trust all of which he denies. and with al jazeera live from london still ahead on the program from his hospital bed a republic of congo opposition leader banks his supporters to vote for change in sunday's election and iceland blows a threat level a day after a long dormant volcano bursts into life in the capital.

the weather is to really nasty in australia well some parts of australia particularly in new south wales this cloud may not look much but to get the scale of things there has been flooding in the north of new south wales pretty widespread on low ground as well there are warnings out for yet more rain to come probably another 2 or $300.00 millimeters we've had that already that's a protein 3 or 4 times the march average for this part of a straight now that's the picture for sunday on shore breeze beans big waves which the surface love but nobody else has because there's a warning of damage as they hit the coast the wind itself has been strong enough to cause some damage you may have seen in the videos just then some roofs ripped off there's a possibility of more of that but more likely you could have widespread flooding because out of the interior comes yet another system the 2 joined together and you

have the orange tops show persistent rain for yet more days particularly in northern new south wales. right let's leave australia and go to a quiet part of a. weather wise a shell though at the moment is fairly active from the point of view of an ice storm system bring rain to hong sure was snow on the northern part which means hawk harder it all clears through with into monday and the sun becomes dominant again. but. for afghans with ties to international organizations. this rate has never been greater. left exposed by the withdrawal of foreign troops . may be the only path to safety. but in a nation makes home feel ever further rain. bill part of the

viewfinder is a series on al-jazeera. rooted . old. welcome back the main stories now millions of people have gone back on the lockdown across europe as the continent struggles to contain a rise in corona virus infections almost a 3rd of france's population and the whole of poland drawn to new restrictions germany is warning that new measures might be needed there as well meanwhile brazil has reported nearly 80000 new cases of coronavirus and posted 2 and a half 1000 deaths in the last 24 hours rio de janeiro's famous beaches of been closed as mayors and governors try to take action and police in thailand's capital

of used water cannon to push back anti-government protest as advancing on the king's palace about 1500 people grow through barriers surrounding ground palace. now the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention says that america is going to set more than $120000000.00 coronavirus vaccine so far in alaska 19 percent of the population is now vaccinated putting the state ahead of many other parts of the country out in the world james bays reports now from anchorage. with an outside temperature of minus 15 degrees celsius this is a drive through vaccination center in anchorage the biggest city in alaska the u.s. because of its wealth and power has vaccinated a higher percentage of people than most countries and this state which it more than 1700000 square kilometers is the largest state in the union has done better than nearly anywhere else in the nation we are very fortunate in alaska that we have

actually been able to open eligibility up to everyone 16 and above at this point how did you get to that point it has been an incredible effort throughout the state in a lot of incredible collaboration with our local and state partners those receiving the vaccine seem appreciative of the state's cephus they've taken it very seriously from the onset because of the native population and the potential for that outlying communities in the native villages to be decimated by the all. the bad virus and and we've seen things like this happen before so they're taking it very seriously which is great 1000 percent of people here have been fully vaccinated and already life is returning to a kind of normality with restaurants retailers and sports facilities all back open for business the figures for alaska are amazing this state has vaccinated a far larger percentage than most us states and just compare this possibly

populated state with many countries for example alaska has vaccinated more people than nigeria a country with a population of over 200000000 people a really cheap meant for the health care workers in a state with 800000 residents but at the same time clearly an indictment of the way vaccines have been distributed globally james pays al-jazeera anchorage. parts of the florida gulf resort of former u.s. president donald trump have been temporarily closed because of a virus outbreak there some workers at the margot palm beach resorts have been quarantined out of what's been called an abundance of caution hasn't specified how many people have tested positive but trump and his family did move tomorrow off he left office in january. while in the u.s. hundreds of people have been protesting in the city of atlanta violence against asian americans a rally was prompted by the killing of 8 people including 6 women of asian descent iow white gunman at 3 massage parlors on tuesday 21 year old robert are long faces

8 charges of murder the center for study for the study of hate and extremism is saying that hate crimes against asian americans has risen by almost 150 percent in 16 major u.s. cities over the last year. we have. now hundreds of people have been protesting in turkey after the government withdrew from the istanbul convention a landmark european treaty designed to protect women from violence countries seen a rise in domestic violence but the government is saying that domestic law is more effective in protecting women on xander bias reports.

the landmark treaty protecting women from violence bears the name of turkey's largest city now in istanbul there's anger that turkey is walking away from the accord it was 1st to sign a decade ago and run because in the lead up to that on your on the sit i wasn't feeling safe as a woman even before this and after this i feel like i'm in the unsafe environment because there was a law a decision that i was leaning on but now i feel like i don't have any support i feel vulnerable in 2011 more than 45 governments promise to take tougher action on domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation. but conservative groups and officials from the governing ak party have long argued it's inconsistent with turkey's values and undermines the traditional family unit tayyip erdogan ordered his country's withdrawal in a presidential decree the government says turkey's laws are enough to protect women

and their rights but not everyone agrees that our thought on it all every day women the killed in the streets in the bus in the car there are women who are beaten by their lovers in an elevator when you get to that place they say it's ok has your husband forgiven for the sake of your children but when that woman returns home the same police officers go there a day after to take her to have funeral how they're protecting us rights groups say violence against women and deaths are on the rise in turkey there is being it means in places last year only last 100. 170 places were unidentified so women are saying well. investigate why we are we are being well why do you miles *. turkey's not alone in turning its back on the istanbul convention conservative and populist governments in hungary poland

slovakia and bulgaria have all moved to prevent the accord from being ratified when you have a situation where people in charge think they can score political points by withdrawing even nominal protections for women and vulnerable populations you have a situation where people who would like to target believe they can do so without any sort of penalty. protesters like these in istanbul say they'll fight on insisting their years long struggle won't be a race by the stroke of a pen. alexandra byers al-jazeera. week after arrest bolivia's former interim leader jenny and years has been transferred from jail to a hospital for medical attention a lawyer say her health is poor and she is struggling to eat and he has was arrested last week and charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy in the 2900 that ended with a long time beating of a morale is fleeing the country were honest later returned in november after his

former party came back to power in an election tens of thousands of people have been paying their final respects at a memorial for tanzania's for president john mica foody who died on wednesday at the age of $61.00 he'll be buried in his hometown on friday mike really come under severe international pressure over his handling of the covert $1000.00 crisis and in recent weeks though speculation it contracted the virus himself the vice president samir salut was sworn in as his successor on friday she's the country's 1st female leader. a day before elections in the republic of congo a leading opposition candidate has been taken to hospital they respond as is suffering from an unknown illness but local media say he's being treated for covert 19 he tweeted this message for his supporters from his hospital bed. sure compartment. my dear come pottery i'm in

a difficult situation i'm fighting death i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this from a well his opponent president and his rule for most most the last 40 years. in office with many opposition politicians either refusing to stand in the election or in jail and the capital brazzaville algiers now where purports but. not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that her. father felicity in move only has been arrested twice because of his activism he was meant to be part of a team observing sunday's presidential election but he told us all church observers have been blocked from monitoring the polls. in democracy on paper it is a democracy since 1901 but in reality with such behaviors we need to question

ourselves if we really are in a democracy and that's what. the president then he has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters the. big whatever there another one here another one there are far fewer the opposition candidate like this one when we try and interview people on camera out on the streets that's the thought it's specially if it's anything to do with politics or the election. across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of congo . where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. by reverend. was involved in that campaign we met in

training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing were both voice if you might be. ignored. the choice of the raised voice. everything on the browser will side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. police in says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years for being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might be critical of irregularities in sunday's polls malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo.

or protests have been taking place in spain marking a month since the jailing of catherine rupp a public cell they are demonstrating against herself a 9 month jail sentence on charges of insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics in tweets her supporters say it's an attack on free speech the demonstrations of push the government to pledge to abolish prison offenses for incidents involving free speach. well a long dormant volcano is erupting in iceland close to the capital reykjavik it's the 1st eruption in this part of iceland in almost $800.00 war is another fly zone is in place and the alert level has now been lowered but as well which has reports it's bringing back memories of a major incident 10 years ago. icelanders had been expecting this after 40000 small earthquakes in recent weeks seen as a seismic statement of intent from the earth beneath the wreck in his peninsula but how big would the big one be is the answer for now dramatic not yet devastating

considering it's less than 20 kilometers from the capital reykjavik the eruption is being closely monitored the area our regular as you can be the area where he where we had many years of become the the love of you know that are. you sure they are leaving notes. from the from the future so how say they are not being. any mean and. current hour. by no it's even more spectacular iceland is a juvenile country and geological terms a mere 20000000 years old it's frequent growth spurts and adolescent temper tantrums are expressed in. the regulars peninsula is usually calm though it's the 1st eruption recorded here since the 12th century and for the moment it's

a minor one certainly nothing is disruptive as the eruption of cook in 2010 then a huge plume of ash shut down much of europe's aspace and cause travel chaos for almost a month for each island's al-jazeera. a look at the headlines now millions of people are back under lockdown across europe as a continent struggles to contain a rise in corona virus infections all of poland and almost a 3rd of france's population are under the new restrictions in 16 regions and sasha butler brings us more now from paris now the government is saying that these restrictions they were absolutely necessary in these regions because kovac infection rates have just been soaring in those areas about.