and it's time to get up for us right here on al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. sees room in the world on al-jazeera. millions of people go back under lockdown as europe battles another surge in covert infections. watching our syria lie from a headquarters in doha and the navigator also coming up rio's iconic beaches closed to the public as brazil suffers its deadliest week yet a new tactic from me in a mars military to intimidate the fellows and still rallying against february's coup. angry protests in turkey

after president $31.00 pulls out of the istanbul convention to protect women from violence. hello thanks for joining us countries across europe are returning to lockdown as the continent grapples with the surging coronavirus infections it's all part of an effort to combat a so-called 3rd wave in front 16 regions including paris will have restrictions for at least 4 weeks that's almost a 3rd of the country's population there is poland also entering a 3 week lockdown with students returning to online learning and nonessential shops closing down or most of italy's population went into lockdown on monday with schools closing the country is also set for tighter restrictions nationwide over easter and with cases in germany raising at an exponential rates new measures there

are likely to be introduced in the coming days that's begins our coverage with this report from paris. it was clear from the number of people exercising and joking by the brief a saying in paris the people making the most of being allowed outside the government supposed to look down on the c.c. and 15 regions but this time people aren't required to stay indoors all day. placement. we have to work so thankfully we can go outside it's a necessity it helps moral to be able to share some good moments. that we need to adapt 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 all those schools and essential stores can stay open is on top of her 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 french government says the pods are franz 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 shock aspects received an astra zeneca jab an attempt to convince the public of its safety off to months of negative publicity and a temporary suspension taxi skepticism is high in france but at this immunization center the queues were long. i'm fine with the astra zeneca but it's normal that some people are worried because of the recent events rather think confidence will

return in the coming weeks for some doctors the restrictions aren't tight enough but french president emmanuel might call says the economy and people's mental health must also be considered for now the new lock down is set to last one month out of the many people suspect could run much longer recession butler al-jazeera paris. bosnia herzegovina is also tightening restrictions as it struggles with a record number of deaths so far it's only received 50000 vaccines and it's waiting for another batch through the global kovacs program sarah hierarchs reports. cemeteries offering up fost morgues are crowded with bodies awaiting burial and hospitals are its maximum capacity i thought it. was news capital sarajevo's facing a new wave of corona virus infections and it's fair to could be far worse than the 1st most interesting the highest number of daily deaths in the country since the

pandemic started you know paula say they are working around the clock to come. first we're going to know about it if it goes on like this at the end of march will probably have more deaths in these 1st 3 months of the year than the entire last year bosnia has one of the highest rates of deaths in the world for its size of population the number of funerals of course to some the horrors of the bosnian war in the ninety's ninety's kids who gave them some good sometimes i tend to funerals on the same day so many people died my friends and family this reminds me of the period in the post war time when people were buried after being examined from mass graves in eastern both near where i worked the situation is pretty much the same. for the health ministry has recorded more than 6 and a half 1000 new cases of coronavirus in less than 10 days and 44

this is our central i.c.u. unit we have 2 more wards which we call post intensive care but believe me conditions of these patients are such that they are all really intensive care patients. who want to talk with a shortage of vaccines bosnia has been unable to stop the mass in occupation programme it's ordered more than 2000000 vaccines under the global kovacs increased population of 3500000 baht to move rees have been delayed the government says it's disappointed it has only received 50000 doses so far. oh in sarajevo there's been a lack of social distancing and more squaring the rise in cases and deaths the government now stricter guidelines on friday cafes and restaurants now closed for 2 weeks so that al-jazeera. ukraine has reimposed strict coronavirus restrictions in its capital markets shopping malls museums and cinemas have all been closed over

1000 infections in ukraine reached their highest level since november on thursday the number of cases across the one and a half 1000000 mark is the death toll edges towards 30 thousands of coronaviruses surging across much of latin america and brazil rio de janiero closed its famous speeches on saturday as intensive care units near 100 percent capacity argentina has opposed restrictions on is experiencing vaccine shortages and chile is reporting a new infection rates close to record highs of last june despite most of the nation being under a strict lockdown there has this update from one of. $79000.00 new infections in the last 24 hours that brings the number of infections up to nearly $12002400.00 deaths that brings that total up 229-2000 deaths the i.c.u. beds in the brazilian hospitals breaking point 95 percent occupancy in rio de

janeiro a similar situation around the country hence these measures by the author it is in rio de janeiro to close the b. is there also stopping buses coming into the city bringing tourists to those beaches they've done that before the question now is whether they will police it whether they will stop people massing on the beaches they also have to put up with the president of the country job also nado encouraging people to go to the beaches and take in the sun he's saying that's a good idea so they can soak in vitamin d. which will allow them to fight the covered 1000 virus so that is a problem always in brazil you have the national authorities led by the president telling people to go back to work ignore the measures not wear off and then you have city council state governors trying to fight against the virus telling people to stay indoors and not work so a difficult situation there as the numbers continue to rise and emergency crew has been imposed an emergency curfew has been imposed in the u.s.

city of miami beach after a large crowds gathered over the spring break without following social distancing rules the mayor describe the situation as out of control police struggle to break up parties at restaurants and on the streets from saturday everyone must stay indoors between 8 pm and 6 am and businesses in restricted areas will be closed our city right now in this area has become a tinder and we cannot have a policy of simply hoping that it's not lit we have to be one of those incidents happen we cannot in the wake of some. and parts of the florida gulf resort by the former u.s. president donald trump have been temporarily closed due to a corona virus outbreak some workers at the mara lago palm beach resort have been quarantined the company says this is out of an abundance of caution the resort did not specify how many people tested positive trump and his family moved to mar a lago after he left office in january. for the 1st time in

a limb pick history overseas fans will not be allowed to attend the games japan's ban isn't unexpected but it's yet another significant blow to the tokyo olympics david stokes details. with $125.00 days to go until the olympics in tokyo the organizers have made a major call for the 1st time in the game's history there will be no overseas friends in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus we have to take a decision so which are may need sacred respecting who these dry rooty of the safety of. all impede your games this is largely been driven by the japanese public recent polls have shown a growing skepticism about holding the games and in particular letting foreigners in during a global health crisis is there an easier take we thought we should make a decision early because of accommodation and flight reservations there were also

request domestically for making a decision as soon as possible. set to cost $25000000000.00 the tokyo games are already the most expensive ever and the absence of foreign fans will make a further dent in the budget tokyo's hotels restaurants and other businesses will miss out on valuable trade and around a 1000000 tickets already sold abroad now need refunding british brand justin reed had tickets and flights booked but he's looking on the bright side if you're sat on your sofa watching it you know you can record it in your own time watch what you want to watch you conflict between the 2 you can get as many events as you want so i will merely picks may have lost me in past but i will still be watching and give it a label around $4500000.00 tickets have been bought domestically but while japanese fans are expected to be allowed in the venues will almost certainly operate at a reduced capacity in japanese are notorious for being very quiet and very polite is like small influxes of excitement then it goes very. whites again so

often that competed in japan before so we used to work but i think it's going to be a bit of a culture shock. athletes like to tell him how it continued to train all around the world and organizers still have the massive challenge of bringing in more than $15000.00 of them for the olympics and then the paralympics. the next big test will be the olympic torch relay which is coming up on thursday starting in fukushima 10000 runners will crisscross japan over the next 4 months to reach the opening ceremony on july 23rd local crowds just like their foreign counterparts are being asked to stay away. david stokes out 0 still ahead on al-jazeera church observers blocked from monitoring sunday's vote in the republic of congo save their voices will. on average we're operating with one or 2 days which is.

every drop counts in the ways blood banks are almost empty. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways a miserable into the weekend i think you'd agree in hama she was widespread rainfall so from the weather as point of view you'd rather see something better i think the northern edge and it's just cold there for a bit of snow sapporo shows that and 5 degrees snow then rain then snow showers and then into proves on tuesday the whole lot is moving out of the way there's a cold. legacy i think you probably call it was temps about freezing up to 4 and thought of all store but the sun will make you feel so much better and sun extends that south coast of china the rain has gone from hong kong by the end of monday

that rain has actually been caught in the wind and moves further west so the southwest to china more especially vietnam and eventually even thailand and me and we'll see some early spring rain as fraser in the forth on storms the same is true in afghanistan or pakistan or westerly disturbance is for you thunderstorms all rain and snow is right now that might have a beneficial effect in places like new delhi when the wind is up so it tends to bring in rather cleaner air you know they're called his poor in new delhi most of the time and then rain helps in the same with sunder storms by the time we get to tuesday with the temperature never really suffering elsewhere in india is generally speaking quite dry but warming up. sponsored paul qatar airways thanks love to make loans to some friends because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because us taxpayers never go away is a new one born every single day and it is an emerging national necessity that we as visually request the education of the support mechanism we created together because

i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person. that's machine on al-jazeera. on the again the top stories on al-jazeera countries across europe are reimposing to cope with another surge in corona virus infections 16 regions and france including paris are among those returning to walked on for at least 4 weeks rio de janeiro has closed its famous beaches on saturday's intensive care units in brazil near a 100 percent capacity argentina has imposed restrictions on chile is reporting new

infection rates close to record highs of last year and. fans from outside japan will be able to travel to tokyo to watch the olympics or paralympics because of a coronavirus pandemic a joint decision was made by the international olympic committee the japanese government and local organizers. people in myanmar want the united nations to impose sanctions and send peacekeepers to stop the military's violence that's the message from andrew kirkwood the un's top official in the country it comes as rights groups say the death toll has almost reached 250 after 4 more antique who protesters were killed on saturday and us tony chang explains the crackdown is also severely hurting the economy. once again protesters head out onto the streets here in town way walled in the center of young gone and once again they're forced back carrying their injured after being met by bra bullets and live rounds. and

a new tank tick from the military bulldozers smashing through rows of cars intent to simply to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence has spread so has the destruction of these clothing think she's 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. it is very stressful i am boring and straight for my own security chris said to me i am fighting my fight to get what we want when we are fighting we have to face being arrested and finally beaten by had a pretty tough. to manufacture is 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 to do so in 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 you know i would. and forced labor on the streets of yangon this mobile phone footage shows civilians being forced to carry sandbags for the police when one full to as he's made to crawl on his hands and knees more in dignity is at the hands of those who is supposed to protect and serve tony chang al jazeera. hundreds have been protesting in turkey after the government with drew from a european women's rights treaty only this month president vowed his government would work to eradicate violence against women world health organization data show 38 percent of women in turkey are subject to violence from a partner in their lifetime compared to about 25 percent in europe

a group that monitors femicide says a place $300.00 women were killed because of their gender and 202171 others died under suspicious circumstances so far this year 78 women have been murdered or have died under suspicious circumstances and another turkish women's rights group says only 7 out of $100.00 women subjected to violence reported to police and only 4 percent of cases made to prosecutions xandra buyers' 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 the let's not on your on these say to me 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 little 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 promised to take tougher action on domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation. but conservative groups and officials from the governing act party have long argued it's inconsistent with turkey's values and undermines the traditional family unit tayyip erdogan ordered his country's withdrawal and a presidential decree the government says turkey's laws are enough to protect women and their rights but not everyone agrees that on. every day women that killed in the streets in the bus in the car there are women who are beaten by their love as 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 offices there a day off to take a to have funeral how they're protecting us rights groups say violence against

women and deaths are on the rise in turkey their is being. made last year only last 100. 170 cases were unidentified so women are saying well. investigate why we have we are being well why do you want * to learn 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 them 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. a day before elections in the republic of congo a leading opposition candidate has been hospitalized in the capital brazzaville gave rise parfait call us has tested positive for cope with 19 president denise assume queso who's ruled for most of the last 40 years is seeking another term many opposition politicians either refusing to stand or in jail for brazzaville al-jazeera as malcolm webb reports. was. not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that have. father felicity him of 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 between democrats and 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 really what he and. president denny sassoon queso has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters the south western brazzaville big whatever there another one here another one there are far fewer the opposition candidate like this one and when we try and interview people on camera out on the streets that's the thought it 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. reverend he was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing to his voice if you might be with is there are ignored. the gist of today's voice everything on the president's 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. commission. police in says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone through might be critical of irregularities in sunday's

polls malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo and. health officials in zimbabwe are appealing for help to replenish the country's blood banks cover 19 lockdowns on restrictions on movement of lots of fewer people donating blood leaving national supplies a critically low levels or which has a reports from harare. it's elaine about lose 1st time giving blood she says the 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 bad old trauma center we had to rush up and down there is a place near cork road one of the hospitals that we had to keep rushing to get 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 i say 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 cause at 19 lockdowns and restrictions on movement have led to fewer people donating blood supplies are dropped to critically low levels across the. moments we transfer 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 were holding in for how long we would cover as a nation so on average we are operating with one or 2 days off which is very very good we want to be operating at a minimum 5 days stroke if we have to be ideal destruct up in 3 d. for any emergencies to me earlier. this month the government eased its grown abayas lockdown 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 winter 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 blood 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. al-jazeera. hundreds of people have protested in the u.s. city of atlanta over violence against asian americans the rally was prompted by the shooting of 8 people including 6 women of asian descent by a white gunman massage parlors one true 21 year old robert aaron long is facing murder charges.

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turbulent power supply. by nights it's even more spectacular iceland is a juvenile come. 3 in geological terms a mere 20000000 years old it's frequent growth spurts and adolescent temper tantrums are expressed in fire 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 a a few at york in 2010 then the huge plume of ash shut down much of europe's airspace and cause travel chaos for almost a month for each islands al-jazeera. have again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour countries across europe are re imposing restrictions to cope with another surging coronavirus.