demick and everything in between tech companies are the ones with the power what do we do with the solution 'd we get organized and what are world leaders or governments missing thread talking about targets in like 2040 or 20 targets right now up front with me marc lamont hill on al-jazeera. ready. european countries face a 3rd wave of corona virus infections and a shortage of vaccines the block considers export limits to safeguard supply. on our intended this is our 0 live from london also coming up a surge in crossings and the ministration under pressure joe biden appoints vice president comer harris to solve the migration crisis at the southern border.

rebuilding from the ashes thousands of refugees are again homeless after a massive fire gutted their camp in cox's bazaar. and one of the world's biggest connor ships runs aground in the suez canal causing a traffic jam with global consequences. under the european union and the u.k. have agreed to work together to safeguard the supply of coronavirus vaccines as the continent faces a 3rd wave of infections the compromise follows a bitter dispute over the supply of the astra zeneca vaccine which the u.k. prime minister warned could lead to long term damage earlier the european union said it would consider limiting the export of vaccines to ensure there was enough to go around but before any more vaccines arrive several countries are struggling to find the right measures to stop more citizens falling ill or

a challenge report. spring is in the air in europe but so too is something less welcome something that is also having its rebirth much of the continent. of corona virus. 19 countries are now reporting increasing case numbers 15 member states are reporting increased hospital and i.c.u. admissions while 8 member states are now reporting increase the number of deaths with more with 19 infections comes agony about lockdowns belgium has shuttering schools non-essential shops and hairdressers until late april germany can't decide what to do angela merkel has apologised and cancelled a hastily planned 5 day easter lockdown after a political backlash and feel it's been unfairly a mistake needs to be called a mistake and above all it must be corrected and if possible this needs to happen

as soon as possible at the same time i am aware that this whole business has created even more uncertainty and i deeply regret this and i asked for forgiveness . for. europe's repeating misery comes as it tries to sort out its beleaguered vaccination program in the e.u. only 10 percent of the adult population has received the jab so far by contrast the u.k. has already injected more than half. the european commission is planning tighter rules on vaccine exports to protect the already reduced the you supply it says it's not targeting any particular country but it wants the situation to be more reciprocal since the introduction of. system some $10000000.00 is being exported. from e.u. to your k. b n exporters from. according to the french government's 29000000 astra zeneca

vaccine doses were discovered at the weekend in a police inspection of a plant in italy the drug maker insists most were for e.u. consumption not exports francaise a shipment block should be considered if that's not true confusion to an already fraught atmosphere. al-jazeera. india says it has detected a double mutant variant of the corona virus it was found in 206 samples in the state of my russia and a further 9 in new delhi a double mutant is entirely new variant but with the characteristics of 2 other previously identified types of her india's worst affected stage officials say it's not clear if a new variant is causing the op search. 3 quarters of chileans will be under some of the world's strictest lock down measures from thursday residents will need permission to buy food and medicine twice a week and mr at home at all other times it comes as the country's hospitals brace

for collapse with critical care wards nearing capacity. because vice president campbell harris has been tasked with stemming the flow of migrants trying to cross the country's southern border the white house is defending its handling of the crisis saying president joe biden has already reversed many of donald trump's hardline policies but there was further outrage after images revealed overcrowded and makeshift conditions at emergency facilities set up to cope with the surge more than 15000 migrant children a currently in u.s. custody biden says the way to stop people entering the us is to remove the factors that force them to leave in the 1st place and so it's not like someone sits around . the group from one of the one i'm on so we're going to great idea of slower than

we've given money really haven't taken our kids or us to the border her food for cross rivers the girls that we don't speak the language before. and one of the ways we learn is that. if you deal with the problems in country. benefits. it's lost people closing down. and our upper joins us live now from to one in mexico on the border with the u.s. does what's been happening where you are. so i'll set the scene for you a little bit where we are right now we are outside of it up at a border crossing with the united states really just a stone's throw from the us mexico border behind me what you can see is a makeshift migrant camp that popped up about a month ago we're told. from the people that are saying here many of them are central american migrants folks from honduras from guatemala many people from southern mexico states like chiapas will haka gun we also know that there's many

cuban nationals haitian nationals and people from from other parts of the world so really it really is a mix of people that have arrived at this migrant camp and the sense that we've that we're getting from the many people that we've spoken to throughout the course of the day that everybody here is waiting there they've been waiting some for over a month they just don't know exactly what they're waiting for many are hoping that u.s. officials will see this migrant camp somewhere around 80021500 people that are out here that u.s. officials will hear their voices through the demonstrations that they've been holding over the last few weeks and give them a chance to plead their asylum cases to u.s. authorities there is a sense of a growing desperation among a lot of the people that are here we spoke to one gentleman from guatemala who told us that he and his family have not been giving any instruction as to what to do next they've been waiting here for for over a week at this point really not knowing what their next steps are going to be any

tells is that he is starting to grow grow desperate and is considering crossing over illegally taking his chances turning himself in to border authorities and it's actually a story that we're hearing from a lot of people that are here it's just one heartbreaking story after another folks from central america telling us that they're either fleeing violence there they've been displaced after 2 back to back hurricanes that struck the region last year displacing somewhere around a 1000000 people in honduras alone so really is just one heartbreaking story after the other we should note that a lot of the people that are growing desperate here are grow. desperate because of the precarious conditions that they're living in migrants here really at the mercy of the elements extreme heat during the day extreme cold during the night of persistent rains that have been hitting c one over the last couple of days there also seems to be a lot of confusion as to what not only what they're waiting for but what the attitude is from u.s. authorities as i mentioned not only have they not been given any instructions from us from from mexican authorities but there is confusion over the attitude of the

u.s. government many under the impression that if they stay here long enough u.s. government officials will see them and let them cross over and plead their asylum cases on the other side of the border there is one of the thing that we should note and sort of counter is this narrative that we've been hearing about miners who cross over into the united states illegally and then are able to stay there because they are minors or unaccompanied minors we've been up and down the us mexico border throughout the course of today we were at a different border crossing where we saw a steady stream of people who were being deported many of these individuals under the age of 18 so again to counter this narrative of us miners in the united states that the reality is that many miners either mexican or central america are being sent back to mexico thank you very much indeed when you're up i know for nigh 1st into helena. investigation into a deadly fire at the world's largest refugee camp is underway the camp at cox's

bazaar and bangladesh is home to more than a 1000000 reading the refugees from me and efficient death toll currently stands at 15 but hundreds more are still missing. reports from cox's bizarre. 26 year old mohammad job as father died while trying to salvage belongings from his house fire ripped through the camp. i can't explain in words how i feel emotionally at this moment the loss of my father is devastating for me and my family was also destroyed but it doesn't bother me. and her family lost everything including their home. after facing so much trouble and we fled to this place now it seems like we are refugees all over again some witnesses say the barbed wire fencing around the can stop people from scaping the fire the fire out of the spotlight back on the struggle the drama and the pride that is daily basis by everyone here it has been

more than 3 and a half years since nearly a 1000000 man march into this distant corner of bangladesh trying to get into what is now the world's largest refugee camp camp community leaders are seriously concerned about the fire hazards and it is about time that the rohingya volunteers are given training on fire safety by government and aid agencies it is very critical that the refugees learn and be aware of fire hazards and safety and they should be door to door public awareness on such hazards lives could be saved in the future. urinates 0 and other aid agencies along with government trying hard to provide shelter and assistance. the situation it's devastating this fire is such a huge scale it's like nothing we've ever seen before he more than 45000 people are nice 10000 shelters just completely gone and not only that but also health centers

learning centers nutrition centers they're all gone so it's so important. with the other humanitarian part that we work together to try to provide basic assistance but also psychological support for people who've been through trauma again and again. this tragedy is a reminder of the burner ability of the refugees who are caught between the increasingly precarious situation in bangladesh and a new political reality of their homeland now ruled by the military government responsible for the genocide that forced them to flee. cox's bazaar a family of a 7 year old girl shot by security forces in central miramar buried her on wednesday. it is the youngest victim so far in a crackdown against opposition to last month's military coup she was shot by security personnel during a raid at her home in mandalay on tuesday a family says she was running into her father's arms at the time at least 275

people have been killed by security forces. they asked is there anyone else in the house and fired the gun shot while saying don't lie to us old man they shot her as she leaned towards my chest i ran and was carrying her and could not even take a look at them after she was shot. for mrs a hoping to strengthen their nonce against russia and china following 2 days of nato talks in brussels and his 1st trip to europe as u.s. secretary of state that he blinken is trying to rebuild washington's ties with nato after the trumpet recession took a more hostile approach but it can reaffirm the importance of america's partnership with the e.u. especially when it comes to countering beijing again what's so important both with regard to to nato and the issues we're dealing with but also the e.u. and our partnership with with the e.u. is that. when we are working together when we are speaking with one voice

when we are acting together we are much stronger and much more effective than if any single one of us is doing it alone still to come on out is there a journalist from hong kong's public broadcaster goes on trial after investigating police misconduct at pro-democracy protests in the u.k. announces a plan to tackle gratian rights groups say refugees in limbo. how is that one place to say the weather is improving slowly across that east the side of australia the sun has come out for the 1st time in around 10 days but the river levels do continue to rise as more because of the runoff is coming in over the high ground and say the offending area of low pressure now moving across the bass strait

there heading towards tasmania grassi in the process of pulling away and it will do so as we go on through thursday so will probably not still a few showers into that southeastern corner of new south wales just around the southern end of the blue mountains and showers that say into that eastern side of victoria but we are going to say that the runoff continue to cause further problems as we go on through thursday and then we go on into friday and it does drop out long lost but again as always a bit of a lag with these things 25 self's in the sunshine there for sydney 23 in melbourne want to show was coming into south australia fought in troy it's a western australia getting up into the high twenty's once again here but some shot was draped across the finals of us and we'll see that same lot of tapping to some right to the south of new zealand a little bit of rain making its way into southern parts of the japan over the next couple of days dry and bright for a good parts of china and it will chrisy brighten up for much of japan.

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from one of the top stories here on jazeera the e.u. could block exports of vaccines as several countries struggle to get a handle on the 3rd wave of the coronavirus it comes after the e.u. accuse the drug firm astra zeneca of failing to meet supply promises. 3 quarters of chileans will be under some of the world's strictest lockdown measures for midnight local time people need permission to buy food twice a week as critical care wards near capacity. say the latest on the pandemic and a piece of breaking news brazil has reached a new milestone in the code 19 pandemic recording 300219 related deaths the health ministry recorded 2009 deaths in the past 24 hours and almost 90000 cases president also narrow has downplayed the threat of the virus from the outset of the pandemic is now given into mounting pressure and announced a national committee to tackle the crisis. well most of the votes counted

a day after israel's for selection in just 2 years a still no clear idea of who would end up in power unexpectedly it's a small palestinian party which may hold the key the united arab list crossed the threshold needed to enter parliament and with a majority out of reach for both benjamin netanyahu and the coalition of opposition parties opposing him he may have to rely on the palestinian group for support for a force that has a basis from west jerusalem. for months or robust decided to split from the rest of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list alliance and campaign separately it was a big gamble that earned him plenty of blowback now with 5 seats news really parliament his united arab list in theory has the power to bestow either side a majority. vote so he can be kingmakers in the elections we need to succeed so we can establish our status and influence in politics for the future the

next generation. of us is politics the religious and conservative right wing israeli politicians call him and he's i honest left wing is criticize his stance on l.g.b. t.q. issues and yet his openness to engage with and potentially support either the bloc led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu or the one trying to remove netanyahu from power has shaken up israeli politics. during the campaign netanyahu ruled out the idea of allowing abbas into his coalition or even accepting his support from the outside but that was before his bloc once again fell short of the 61 seats it needed and senior members of his party started openly discussing working with us for some even having such a conversation represents a political watershed the very engaged meant between the 2 particularly to the extent that it would be public is going to be a story and there transformative for israeli politics. from that point of view it could have results an outcome. irrespective of whether it actually reaches

a new coalition agreement. abbas isn't the only one celebrating the prospects of influence in the new parliament the far right religious zionism movement also outperformed expectations and would be welcomed in a netanyahu coalition decision. a bus his party says it would sit with racists the opposition leader pede also says a government relying on religious zionism would be dark and dangerous but marshalling his own coalition with support from our politicians would also be a difficult sell to the right wing is in the anti netanyahu look not every path to a government runs through months or a bust for instance that he could try to poach off a right wing politician or 2 from another party like peter less likely could try to break off part of the netanyahu bloc and there's still a possibility of total failure and a 5th election to come but after 4 elections this is a very different type of political conversation with the palestinian israeli polity

at its center are a force that al-jazeera westerners a total of 10 tugboats have tried but failed to dislodge an enormous cargo ship that spend the day reg to cross the suez can now authorities say were to release the ever given will probably continue through the night as the queue of waiting metals grows longer the container ship lost control in high winds and ran aground. but moving the ever given won't be easy the so-called mega ship is 400 meters long history of united that's 100 meters longer than the iconic eiffel tower it weighs 224000 tons and has the capacity to carry more than 20006 me to squared containers and is twice the size of the world's biggest container ship in 2007 the lane blocked was usually traversed by 50 ships a day ships are now able to pass the ever given but an oil analytics firm says 10 tankers carrying 13000000 barrels of crude could be affected and around 30 percent

of global container ship traffic passes through the suez canal in 2019 the suez canal raked in $5800000000.00 for egypt a day's backlog could cost the government at least $15000000.00. press freedom is once again in the spotlight in hong kong a veteran journalist from the city's public broadcasters on trial after investigating police misconduct choice has pleaded not guilty to charges that she made false statements for a documentary sarah clarke reports from hong kong. normally behind the camera on wednesday t.v. producer bad choice was the subject of media attention as she faced her 1st day on trial sorry i cannot speak much before the legal proceedings greeting the veteran journalist at court where group of supporters who say this trial is an attack on hong kong's media freedom we feel that we have to stand up for her as well as standing up for freedom of press in hong kong about choice has been charged for her

role in a t.v. documentary that exposed what it said was police misconduct during the anti-government protests central to the investigation into allegations police colluded with a group of gang members violently attacked pro-democracy supporters in a train station in 2900. a government database to identify the owners of vehicles near the location that nice police say that information was obtained illegally media groups a choice was just doing her job this does raise questions about our government transparency when it comes to data and potential legal terrorism when the or or it is go after reporters you know in quite weird wonderful and never end of it wave i don't think anyone would have expected that this. would have been arrested over something like this this trial has intensified concerns over media censorship in hong kong this territory was once a bastion of press freedom in asia it's now fallen to 88 in the world press freedom

index and the introduction of beijing's national security law in july last year has increased the risks for journalists reporting on potentially sensitive subjects media tycoon jimmy lie has been arrested in recent months. and remains in jail the city's public broadcaster h.k. also suspended its oldest satirical show after accusations it insulted the hong kong police some international media organizations including the new york times have moved the asia digital hub and a 3rd of the stuff to south korea there has been an ongoing restriction or restricting of the base for free reporting in hong kong each of these incidents is different in its own way but together they paint a pretty clear picture that you know in the pen that reporting is under some threat in hong kong this is the 1st time a journalist has been put on trial the coverage of the anti-government protests about choi has pleaded not guilty but her supporters fear her wrist may not be the

last cyrix lock out jazeera hong kong columbia's or the highest number of attacks on health workers in nearly a quarter of a century last year the international committee of the red cross says the humanitarian situation deteriorated because of a rise in battle is over territory between the state and armed groups there were nearly 400 victims of explosive devices the highest number in 4 years violence fell following a peace deal with fog rebels but 4 members remain armed iran with several crime group gangs at a time from petty has more from bogota. the reports from the red cross shows an important increase in violent incidents this appearance is mass displacement in a number of regions in the country all compounded by the restrictions put in place by both the state and armed groups due to depend. and the violence seems to be

expanding to new areas they documented for example over $250.00 victims of explosive devices in $69.00 municipalities across the country of which $41.00 had not reported any incident in 2009 the red cross also found a major increase in attacks against health care workers. exactly it's a paradox at the exact time when people need more medical attention health personnel are being attacked more than at any other time since we started collecting data in colombia. so this is a hugely complex humanitarian situation with many communities that have become even more isolated and have received less protection during the pandemic and that's why the red cross is calling on both the state the military and these armed groups to ensure the respect of human rights and also ensure the access to cover the 19

vaccines in these areas and to facilitate the work of humanitarian organizations in the country. the british government has outlined plans to overhaul its asylum system which it says is not working refugee rights groups agree but they say the new policy is hugely worrying for many genuine asylum seekers and i'm barbara reports from london. 16 years ago arrived in britain after fleeing torture in his home country in central africa he later helped create a support network for refugees like himself receiving an award from queen elizabeth his route here was precarious and in the words of a government illegal when you fleeing when you were running and tried to save your life nothing is illegal. the most important thing for you is to find some way you you are safe you are protected and you find sanctuary and i was my kids and i was a kid so many many many people it's people like him being targeted by the u.k. government's new plan for immigration announcing major changes home secretary

pretty patel said the main resettling refugees at urgent risk more quickly or making it tougher for those who arrive via unofficial routes this permafrost to change in our approaches we toughen afghans to deter illegal entry and the criminals are endangered life by night by neighborliness many legal advice have travelled through a safe country like france to get to the quay where they could and should a crime to sign. we must absolutely support facts as a foster system and disincentive as legal entry patel says new legal routes will be created while the government will seek to send refugees abroad if they come for through a so-called safe country and cross the english channel if that's not possible successful asylum claimants would only get a temporary right to stay and would have the situation assessed regularly but refugee rights groups say the approach is impractical and cruel we fully expect that these parents named people are left trapped in limbo in makeshift refugee

camps well i'm a little to achieve hamelin status by getting refugee protection in u.k. but also they write be deported else because they know. has never cream and many of the country when the bricks a transition period finished at the end of 2020 the u.k. lost its automatic right to transfer refugees and migrants to the 1st european union country they arrived in under what's called the dublin regulation the government is now insisting other countries have a moral duty to cooperate whatever the case asylum claims in the u.k. are at historic lows levels and refugee advocates say even before the u.k. ended its resettlement programs from places like syria the overall numbers it granted asylum to was small the numbers of people who reached the united kingdom to seek asylum on absolutely tiny we take less than one percent of the world's refugees the number of people crossing over the channel for example you know in the

small numbers of thousands so there is a sort of an east urea that has been created around these numbers that you know has a deeply political intent the u.k. government says its plans a firm but fair its critics say they risk stigmatizing thousands of genuine asylum seekers nadine barber al-jazeera london. i'm one of the top stories on our jazeera the e.u. could block exports of vaccines as several countries struggle to get a handle on the 3rd wave of the coronavirus the european commission is set to increase its power to withhold shipments after accusing the drug from astra zeneca of failing to meet supply promises it could inflame tensions with the u.k. which has imported from but not exported to the bloc meanwhile infection rates are rising in several each member states germany's chancellor said she was to blame for

u. turn over a planned easter weekend lockdown this is basically an attempt from both sides to try.